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name: "Alaina Reed Hall"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/alaina-reed-hall"
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imdb_id: "nm0355271"
tmdb_id: 11871
wikidata_id: "Q434111"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "10 November 1946"
died: "17 December 2009"
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average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T22:08:07.187648+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Alaina Reed Hall

## Identity

Alaina Reed Hall

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/alaina-reed-hall
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** alaina-reed-hall
- **IMDb ID:** nm0355271
- **TMDB ID:** 11871
- **Wikidata ID:** Q434111
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaina_Reed_Hall, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q434111, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0355271/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11871

Actor. Born 10 November 1946 in Springfield, Ohio, USA. Died 17 December 2009.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 10 November 1946, Springfield, Ohio, USA
- **Died:** 17 December 2009
- **Also known as:** Alaina Reed Hall-Tamini,  Alaina Reed-Amini, Alaina Hall
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaina_Reed_Hall, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q434111, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0355271/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11871

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*Death Becomes Her*](https://film.one/film/death-becomes-her.md) (76)

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## Biography

Alaina Reed Hall was an American actress and singer. Born Bernice Ruth Reed in Springfield, Ohio, she attended Kent State University and began her career in stage productions including *Hair*, *Chicago* and *Eubie!*.

She is best known for playing Olivia Robinson on the children's series *Sesame Street* from 1976 to 1988 and Rose Lee Holloway on the sitcom *227* from 1985 to 1990. Her film roles include the Psychologist in *Death Becomes Her* (1992) and a nurse in *Cruel Intentions* (1999). She also appeared in guest roles on series such as *ER*, *Friends* and *Ally McBeal*.

Hall was married to actors Kevin Peter Hall and Tamim Amini.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, latimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Death Becomes Her* (1992), Fi1m 76, as Psychologist — [page](https://film.one/film/death-becomes-her.md)

## Complete filmography (34)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting* (2019), as Olivia Robinson (archive footage)
- *Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days* (2010), as Olivia (uncredited) (archive footage)
- *I'm Through with White Girls* (2007), as Jerri Moore
- *The Suite Life of Zack & Cody* (2005), series, as Mrs. Mayweather
- *Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!* (2004), as Olivia Robinson (archive footage) (uncredited)
- *Cruel Intentions* (1999), as Nurse
- *Between Brothers* (1997), series, as Vera Ford
- *Ally McBeal* (1997), series, as Judge Witt
- *The Cherokee Kid* (1996), as Ma Holsopple
- *The Steve Harvey Show* (1996), series, as Corinthia Grier
- *Caroline in the City* (1995), series, as Stanchfield
- *The Drew Carey Show* (1995), series, as Lois
- *Cleghorne!* (1995), series, as Lena Carlson
- *NewsRadio* (1995), series, as Landlady
- *Friends* (1994), series, as Admissions Woman — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/friends.md)
- *ER* (1994), series, as Betty Dixon — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *Me and the Kid* (1993), as Sarah
- *Sonic the Hedgehog* (1993), series, Actor
- *Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman* (1993), series, as Nurse Berkey
- *Death Becomes Her* (1992), as Psychologist — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/death-becomes-her.md)
- *Herman's Head* (1991), series, as Margaret Bracken
- *Harry and the Hendersons* (1991), series, as Lorraine Hall
- *Dream On* (1990), series, as Doris
- *A Different World* (1987), series, as Claims Officer #5
- *The Great American Quiz Show* (1987), series, Actor
- *Sesame Street: Sing Along* (1987), as Olivia
- *227* (1985), series, as Rose Lee Holloway
- *Follow That Bird* (1985), as Olivia
- *Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art* (1983), as Olivia
- *Eubie!* (1981), Actor
- *A Walking Tour of Sesame Street* (1979), as Olivia Robinson
- *Christmas Eve on Sesame Street* (1978), as Olivia (as Alaina Reed)
- *Cindy* (1978), as Venus
- *Baby, I'm Back* (1978), series, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Alaina Reed Hall](https://film.one/media/person/5559940/gallery-fdcdd1bc9cde.jpg) Alaina Reed Hall — Lemack & Company, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/Alaina_Reed_Hall_1987.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Alaina Reed Hall](https://film.one/media/person/5559940/gallery-eb777bd9c6fb.jpg) Alaina Reed Hall — Image via TMDB

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