Alison La Placa

Alison La Placa

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.

  • Title: Alison La Placa
  • Popularity: 7.654
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1959-12-16
  • Place of Birth: New Jersey, USA
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  • Also Known As: Alison LaPlaca
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Alison La Placa Movies

  • 1984
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    Voyage of the Rock Aliens

    Voyage of the Rock Aliens

    4.8 1984 HD

    Aliens land in the mythical town of "Speelburgh, U.S.A" searching for the source of rock & roll. What they find is a gang of teenagers, led by Dee...

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  • 1985
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    Murder: By Reason of Insanity

    Murder: By Reason of Insanity

    3.5 1985 HD

    A married couple from Poland emigrates to the U.S.,. but things don't turn out as well as they had imaged. The husband's business fails, while his...

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  • 1985
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    Fletch

    Fletch

    6.7 1985 HD

    When investigative reporter Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher goes undercover to write a piece on the drug trade at a local beach, he's approached by wealthy...

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  • 1990
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    MadHouse

    MadHouse

    5.311 1990 HD

    The luxurious villa of Mark and Jessie Bannister, a yuppie couple, is overrun by loads of uninvited guests who turn the house up side down.

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  • 1986
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    Second Serve

    Second Serve

    5.4 1986 HD

    Fact-based story about tennis pro Renee Richards, whose player status was challenged in 1976 when it was revealed that she was a trans woman....

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  • 1983
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    Listen to Your Heart

    Listen to Your Heart

    1 1983 HD

    This romantic melodrama features a book editor falling in love with his art director.

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  • 1983
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    Diner

    Diner

    5 1983 HD

    This pilot for a TV version of the critically acclaimed feature Diner (1982) focused on the complaints of the wives, Elyse and Beth, that their...

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  • 1994
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    Duckman

    Duckman

    7.2 1994 HD

    Together with Cornfed, his portly, porcine partner in crime solving, this defective detective amazingly manages to solve crimes and be a single...

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  • 1993
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    The John Larroquette Show

    The John Larroquette Show

    6.7 1993 HD

    The John Larroquette Show is an American television sitcom .The show was a vehicle for John Larroquette following his run as Dan Fielding on Night...

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  • 1982
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    Remington Steele

    Remington Steele

    7.1 1982 HD

    Laura Holt, a licensed private detective, opens a detective agency but finds that potential clients refuse to hire a woman, however qualified. To...

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  • 1987
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    Duet

    Duet

    5 1987 HD

    Duet is an American sitcom that aired on Fox from April 19, 1987 to August 20, 1989. The series stars Matthew Laurance as Ben Coleman, Mary Page...

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  • 2004
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    Desperate Housewives

    Desperate Housewives

    7.916 2004 HD

    Looking down on her friends and family isn't a way of life for Mary Alice Young... it's a way of death. One day, in her perfect house, in the...

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  • 2006
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    'Til Death

    'Til Death

    6.4 2006 HD

    A comedy about the triumphs and tribulations of marriage and friendship from very different perspectives. It's about the funny – and sometimes...

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  • 1982
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    Fame

    Fame

    6.7 1982 HD

    An American television series originally produced between 1982 and 1987. The show is based on the 1980 motion picture of the same name. With a...

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  • 1994
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    Friends

    Friends

    8.438 1994 HD

    Six young people from New York City, on their own and struggling to survive in the real world, find the companionship, comfort and support they get...

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  • 2000
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    Malcolm in the Middle

    Malcolm in the Middle

    8.478 2000 HD

    A gifted young teen tries to survive life with his dimwitted, dysfunctional family.

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  • 2003
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    The O.C.

    The O.C.

    7.788 2003 HD

    Ryan Atwood, a teen from the wrong side of the tracks, moves in with a wealthy family willing to give him a chance. But Ryan's arrival disturbs the...

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  • 1996
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    7th Heaven

    7th Heaven

    6.4 1996 HD

    Reverend Eric Camden and his wife Annie have always had their hands full caring for seven children, not to mention the friends, sweethearts and...

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  • 2004
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    Boston Legal

    Boston Legal

    7.9 2004 HD

    Alan Shore and Denny Crane lead a brigade of high-priced civil litigators in an upscale Boston law firm in a series focusing on the professional and...

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  • 2009
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    Lie to Me

    Lie to Me

    7.905 2009 HD

    The world's leading deception researcher, Dr. Cal Lightman, studies facial expression, body language and tone of voice to determine when a person is...

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  • 1994
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    Tom

    Tom

    1 1994 HD

    Tom is an American sitcom which premiered in mid-season 1994 on CBS. Tom was cancelled after eleven episodes.

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  • 1989
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    Open House

    Open House

    5.5 1989 HD

    Open House is an American sitcom that aired on Fox from August 27, 1989 to July 21, 1990. The series is a spin-off of the Fox series Duet. Despite...

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  • 1984
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    Brothers

    Brothers

    7.2 1984 HD

    Two conservative men support their younger brother when he comes out as gay, and help him navigate being openly homosexual in 1980s Philadelphia.

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  • 1991
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    Stat

    Stat

    5 1991 HD

    Stat is an American television sitcom that aired from April 16, 1991 to May 21, 1991 on ABC on Tuesday night at 9:30pm Eastern Time.

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  • 1992
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    Batman: The Animated Series

    Batman: The Animated Series

    8.534 1992 HD

    Vowing to avenge the murder of his parents, Bruce Wayne devotes his life to wiping out crime in Gotham City as the masked vigilante "Batman".

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  • 1992
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    The Jackie Thomas Show

    The Jackie Thomas Show

    1 1992 HD

    The Jackie Thomas Show is an American sitcom that aired on the ABC network from December 1992 to March 1993. The series received widespread attention...

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  • 2005
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    Grey's Anatomy

    Grey's Anatomy

    8.227 2005 HD

    Follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle’s Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.

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  • 1994
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    ER

    ER

    7.8 1994 HD

    ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened...

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  • 2013
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    Mom

    Mom

    7.341 2013 HD

    Aan irreverent and outrageous take on true family love‐and dysfunction. Newly sober single mom Christy struggles to raise two children in a world...

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  • 2011
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    Up All Night

    Up All Night

    6.1 2011 HD

    An irreverent look at parenthood through the point of view of an acerbic working mother, along with her stay-at-home husband and opinionated parents.

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  • 1991
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    Stat

    Stat

    5 1991 HD

    Stat is an American television sitcom that aired from April 16, 1991 to May 21, 1991 on ABC on Tuesday night at 9:30pm Eastern Time.

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  • 1982
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    Family Ties

    Family Ties

    7.272 1982 HD

    Former 1960s flower children Steven and Elyse Keaton raise their conservative son Alex, daughters Mallory and Jennifer, and later, youngest child...

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  • 2002
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    Without a Trace

    Without a Trace

    7.3 2002 HD

    The series follows the ventures of a Missing Persons Unit of the FBI in New York City.

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  • 2000
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    Malcolm in the Middle

    Malcolm in the Middle

    8.478 2000 HD

    A gifted young teen tries to survive life with his dimwitted, dysfunctional family.

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  • 1982
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    Cheers

    Cheers

    7.561 1982 HD

    The story about a blue-collar Boston bar run by former sports star Sam Malone and the quirky and wonderful people who worked and drank there.

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