227

...Johnston) Now: After starring in the short-lived 'Jeffersons' spin-off, 'Checking In,' Gibbs bought the rights to a play called '227' -- which her daughter turned into a five-season NBC hit sitcom (and for which Gibbs also co-wrote and...

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...1976 and played a photographer and sister of the character Gordon. The actress remained on the show until 1988 and also starred in NBC's 227 playing the landlady and best friend of the show's main character. During the final series...

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...and the kid sister of Gordon the teacher. She left the program in 1988 for a role on the NBC sitcom "227." The actress married her "227" co-star Kevin Peter Hall in 1988. With art imitating life, their characters were married in the...

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...Olivia Robinson on "Sesame Street" for a dozen years beginning in the mid-1970s and later played Rose Holloway on the TV situation comedy "227," has died. She was 63. Ms. Reed Hall, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2007, died Thursday...

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LOS ANGELES - Alaina Reed-Amini, the Broadway star and TV actress best known for her long-running roles on "Sesame Street" and "227," has died. She was 63. FILE - In this Feb. 6, 1990 picture, Singer Luther Vandross, second from left, poses...

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...part of the "Sesame Street" cast in 1976 and played Olivia, a photographer and remained until 1988. She went on to star in NBC's "227" from 1985 to 1990, playing the best friend and landlady of the show's main character. On the final...

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...News LOS ANGELES - Alaina Reed-Amini, the Broadway star and TV actress best known for her long-running roles on "Sesame Street" and "227," has died. She was 63. Reed-Amini died Dec. 17 at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica after a...

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...members, from left, Marla Gibbs, Alaina Reed Hall, and Kevin Peter Hall following the taping of a two-part episode of the television series "227" at Sunset-Gower Studios in Los Angeles, Ca. Alaina Reed-Amini, the Broadway star and TV actress...

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...in Broadway and Off-Broadway productions such as Chicago, Hair, and Eubie. After 12 years on Sesame Street, she joined the cast of 227, playing Rose (there's a snippet here, and a great clip here). According to blogger Thembi Ford: Kevin...

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...death has hit the world of the small screen. Actress Alaina Reed Hall, probably best remembered for playing Rose on the sitcom 227 and Olivia on Sesame Street from the late 70s to the late 80s, passed away last week after a long...

In this article: Alaina Reed Hall, Sesame Street, Breast cancer, Bill O'Reilly, and Ally McBeal