Alison La Placa
Born in New Jersey and raised in suburban Chicago, Alison La Placa received a degree in drama from Illinois Wesleyan University and received extensive training in classical piano and voice. She has starred on stage in regional productions of the musicals "Dames at Sea" and "Company", as well as the Los Angeles Cast Theatre's production of "Strider". She is best known for her role as snobbish yuppie Linda Phillips on the situation comedy Duet (1987) and its spin-off Open House (1989). She resides in Los Angeles, California with her husband, actor/director Philip Charles MacKenzie (her co-star on "Open House"). In her spare time, La Placa enjoys playing classical piano and traveling to Italy.
Fletch
as Pan Am ClerkWhen investigative reporter Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher goes undercover to write a piece on the drug...
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MadHouse
as ClaudiaThe luxurious villa of Mark and Jessie Bannister, a yuppie couple, is overrun by loads of...
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Voyage of the Rock Aliens
as DianeAliens land in the mythical town of "Speelburgh, U.S.A" searching for the source of rock & roll....
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Murder: By Reason of Insanity
as Janet LandryA married couple from Poland emigrates to the U.S.,. but things don't turn out as well as they...
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Second Serve
as Nightclub SingerFact-based story about tennis pro Renee Richards, whose player status was challenged in 1976...
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Listen to Your Heart
as LynnThis romantic melodrama features a book editor falling in love with his art director.
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Grey's Anatomy
as Mrs. NolstonFollows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle’s Grey Sloan...
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Friends
as JoannaSix young people from New York City, on their own and struggling to survive in the real world,...
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Malcolm in the Middle
as uncreditedA gifted young teen tries to survive life with his dimwitted, dysfunctional family.
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Malcolm in the Middle
as BarbaraA gifted young teen tries to survive life with his dimwitted, dysfunctional family.
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Desperate Housewives
as Rita PattersonLooking down on her friends and family isn't a way of life for Mary Alice Young... it's a way of...
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Mom
as LouanneAan irreverent and outrageous take on true family love‐and dysfunction. Newly sober single mom...
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Without a Trace
as Mary WhitmanThe series follows the ventures of a Missing Persons Unit of the FBI in New York City.
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Batman: The Animated Series
as Baby-Doll (voice)Vowing to avenge the murder of his parents, Bruce Wayne devotes his life to wiping out crime in...
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Family Ties
as BarbaraFormer 1960s flower children Steven and Elyse Keaton raise their conservative son Alex,...
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Boston Legal
as Andrea MicheleAlan Shore and Denny Crane lead a brigade of high-priced civil litigators in an upscale Boston...
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Cheers
as Paula NelsonThe story about a blue-collar Boston bar run by former sports star Sam Malone and the quirky and...
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ER
as Female LawyerER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by...
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The O.C.
as Dr. JamesRyan Atwood, a teen from the wrong side of the tracks, moves in with a wealthy family willing to...
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Lie to Me
as Diane KtretschmerThe world's leading deception researcher, Dr. Cal Lightman, studies facial expression, body...
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Remington Steele
as Joan KendallLaura Holt, a licensed private detective, opens a detective agency but finds that potential...
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7th Heaven
as Carolyn FultonReverend Eric Camden and his wife Annie have always had their hands full caring for seven...
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The John Larroquette Show
as Catherine MerrickThe John Larroquette Show is an American television sitcom .The show was a vehicle for John...
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Fame
as uncreditedAn American television series originally produced between 1982 and 1987. The show is based on...
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Duckman
as uncreditedTogether with Cornfed, his portly, porcine partner in crime solving, this defective detective...
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'Til Death
as BethA comedy about the triumphs and tribulations of marriage and friendship from very different...
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Up All Night
as Gail ReinholdAn irreverent look at parenthood through the point of view of an acerbic working mother, along...
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Brothers
as Annie TodsonTwo conservative men support their younger brother when he comes out as gay, and help him...
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The Jackie Thomas Show
as uncreditedThe Jackie Thomas Show is an American sitcom that aired on the ABC network from December 1992 to...
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Duet
as Linda PhillipsDuet is an American sitcom that aired on Fox from April 19, 1987 to August 20, 1989. The series...
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Open House
as Linda PhillipsOpen House is an American sitcom that aired on Fox from August 27, 1989 to July 21, 1990. The...
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Stat
as uncreditedStat is an American television sitcom that aired from April 16, 1991 to May 21, 1991 on ABC on...
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Stat
as Dr. Elizabeth NewberryStat is an American television sitcom that aired from April 16, 1991 to May 21, 1991 on ABC on...
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