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Linda Hopkins(1924-2017)

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Linda Hopkins
Linda Hopkins was born on 14 December 1924 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. She was an actress, known for Great Performances (1971), Leprechaun 2 (1994) and The Kitchen (2019). She died on 10 April 2017 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
BornDecember 14, 1924
DiedApril 10, 2017(92)
BornDecember 14, 1924
DiedApril 10, 2017(92)
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Known for

Great Performances (1971)
Great Performances
7.9
TV Series
  • Aunt Ethel
Warwick Davis in Leprechaun 2 (1994)
Leprechaun 2
4.6
  • Housewife
  • 1994
Elisabeth Moss, Melissa McCarthy, and Tiffany Haddish in The Kitchen (2019)
The Kitchen
5.6
  • Soundtrack("It's in Your Blood")
  • 2019
American Playhouse (1980)
American Playhouse
7.3
TV Series
  • Sister McCandless

Credits

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Actress

  • Eva LaRue and Adrian Holmes in Cries in the Dark (2006)
    Cries in the Dark
    5.3
    TV Movie
    • Mom #1
    • 2006
  • Jacqueline Bisset, James Remar, and Brian Markinson in The Survivors Club (2004)
    The Survivors Club
    5.2
    TV Movie
    • Female Officer Tandy
    • 2004
  • Gene Wilder, Ian Bottiglieri, Carl Michael Lindner, and Hillary B. Smith in Something Wilder (1994)
    Something Wilder
    6.7
    TV Series
    • Lady
    • 1994
  • Warwick Davis in Leprechaun 2 (1994)
    Leprechaun 2
    4.6
    • Housewife
    • 1994
  • Great Performances (1971)
    Great Performances
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Aunt Ethel
    • 1991–1993
  • Disorderlies (1987)
    Disorderlies
    5.0
    • Buffy's Mother
    • 1987
  • Ving Rhames, CCH Pounder, Alfre Woodard, and Paul Winfield in Go Tell It on the Mountain (1985)
    Go Tell It on the Mountain
    6.8
    • Sister McCandless
    • 1985
  • American Playhouse (1980)
    American Playhouse
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Sister McCandless
    • 1985
  • Clint Eastwood and Kyle Eastwood in Honkytonk Man (1982)
    Honkytonk Man
    6.6
    • Blues Singer
    • 1982
  • Purlie (1982)
    Purlie
    8.8
    TV Movie
    • Sister Hopkins
    • 1982
  • Roots: The Next Generations (1979)
    Roots: The Next Generations
    7.8
    TV Mini Series
    • Singer
    • 1979
  • King (1978)
    King
    7.9
    TV Mini Series
    • Ellie
    • 1978
  • Rony Clanton in The Education of Sonny Carson (1974)
    The Education of Sonny Carson
    6.8
    • Lil Boy's Mother
    • 1974
  • Amerikanische Impressionen
    TV Movie
    • 1960

Music Department

  • Cool Cat Saves the Kids - the Director's Cut (2022)
    Cool Cat Saves the Kids - the Director's Cut
    3.4
    • music
    • 2022
  • Cool Cat Saves the Kids (2015)
    Cool Cat Saves the Kids
    3.4
    • soundtrack: "Cool Cat is a Cool Cat"
    • 2015

Soundtrack

  • 420 AWARDS - 2nd Annual Event (2020)
    420 AWARDS - 2nd Annual Event
    6.3
    TV Special
    • performer: "Cool Cat Is Cool"
    • 2020
  • Elisabeth Moss, Melissa McCarthy, and Tiffany Haddish in The Kitchen (2019)
    The Kitchen
    5.6
    • performer: "It's in Your Blood"
    • 2019
  • Joan Chen, Maeve Dermody, Don Hany, Alaric, Michael Dorman, Pamelyn Chee, Chin Han, and Ario Bayu in Serangoon Road (2013)
    Serangoon Road
    6.9
    TV Series
    • performer: "Say I Do"
    • 2013
  • Mitzi Gaynor: Razzle Dazzle! The Special Years (2008)
    Mitzi Gaynor: Razzle Dazzle! The Special Years
    8.5
    Video
    • performer: "The New Orleans Hop Scop Blues"
    • 2008
  • The Blues (2003)
    The Blues
    8.0
    TV Mini Series
    • performer: "When the Blues Come Round This Evening"
    • 2003
  • The 43rd Annual Tony Awards
    6.0
    TV Special
    • performer: "Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do"
    • 1989
  • Purlie (1982)
    Purlie
    8.8
    TV Movie
    • performer: "Walk Him Up the Stairs"
    • 1982
  • Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me (1971)
    Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
    5.4
    • performer: "God Be With You"
    • writer: "God Be With You"
    • 1971
  • Johnny Carson in The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
    8.5
    TV Series
    • performer: "It's My Belief"
    • 1971

Personal details

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  • Born
    • December 14, 1924
    • New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
  • Died
    • April 10, 2017
    • Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA(undisclosed)
  • Other works
    Stage: Appeared (as "Bessie Smith") in "Me and Bessie" on Broadway. Musical.

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    Brash, sassy, chunky-framed gospel, jazz and blues singer best known, besides her recordings, for her Broadway performances in "Purlie", "Me and Bessie" as Bessie Smith, "Black and Blue" and "Inner City" for which she won a Tony Award for Best Supporting Actress.

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