‘Mid-Century Modern’ Co-Creator Reveals How Linda Lavin’s Character Will Be Written Off
deadline.comMid-Century Modern co-creator Max Mutchnick has revealed how the late Linda Lavin’s character Sybil Schneiderman will be written off the upcoming Hulu comedy series.
The news comes almost a month following the death of the veteran stage and TV actress last December. Her PR representative told Deadline that she died unexpectedly of complications from recently discovered lung cancer.
Lavin’s other last recent project was her appearance Phyllis Adelman — nosy neighbor and owner of Mr. Bojangles — in Liz Feldman’s Netflix series No Good Deed. “This Week at ‘Mid Century Modern’ we filmed an episode I never thought we’d have to write,” Mutchnick posted on Instagram, including the title of the episode “Here’s to you Mrs Schneiderman.” “Saying goodbye to the character of Sybil was painful.
Saying goodbye to Linda Lavin was heartbreaking.” Lavin , who died with three episodes left to shoot, was one of the core characters of the show alongside Matt Bomer, Nathan Lane and Nathan Lee Graham.
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