Linda Hopkins
Linda Hopkins
Person

Linda Hopkins

Actor 1924-12-14 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

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 Xav...

Known for

FILMOGRAPHY
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Leprechaun 2

Leprechaun 2

1994 · Housewife

Honkytonk Man

Honkytonk Man

1982 · Blues Singer

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962 · Self

Disorderlies

Disorderlies

1987 · Buffy's Mother

Roots: The Next Generations

Roots: The Next Generations

1979 · Singer

Great Performances

Great Performances

1971 · Aunt Ethel

Cries in the Dark

Cries in the Dark

2006 · Mom

Piano Blues

Piano Blues

2003 · Self (archive footage)

Champs-Elysées

Champs-Elysées

1982 · Self

Go Tell It on the Mountain

Go Tell It on the Mountain

1984 · Sister McCandless

American Playhouse

American Playhouse

1982 · Sister McCandless

The Education of Sonny Carson

The Education of Sonny Carson

1974 · Lil Boy's Mother

Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards

Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards

2005 · Singer (segment "Black and Blue") (archive footage)

Purlie

Purlie

1981 · Sister Hopkins

Rockin' the Blues

Rockin' the Blues

1956 · Self

Tony Awards

Tony Awards

1956 · Self - Nominee

The Unpredictable Pudgy!

The Unpredictable Pudgy!

1983 · Herself

Black and Blue: A Musical Revue

Black and Blue: A Musical Revue

1993 · Singer

Mitzi... Roarin' in the 20s

Mitzi... Roarin' in the 20s

1976 · Self

The Colored Museum

The Colored Museum

1991 · Aunt Ethel