Santa Monica, Dec 22 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Actress Alaina Reed Hall who starred in ‘Sesame Street’ and ‘227’ has died, after losing her battle with breast cancer. She was 63.

Alaina Reed Hall was the actress who played Olivia Robinson on “Sesame Street” for a more than a decade from the mid-1970s and later played Rose Holloway on the situation comedy “227”. Reed Hall co-stared as Rose with Jackée Harry on ‘227.’ And the situational comedy series lasted five seasons.

She had guest appearances on cult favorite ‘Blossom’ and then was cast as the lead on the sitcom ‘Cleghorne!’ in 1995. She also appeared on Broadway in shows like “Hair” and “Chicago.”

Alaina Reed Hall was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2007, and she died on Thursday at Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, according to her husband, Tamim Amini.

“She was very good in the role, and some episodes were written around her,” said Gibbs, adding that Reed Hall “was a wonderful singer. As a matter of fact, she and I did a nightclub act together at my club, Marla’s Memory Lane,” while doing the series.

“She worked on Broadway, she did stuff in New York; she was a very well known singer in New York for a while before she did the show,” Gibbs added. “After we finished the show, she did quite a few commercials, so I was calling her the ‘Commercial Queen.’ She was just a wonderful friend. She will be sorely missed; she fought the good fight.”