Linda Hopkins
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...
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...
Known For
Cast Credits
Cries in the Dark
as Mom
Leprechaun 2
as Housewife
Black and Blue: A Musical Revue
as Singer
The Colored Museum
as Aunt Ethel
Disorderlies
as Buffy's Mother
Go Tell It on the Mountain
as Sister McCandless
Honkytonk Man
as Blues Singer
Purlie
as Sister Hopkins
The Education of Sonny Carson
as Lil Boy's Mother