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Alice star Linda Lavin says she was sexually harassed while filming a TV movie in 1987

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The actress Linda Lavin claimed in an interview published Monday that she was sexually harassed by a man in a position of power while starring in a TV movie in 1987.Lavin, 84, told Page Sixthat she was harassed in a 'physical' manner by a 'man on the production team' of the filmLena: My 100 Children, which aired on NBC.The longtime Alice star said that she tried to get other women on the production to report the misconduct with her, but they allegedly refused to help over fears of being fired if they spoke out.

Speaking out: Linda Lavin, 84, claimed in an interview with Page Six published Monday that she was sexually harassed by a man in a position of power while filming the 1987 NBC TV movie Lena: My 100 Children; seen in December in Los AngelesLavin's television film Lena: My 100 Children was inspired by a true story.

The film focuses on a woman who cared for a large group of orphaned children whose parents were killed in concentration camps during World War II.After nursing the children back to health and providing psychological for them, she helps them emigrate to Israel to escape anti-Semitism that still plagues Poland after the war. 'There was sexual harassment by a very powerful man on the production team, and I was a victim of it, and it was physical and it was disgusting,' Lavin said of her time filming the TV movie.Although she hoped to have strength in numbers to end the harassment, some women on the production were too scared to join forces with her.

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