Tony Award-winning actress and singer Linda Lavin, best known for her role on the TV sitcom “Alice,” died unexpectedly Sunday from complications of recently discovered lung cancer, Michael Gagliardo, a representative for Lavin, confirmed , told USA TODAY. She was 87.

Lavin leaves behind “the love of her life,” Steve Bakunas, Gagliardo added.

According to IMDB, Lavin was most recently seen in three episodes of No Good Deed with Linda Cardellini, Lisa Kudrow, OT Fagbenle, Abbi Jacobson and others. The show premiered on Netflix on December 12th.

According to IMDB, Lavin has been performing since she was five years old. In the early 1960s, she began looking for work in New Jersey, and in 1969, after appearing in numerous musicals and shows, she was nominated for a Tony.

According to IMDB, the award-winning actress then starred in the hit sitcom Alice, which aired from 1976 to 1985. It’s about working mother and aspiring singer Alice Hyatt, who is raising her son and working in a restaurant.

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After the show’s finale, Lavin began performing on stage again. In 1987, she won a Tony Award for her role in Broadway Bound. In 1998, she was again nominated for a Tony for her role in The Diary of Anne Frank. Another nomination for the prestigious award came in 2000 for her role in “Tales of the Allergist Wife” and again in 2010 for her performance in the revival of “Collected Stories,” eight years after she appeared in the PBS-TV version from “Collected Stories” was playing.

According to IMDB, Lavin is best known for her following roles:

• “Alice”– TV show, broadcast from 1976 to 1985
• “I want to go home”– Film, premiered in 1989
• “The backup plan”– Film, premiered in 2010
• “The Good Woman”– TV show, broadcast from 2014 to 2015