Linda Hopkins
About the person
Career:
Acting
Date of birth:1924-12-14
Place of birth:New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Gender:Female
Popularity:0
Date of death2017-04-10
92Biography
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" which bordered the Xavier University of Louisiana.
Filmography
Rating by year
- Cries in the DarkMom2006-09-157.411
- Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony AwardsSinger (segment "Black and Blue") (archive footage)2005-08-077.24
- Piano BluesSelf (archive footage)2003-10-046.510
- Leprechaun 2Housewife1994-04-085.5372
- Umbria Jazz Storyherself1993-07-010.00
- Black and Blue: A Musical RevueSinger1993-02-170.00
- The Colored MuseumAunt Ethel1991-02-010.00
- DisorderliesBuffy's Mother1987-08-144.946
- Go Tell It on the MountainSister McCandless1984-08-316.39
- Honkytonk ManBlues Singer1982-12-156.4200
- PurlieSister Hopkins1981-10-126.54
- Roots: The Next GenerationsSinger1979-02-187.435
- Mitzi... Roarin' in the 20sSelf1976-03-140.00
- The Education of Sonny CarsonLil Boy's Mother1974-07-175.78
- Great PerformancesAunt Ethel1971-01-286.125
- Rockin' the BluesSelf1956-10-116.02