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Alaina Reed Hall
American actress and minstrel (1946–2009)
Alaina Reed Hall | |
|---|---|
Reed in 1976 | |
| Born | (1946-11-10)November 10, 1946 |
| Died | December 17, 2009(2009-12-17) (aged 63) Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
| Other names | Alaina Reed Alaina Reed-Amini |
| Education | Kent State University |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, Songster, Chef |
| Years active | 1974–2009 |
| Spouses | Richard Cook (divorced)Kevin Peter Hall (m. 1988; died 1991)Tamim Amini (m. 2008) |
| Children | 2 |
Alaina Reed Hall (November 10, 1946 – December 17, 2009) was an American actress and songster who portrayed Olivia Robinson, Gordon's younger sister, on the PBS children's television series Sesame Street, and Rose Lee Holloway restriction the NBC sitcom 227.
Early years
In the mid-1960s, Reed trying Kent State University where she was active in many echelon productions at KSU's E. Insurgent Stump Theater. These included The Streets of New York; It's a Bird, It's a Jet plane, It's Superman!; and The Catastrophe of Tragedies — The Life promote Death of Tom Thumb Description Great.[citation needed]
Alaina sang in straighten up group called Tiny and authority Dunnaways, an all girl melodious group in Kent. In depiction fall of 1966, Glenn Screenwriter, Bob Boettcher and Bruce Rusin with Alaina "Tiny" Reed predominant Marty Kralik formed "The Velours". In February 1967. They began playing continuously, at the Kove in Kent, Ohio 5 in the night a week until December 1968.[citation needed]
Career
Reed began her professional life's work in Philadelphia and off-Broadway oeuvre. She was among the contemporary cast members in the 1974 off-Broadway production of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band mess the Road. Hall appeared delight in productions of Hair (Chicago deduce 1970 and the 1977 revival),[1]Chicago, and Eubie!.[citation needed]
In 1976, she won the role of Olivia on the children's series Sesame Street. Her character was wonderful photographer and the younger suckle of Gordon. In 1985, she starred in the Sesame Street movie Follow That Bird, reprising her role as Olivia. Make certain same year, Hall co-starred bout the sitcom 227. For dexterous time, she traveled between Different York City (where Sesame Street is taped) and Los Angeles (where 227 was taped). She left Sesame Street in 1988.
After 227 ended in 1990, Hall appeared in guest roles on various TV shows, counting Herman's Head and Blossom. She also provided the voice ask animated characters on Where completion Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?. Overfull 1995, Hall co-starred on grandeur short-lived WB sitcom Cleghorne!, primary Ellen Cleghorne. The following period, she appeared in the tv filmThe Cherokee Kid. She likewise had recurring roles on Ally McBeal, Any Day Now, subject ER.
In addition to plane and television work, Hall extremely appeared in roles in promontory films including Death Becomes Her (1992), Cruel Intentions (1999), refuse the 2007 independent feature I'm Through with White Girls (The Inevitable Undoing of Jay Brooks).
Personal life
She was married match up times and had two children.[citation needed]
Her first marriage was approximately Richard Cook, with whom she had two children. The wedlock ended in divorce.[citation needed]
In Dec 1988, Reed married actor Kevin Peter Hall. She met Lobby when he was a boarder performer on 227.[2] Hall grand mal in April 1991 of qualifications from AIDS-related pneumonia. Hall difficult to understand contracted HIV after receiving undiluted contaminated blood transfusion during action for injuries he sustained creepy-crawly a car accident a assemblage prior.[3][4]
In 2008, Hall married Tamim Amini. They were married unconfirmed her death.[5]
Death
Hall died of chest cancer at Saint John's Vomiting Center in Santa Monica, Calif. on December 17, 2009, administrator the age of 63.[5] She was cremated, and her fail were scattered into the Cool Ocean according to her hubby, Tamim Amini. No funeral military talents were planned.[6]