Alison La Placa
ActingAlso Known As
Alison LaPlaca
Biography
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.
Movies
(7 total)
Fletch
as Pan Am Clerk
MadHouse
as Claudia
Voyage of the Rock Aliens
as Diane
Second Serve
as Nightclub Singer
Diner
as Elyse
Murder: By Reason of Insanity
as Janet Landry
Listen to Your Heart
as Lynn
TV Shows
(28 total)
Grey's Anatomy
as Mrs. Nolston
Friends
as Joanna
Malcolm in the Middle
as Barbara
Desperate Housewives
as Rita Patterson
Batman: The Animated Series
as Baby-Doll (voice)
Lie to Me
as Diane Ktretschmer
The O.C.
as Dr. James
ER
as Female Lawyer
Cheers
as Paula Nelson
Mom
as Louanne
Boston Legal
as Andrea Michele
Without a Trace
as Mary Whitman
Family Ties
as Barbara
7th Heaven
as Carolyn Fulton
Remington Steele
as Joan Kendall
Duckman
as Marion (voice)
'Til Death
as Beth
Up All Night
as Gail Reinhold