Alaina Reed Hall, who portrayed Olivia Robinson on Sesame Street for 12 years, has died.
Reed Hall was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2007 and succumbed Thursday at a Santa Monica, Calif., hospital, her husband, Tamim Amini, told the Los Angeles Times.
Sesame Street and Big Bird feel 40 years young
The actress, who turned 63 last month, also starred on Broadway and was one of the original cast members in the off-Broadway production of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band on the Road. She also appeared in...read more
This weekend, while the world was shocked by the untimely death of one of Hollywood;s most sweetly admired starlets, another celebrity death rocked us to our emotional childhood core. Alaina Reed Hall, an actress whose face you have seen in dozens of shows but whose name never become household, passed away at the all too young age of 63 from breast cancer.Today, we take a look back at Alaina;s life-altering career, in a list we had no choice but to call 5 Things That Made Alaina Reed Hall Awesome.5. She Was Mary;s Sassy BFF Rose on 227. 227 might be one of the funniest, most underrated shows from the 1980s, specifically one that centered around a stoop. And Alaina was at the center of the neighborhood drama, as Mary;s best friend Rose. Her work was unforgettable, and as this 227 minisode proves, hilarious. Take 5 minutes to watch as Maaaaary tries to set Rose up with her brother, only to have Soooondra steal him away. 4. She Was Married to Predator. It takes a pretty awesome wom watch
