isn’t that… 64 p o r t l a n d monthly magazine Clockwise from top left: Cliff Lipson/CBS ©2017 CBS Broadcasting, Inc; cbs archive photo; Cliff Lipson/CBS ©2017 CBS Broadcasting, Inc.; pantelion films the 1970s and 1980s, which I consider the Golden Age of television. These shows were the forerunner of the realistic feature films about women we see today. “Like Alice, 9JKL deals with family re- lationships–except it’s a more sophisticat- ed and edgier show. The people are more privileged and on a higher economic level than Alice. I love to go to work every day. I feel very grateful and fortunate for this role, the quality of work and good people at this stage of my life. Fun and creative are the operative words for me. I’m very commit- ted to participating in projects where I can bring and exchange those qualities with like-minded people.” Made in Maine L avin was born in Portland, Maine, on October 15, 1937, to a musical family at 96 Clinton Street. Her mother, Lu- cille, an opera singer, gave up a promising career as a coloratura soprano to raise her Barn Studio Theatre 2007. “People came to me with scripts about women in real-life working situations. They were stories about women who walked through fire and came out standing. Stories about underpaid wom- en working in factories and nurses who dealt with people in crisis. This was during Spicing the spice, Salma Hayek, Kristen Bell, and Raquel Welch helped make this ensemble cast una verdadera celebración. The Alice Years In 1976, Lavin grabbed the lead role in the sitcom Alice. The show was a decade-long hit (Lavin was on the cover of People Maga- zine on April 24, 1978), warm-hearted and feisty, in which Lavin plays a single mom hustling hash-browns in Mel’s Diner, nurs- ing dreams of stardom. Her portrayal of the strong-willed Alice earned Lavin two Golden Globe Awards. Alice ran from 1976- 1985. Her character became a powerful in- spiration for working women and single moms across the country. “When I was Al- ice, I came to realize I represented 80 per- cent of blue- and pink-collar working wom- en. Alice politicized me. She taught me to be aware of the issues facing working wom- en and single mothers today.” Inspired by her success with Alice, Lavin formed her own production company, Red “When I was Alice, I came to realize I represented 80 percent of blue- and pink-collar working women. Alice politicized me.”