The Associated Press is reporting that Alaina Reed-Amini, who played Olivia on Sesame Street, died at age 63 on Dec. 17 after a two-year struggle breast cancer, according to her publicist. Known as Alaina Reed-Hall until she remarried, the stage actress first appeared on Sesame Street in 1976, as the little sister of the character Gordon (Roscoe Orman). She played the landlady Rose Lee Holloway on the NBC sitcom 227 from 1985 to 1990, and subsequently appeared in guest roles on various TV shows, including ER, Ally McBeal, and Blossom. She is survived by her husband Tamim Amini and two children from an earlier marriage.
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I’m so sorry to hear this – I loved her back when I watched Sesame Street as a child. My condolences to her family and friends.
Wife of the Predator himself, Kevin Peter Hall, until his passing in 1991.
He is the helicopter pilot at the end of the film too.
just wanted to add that not that anyone asked me.
May she rest in peace.
Like our childhood’s, she will be missed. Thanks for guiding me along the way. R.I.P.
She knew how to work those Bo Derek hair beads.
RIP! Poor Sandra Clark (Jackee Harry) has to bug Mary Jenkins.
I’m saddened to hear this news. She will be missed.
Another piece of sad news in a sad week. Olivia was very much a part of my childhood on SS, and I enjoyed Ms. Reed-Amini on 227 as well.
The come in threes. Brittany Murphy, Alaina Reed-Amini, and (insert name here)
so many good memories tied up in her voice and smile. I really feel like I am getting old as these people who helped raise me, in a way, are passing.
The third: actor Arnold Stang best known for his nerdy looks and his nasal Brooklyniese voice passed away at age 91. He was known for the voice but he changed it a bit so that he could voice Hannah Barbera’s Top Cat. That sadly is three. Wow. There goes my childhood: Olivia, Top Cat and Tai? Yikes.