Linda Hopkins
Birthday
1924/12/14
Day of death
2017/04/10 (92 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Also know as
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Biography
Linda Hopkins (born Melinda Helen Matthews; December 14, 1924 – April 10, 2017) was a Tony Award-winning American actress and blues and gospel singer. She recorded classic, traditional, and urban blues, and performed R&B and soul, jazz, and show tunes. Hopkins was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, the second child of the Reverend Fred Matthews, Sr. and Hazel Smith, Hopkins grew up in the section of New Orleans known by the locals as "Zion City". She went to school in "Gert Town" wh...Read more
Acting
(1974) The Education of Sonny Carson
as Lil Boy's Mother
(1982) Honkytonk Man
as Blues Singer
(1994) Leprechaun 2
as Housewife
(2006) Cries in the Dark
as Mom
(1991) The Colored Museum
as Aunt Ethel
(1993) Black and Blue: A Musical Revue
as Singer
(1956) Rockin' the Blues
as Self
(1993) Umbria Jazz Story
as herself
(1981) Purlie
as Sister Hopkins
(2005) Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
as Singer (segment "Black and Blue") (archive footage)
(1985) Go Tell It on the Mountain
as Sister McCandless
(2003) Piano Blues
as Self (archive footage)
(1976) Mitzi... Roarin' in the 20s
as Self
(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee
(1979) Roots: The Next Generations
as Singer
(1982) Champs-Elysées
as Self
(1971) Great Performances
as Aunt Ethel