Linda Hopkins
Acting
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Acting Credits
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, 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" wh...
Known For
Filmography
Cries in the Dark
2006
as Mom
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005
as Singer (segment "Black and Blue") (archive footage)
Piano Blues
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Leprechaun 2
1994
as Housewife
Black and Blue: A Musical Revue
1993
as Singer
Umbria Jazz Story
1993
as herself
The Colored Museum
1991
as Aunt Ethel
Disorderlies
1987
as Buffy's Mother
Go Tell It on the Mountain
1984
as Sister McCandless
The Unpredictable Pudgy!
1983
as Herself
Honkytonk Man
1982
as Blues Singer
Champs-Elysées
1982
as Self
American Playhouse
1982
as Sister McCandless
Purlie
1981
as Sister Hopkins
Roots: The Next Generations
1979
as Singer
Mitzi... Roarin' in the 20s
1976
as Self
The Education of Sonny Carson
1974
as Lil Boy's Mother
Great Performances
1971
as Aunt Ethel
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
Rockin' the Blues
1956
as Self
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee