Linda Hopkins(1924-2017)

Actress
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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 Les Baronnes (2019). She died on 10 April 2017 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.

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Awards
- 2 wins total

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Known for

Great Performances (1971)

Great Performances

7.9

TV Series

Aunt Ethel

Warwick Davis in Leprechaun 2 (1994)

4.7

Housewife

1994

Elisabeth Moss, Melissa McCarthy, and Tiffany Haddish in Les Baronnes (2019)

5.6

Soundtrack("It's in Your Blood")

2019

Rony Clanton in The Education of Sonny Carson (1974)

The Education of Sonny Carson

6.8

Lil Boy's Mother

1974

Credits

Actress

Obsession maternelle
5.3
TV Movie
- Mom #1
- 2006
The Survivors Club
5.2
TV Movie
- Female Officer Tandy
- 2004
Something Wilder
6.6
TV Series
- Lady
- 1994
Leprechaun 2
4.7
- Housewife
- 1994
Great Performances
7.9
TV Series
- Aunt Ethel
- 1991–1993
Disorderlies
5.0
- Buffy's Mother
- 1987
Go Tell It on the Mountain
6.7
- Sister McCandless
- 1985
American Playhouse
7.3
TV Series
- Sister McCandless
- 1985
Honkytonk Man
6.6
- Blues Singer
- 1982
Purlie
8.2
TV Movie
- Sister Hopkins
- 1982
Racines 2
7.8
TV Mini Series
- Singer
- 1979
King
8.0
TV Mini Series
- Ellie
- 1978
The Education of Sonny Carson
6.8
- Lil Boy's Mother
- 1974
Amerikanische Impressionen
TV Movie
- 1960

Music Department

Soundtrack

420 Awards - 2nd Annual Event
6.4
TV Special
- performer: "Cool Cat Is Cool"
- 2020
Les Baronnes
5.6
- performer: "It's in Your Blood"
- 2019
Serangoon Road
6.9
TV Series
- performer: "Say I Do"
- 2013
Mitzi Gaynor: Razzle Dazzle! The Special Years
8.5
Video
- performer: "The New Orleans Hop Scop Blues"
- 2008
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
8.2
TV Movie
- performer: "Walk Him Up the Stairs"
- 1982
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
5.4
- performer: "God Be With You"
- writer: "God Be With You"
- 1971
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
8.5
TV Series
- performer: "It's My Belief"
- 1971

Personal details

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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Trivia
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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