Alison La Placa
Acting • Born 1959-12-16
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.
Filmography
35 credits
Voyage of the Rock Aliens
Movie • 1984
Diane
Murder: By Reason of Insanity
Movie • 1985
Janet Landry
Fletch
Movie • 1985
Pan Am Clerk
MadHouse
Movie • 1990
Claudia
Second Serve
Movie • 1986
Nightclub Singer
Listen to Your Heart
Movie • 1983
Lynn
Diner
Movie • 1983
Elyse
Duckman
TV • 1994
Marion (voice)
The John Larroquette Show
TV • 1993
Catherine Merrick
Remington Steele
TV • 1982
Joan Kendall
Duet
TV • 1987
Linda Phillips
Desperate Housewives
TV • 2004
Rita Patterson
'Til Death
TV • 2006
Beth
Fame
TV • 1982
Friends
TV • 1994
Joanna
Malcolm in the Middle
TV • 2000
The O.C.
TV • 2003
Dr. James
7th Heaven
TV • 1996
Carolyn Fulton
Boston Legal
TV • 2004
Andrea Michele
Lie to Me
TV • 2009
Diane Ktretschmer
Tom
TV • 1994
Dorothy Graham
Open House
TV • 1989
Linda Phillips
Brothers
TV • 1984
Annie Todson
Stat
TV • 1991
Batman: The Animated Series
TV • 1992
Baby-Doll (voice)
The Jackie Thomas Show
TV • 1992
Grey's Anatomy
TV • 2005
Mrs. Nolston
ER
TV • 1994
Female Lawyer
Mom
TV • 2013
Louanne
Up All Night
TV • 2011
Gail Reinhold
Stat
TV • 1991
Dr. Elizabeth Newberry
Family Ties
TV • 1982
Barbara
Without a Trace
TV • 2002
Mary Whitman
Malcolm in the Middle
TV • 2000
Barbara
Cheers
TV • 1982
Paula Nelson