Linda Hopkins

Linda Hopkins

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

14/12/1924

Day of Death

10/04/2017
(93) years old

Place of Birth

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

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, Un... Read More

Filmography

Cast

2005

Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best ...

as Singer (segment "Black and Blue") (archi...

2003

Piano Blues

as Self (archive footage)

1994

Leprechaun 2

as Housewife

1993

Umbria Jazz Story

as herself

1991

The Colored Museum

as Aunt Ethel

1985

Go Tell It on the Mountain

as Sister McCandless

1982

Honkytonk Man

as Blues Singer

1981

Purlie

as Sister Hopkins

1974

The Education of Sonny Carson

as Lil Boy's Mother