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Alison LaPlaca

  • Birthplace: New Jersey
  • Birthday: December 16, 1959

With comic timing and pliability most actors crave, brunette Alison LaPlaca seemingly bounced from sitcom to sitcom for more than a decade. While not all the series in which she appeared were successful, she was adored by the critics and audiences. LaPlaca's first TV work came soon after she moved to Hollywood, with a bit in the TV-movie "Listen to Your Heart" (CBS, 1983) followed by the role of assistant to "Suzanne Pleshette is Maggie Briggs" (CBS, 1984), a quick flop. In 1986, LaPlaca was cast as the astringent hyper-…more

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Career Milestones

  • 1993

    Cast as Tom Arnold's wife in "Tom" (CBS)

  • 1991

    Starred in ABC sitcom "Stat"

  • 1990

    First co-starring feature role, "Madhouse"; also first teaming with John Larroquette

  • 1989

    Reprised chracter of Linda Phillips on short-lived Fox sitcom "Open House"; met future husband, co-star Philip Charles MacKenzie

  • 1986 to 1989

    Played Linda Phillips on Fox sitcom "Duet"

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