‘Sesame Street’ and ‘227′ actress Alaina Reed Hall dies

December 23rd, 2009 - 2:01 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt  

Alaina Reed Amini Santa Monica, Dec 22 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The ‘Sesame Street’ and ‘227’ actress Alaina Reed Hall has died, after losing her long battle with breast cancer. She was 63.

She was also known as Alaina Reed-Amini and she was born in 1946 in Ohio. And Reed-Amini had joined the cast of “Sesame Street” in 1976.

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 the 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.

Her professional work is as follows • 1969: 1, Sesame Street (Sesame Street) (TV): Olivia Robinson (1976-1988) • 1978: Cindy (TV): Venus • 1978: Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (TV): Olivia • 1981: Eubie! (TV) • 1985: Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird: Olivia • 1985: 227 (TV): Rose Lee Holloway • 1992: Death Becomes Her (Death Becomes Her): Psychologist • 1993: Me and the Kid: Sarah • 1994: Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego? (TV): Additional Voices (voice) • 1995: Cleghorne! (TV series): Lena • 1996: The Cherokee Kid (TV): My Holsopple • 1997: The Blues Brothers Animated Series (TV series): Mama Lou (voice) • 1999: Cruel Intentions (Cruel Intentions): Nurse • 2001: Chasing Sunsets: Mrs.. Stevens • 2003: Scrambled: Gert .

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