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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

33

Gender

Female

Birthday

1946-11-10

Day of Death

2009-12-17 (63 years old)

Place of Birth

Springfield, Ohio, USA

Also Known As

Alaina Reed Hall-Tamini

Alaina Reed-Amini

Alaina Hall

Alaina Reed Hall

Biography

Alaina Reed Hall (November 10, 1946 – December 17, 2009) was an American actress and singer, probably best known for playing Olivia on Sesame Street for 12 years. She died of breast cancer at the age of 63.

Known For

Acting

Cruel Intentions

1999

Cruel Intentions

as

Nurse

Death Becomes Her

1992

Death Becomes Her

as

Psychologist

The Cherokee Kid

1996

The Cherokee Kid

as

Ma Holsopple

Me and the Kid

1993

Me and the Kid

as

Sarah

Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days

2010

Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days

as

Olivia (uncredited) (archive footage)

Cindy

1978

Cindy

as

Venus

Eubie!

1980

Eubie!

as

Follow That Bird

1985

Follow That Bird

as

Olivia

Christmas Eve on Sesame Street

1978

Christmas Eve on Sesame Street

as

Olivia (as Alaina Reed)

A Walking Tour of Sesame Street

1979

A Walking Tour of Sesame Street

as

Olivia Robinson

A Different World

A Different World

as

Claims Officer #5

Ally McBeal

Ally McBeal

as

Judge Elizabeth Witt

227

227

as

Rose Lee Holloway

The Steve Harvey Show

The Steve Harvey Show

as

Corinthia Grier

Cleghorne!

Cleghorne!

as

Lena Carlson

ER

ER

as

Betty Dixon

Friends

Friends

as

Admissions Woman

Reading Rainbow

Reading Rainbow

as

Herself - Narrator (voice)

NewsRadio

NewsRadio

as

Landlady

Dream On

Dream On

as

Doris

Herman's Head

Herman's Head

as

Margaret Bracken

Wordplay

Wordplay

as

Self - Celebrity Panelist

Production

Crew

Directing