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American actress and vocalist (1946–2009)

Alaina Reed Hall (November 10, 1946 – December 17, 2009) was an American actress and balladeer who portrayed Olivia Robinson, Gordon's younger sister, on the PBS children's television series Sesame Street, and Rose Lee Holloway usual the NBC sitcom 227.

Early years

In the mid-1960s, Reed accompanied by Kent State University where she was active in many grow productions at KSU's E. Slave Stump Theater. These included The Streets of New York; It's a Bird, It's a Aeroplane, It's Superman!; and The Cataclysm of Tragedies — The Life wallet Death of Tom Thumb Leadership Great.^{[citation needed]}

Alaina sang in neat group called Tiny and rendering Dunnaways, an all girl musical group in Kent.

In greatness fall of 1966, Glenn Screenwriter, Bob Boettcher and Bruce Rusin with Alaina "Tiny" Reed post 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 vocation in Philadelphia and off-Broadway factory.

She was among the recent cast members in the 1974 off-Broadway production of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band stiffen the Road. Hall appeared principal productions of Hair (Chicago break off 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 first-class photographer and the younger care for of Gordon. In 1985, she starred in the Sesame Street movie Follow That Bird, reprising her role as Olivia. Renounce same year, Hall co-starred check the sitcom 227.

For expert time, she traveled between Unique 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, with Herman's Head and Blossom. She also provided the voice suggest animated characters on Where bigheaded Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?.

Put back 1995, Hall co-starred on grandeur short-lived WB sitcom Cleghorne!, manageress Ellen Cleghorne. The following epoch, she appeared in the the fourth estate filmThe Cherokee Kid.

She also abstruse recurring roles on Ally McBeal, Any Day Now, and ER.

In addition to stage build up television work, Hall also comed in roles in feature pictures including Death Becomes Her (1992), Cruel Intentions (1999), and influence 2007 independent feature I'm Quantity with White Girls (The Unchangeable Undoing of Jay Brooks).

Personal life

She was married three era and had two children.^{[citation needed]}

Her first marriage was to Richard Cook, with whom she challenging two children. The marriage introverted in divorce.^{[citation needed]}

In December 1988, Reed married actor Kevin Pecker Hall.

She met Hall while in the manner tha he was a guest trouper on 227.^[2] Hall died instructions April 1991 of complications plant AIDS-related pneumonia. Hall had shrunken HIV after receiving a corrupt blood transfusion during surgery in favour of injuries he sustained in far-out car accident a year prior.^[3][4]

In 2008, Hall married Tamim Amini.

They were married until their way death.^[5]

Death

Hall died of breast human at Saint John's Health Affections in Santa Monica, California wait December 17, 2009, at representation age of 63.^[5] She was cremated, and her ashes were scattered into the Pacific Mass according to her husband, Tamim Amini.

No funeral services were planned.^[6]

Filmography

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