Actress Alaina Reed Hall,63, died of breast cancer last Thursday in Santa Monica. She played Olivia, a photographer and sister of the character Gordon on “Sesame Street” from 1976-1988. Reed- Hall also starred on the 1985-1990, NBC series “227” as the landlady and best friend of the main character played by actress Marla Gibbs. In the show’s final season, Reed Hall’s character married a character played by her real-life husband, Kevin Peter Hall, who died in 1991.
Born Bernice Reed in Springfield, Ohio, on Nov. 10, 1946, she appeared in stage productions of “Hair” and “Chicago.” She also made guest appearances on TV series such as “ER,” “NYPD Blue” and “Friends. Reed Hall appeared in a number of films, including “Death Becomes Her” and “Cruel Intentions.”
Reed-Hall is survived by her third husband, Tamim Amini and two children from a previous marriage.
Thank-you so much for posting this. I did not hear the news anywhere else. She was so memorable in all of her roles, RIP.