Steve Bakunas: Inside the Life of Linda Lavin’s husband

Steve Bakunas is an actor and the husband of Linda Lavin. Steve Bakunas’ wife is an American actress and singer. She is known for playing the title character in the sitcom Alice and for her stage performances, both on and off-Broadway. After acting as a child, Lavin joined the Compass Players in the late 1950s. She starred in Broadway Bound (winning a Tony Award), Gypsy (1990), The Sisters Rosensweig (1993), The Diary of Anne Frank (1997–1998), and The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife (2000–2001), among others.

Steve Bakunas: Bio Summary

Who is Linda Lavin’s husband?

Steve Bakunas was born in Devon, Milford, Connecticut, United States. Aside from being an actor, he is famous for being the third husband of Linda Lavin. Before Bakunas, the actress was married to Ron Leibman. Their marriage ended in 1981. She went on to marry Kip Niven, whom she met on the set of Alice, and ended in a bitter divorce in 1992.

Linda Lavin admitted to Closer Weekly it wasn’t love at first sight during their “accident of fate” meeting in a Wilmington, North Carolina, theater on November 17, 1999, She remains eternally grateful she was able to make a good first impression.

The couple tied the knot on Valentine’s Day 2005 in a beautiful wedding ceremony in the presence of their friends, families, and loved ones. “This marriage was a surprise for me,” she told the New York Post. “At this point, I never expected to find someone who could blend into my life, my heart — and my apartment.”

“We have so much fun together,” the Alice star raves to Closer about her husband Steve Bakunas. “I feel very fortunate to have found him!”

While the actress Linda Lavin has no biological children, she is the stepmother of the children of her second husband and plays an active role in their lives and also in the lives of her grandchildren. She is also the stepmother of the children of her third and current husband, Steve Bakunas from his previous relationship.

Steve Bakunas is an actor and Musician

Per his IMDb, he is known for My Own Love Song (2010), Psychic Detective (1995) and One Tree Hill (2003). Lavin on the other hand has made numerous television guest appearances, including roles on The Muppet Show (1979), Law & Order: Criminal Intent, The O.C., Touched by an Angel (1999), and HBO’s The Sopranos (2002).

During Alice‘s nine-season run, Lavin earned two Golden Globe Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award nomination and gained experience directing, especially during the later seasons. Lavin also made numerous television appearances outside of Alice, including hosting her own holiday special for CBS, Linda in Wonderland (1980).

Aside from being an actor, Linda Lavin’s husband, Steve Bakunas is a painter, actor and jazz drummer. Bakunas is the drummer for her cabaret performances and her 2011 CD, “Possibilities.” On June 16 2014, the husband and wife held an evening event titled “Portrait of an Artist which featured Linda Lavin and her husband Steve Bakunas in a 90-minute intimate evening during which Lavin answered questions about her life and career, posed by her husband while he paints her portrait on stage. The event was held at the Vineyard Theatre per Playbill.

Steve and his wife resided in Wilmington, North Carolina, where they were committed community members who have been working together to rehabilitate impoverished neighborhoods including renovating many homes, donating a park to the city, and creating a community theatre, the Red Barn Studio.

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In September 2012, the Alice actress announced that she intended to sell her home in Wilmington and return to New York City. Lavin and Bakunas have lived in New York City since circa 2013–2014. In July 2016, the Luxury Living website posted Lavin’s Central Park South apartment for sale at $1.25 million. Per the New York Post, the couple had two apartments, they’re right across the hall from each other. The couple often keeps the doors to each open so they can easily walk in and out.

In 1997, the actress founded The Linda Lavin Arts Foundation in Wilmington, “to promote and foster the advancement of the performing and visual arts, with special emphasis on arts in education. Her foundation has created a theatre program called Girl Friends, whose purpose is to raise the self-esteem of at-risk teenage girls of the inner city.“

What is the age difference between Linda Lavin and her husband Steve Bakunas?

While Linda Lavin was born on October 5, 1937, and is 85 years old as of 2023, not much is known about the exact date of birth of her husband Steve Bakunas. However, according to the New York Post Lavin is 20 years older than her husband and the couple has been together for almost 2 decades.