Alison La Placa
ActingBorn 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
TV Shows
Louanne
Mom
2013
Gail Reinhold
Up All Night
2011
Diane Ktretschmer
Lie to Me
2009
Beth
'Til Death
2006
Mrs. Nolston
Grey's Anatomy
2005
Rita Patterson
Desperate Housewives
2004
Andrea Michele
Boston Legal
2004
Dr. James
The O.C.
2003
Mary Whitman
Without a Trace
2002
Malcolm in the Middle
2000
Barbara
Malcolm in the Middle
2000
Carolyn Fulton
7th Heaven
1996
Joanna
Friends
1994
Female Lawyer
ER
1994
Marion (voice)
Duckman
1994
Catherine Merrick
The John Larroquette Show
1993
The Jackie Thomas Show
1992
Baby-Doll (voice)
Batman: The Animated Series
1992
Stat
1991
Dr. Elizabeth Newberry
Stat
1991