Alaina Reed Hall

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Alaina Reed Hall (actually Bernice Ruth Reed ; born November 10, 1946 in Springfield , Ohio ; † December 17, 2009 in Santa Monica , California ) was an American actress and singer .

Life

Reed began her acting career in Broadway and Off-Broadway productions of well-known musicals , before becoming known to a wide audience in 1976 with the role of Olivia in Sesame Street . In 1985 she began her second major role on the sitcom 227 . Since Reed had to commute between the New York and Los Angeles production facilities , she eventually gave up the role of Olivia .

After the end of the sitcom in 1990, she played roles as a guest in television series (such as Ally McBeal , NYPD Blue or Blossom ) and occasionally in feature films. In addition, she dubbed cartoons .

Their first marriage, which resulted in two children, ended in divorce. Her second marriage to actor Kevin Peter Hall ended with his early death in 1991. In her third marriage, she was married to Tamim Amini from 2008 until her death and was called Alaina Reed-Amini. On December 17, 2009, she died of complications from breast cancer at the age of 63.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1976-1988; 1992: Sesame Street ( Sesame Street , TV series, 60 episodes)
  • 1978: Cinderella in Harlem (TV movie)
  • 1978: Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (TV movie)
  • 1979: A Walking Tour of Sesame Street (TV movie)
  • 1981: Eubie! (TV movie)
  • 1983: Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Movie made for TV)
  • 1985: Bibo's Adventurous Escape (Follow That Bird)
  • 1985–1990: 227 (TV series, 115 episodes)
  • 1991–1993: Bigfoot and the Hendersons ( Harry and the Hendersons , TV series, 7 episodes)
  • 1992: Death Becomes Her (Death Becomes Her)
  • 1993: My friend, the kidnapper (Me and the Kid)
  • 1994: Sonic the Hedgehog (TV series, 13 episodes, voice)
  • 1995: Friends (TV series, episode 1x17)
  • 1995: Superman - The Adventures of Lois & Clark ( Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman , TV series, episode 2x19)
  • 1995: Dream On (TV series, episode 6x14)
  • 1995: Cleghorne! (TV series, 12 episodes)
  • 1996: Cherokee Kid ( The Cherokee Kid , Movie made for TV)
  • 1997: New York Cops - NYPD Blue ( NYPD Blue , TV series, episode 5x05)
  • 1997: The Blues Brothers Animated Series (TV series, 8 episodes, voice)
  • 1998: Caroline in the City (TV series, episode 3x18)
  • 1997–1998: Ally McBeal (TV series, 3 episodes)
  • 1999: Ice Cold Angels (Cruel Intentions)
  • 1998–2001: Alabama Dreams (TV series, 2 episodes)
  • 2001: Chasing Sunsets
  • 2003: Scrambled
  • 2007: Emergency Room - Die Notaufnahme ( ER , TV series, 2 episodes)
  • 2007: I'm Through with White Girls (The Inevitable Undoing of Jay Brooks)

Theater (selection)

  • 1975–1977: Chicago (46th Street Theater, New York City)
  • 1977: Hair ( Biltmore Theater , New York City)
  • 1978–1979: Eubie! (Ambassador Theater, New York City)
  • 1981: In Trousers (Second Stage - Park Royal, New York City)
  • 1983: A ... My Name Is Alice (Village Gate / Upstairs, New York City)
  • 1984: A ... My Name Is Alice (American Place Theater, New York City)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Alaina Reed-Amini . In: independent.co.uk of December 24, 2009.
  2. ↑ a b c Dennis McLellan: Alaina Reed Hall dies at 63; actress was Olivia Robinson on 'Sesame Street' . In: latimes.com of September 16, 2014.
  3. ↑ Alaina Reed Hall . In: filmreference.com, accessed September 24, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Hall, Alaina Reed
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Reed, Bernice Ruth (real name); Reed-Amini, Alaina (married name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actress and singer
DATE OF BIRTH November 10, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Springfield , Ohio , United States
DATE OF DEATH December 17, 2009
Place of death Santa Monica , California , United States