تولد
July 31 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
محل تولد
New York City , New York , USA
Early in her acting career, Linda (actor, singer, musician) landed a movie role directed by Gillian Armstrong's in Mrs. Soffel opposite Diane Keaton, and a supporting role in Ron Howard's film Gung Ho, opposite Michael Keaton, joining Screen Actors Guild. Her most recent credit in 2019, Linda worked on an Annie Clark/St Vincent and Carrie Brownstein film, The Nowhere Inn. Other credits include, The Farrelly Brother's film Kingpin, opposite Bill Murray and Woody Harrelson, the PBS American Playhouse film Darrow opposite Kevin Spacey, and opposite Keanu Reeves in The Prince of Pennsylvania. Additional credits include, supporting role in independent film Helen Alone (2014) starring Daniel Baldwin, Trust Me with Clark Gregg. Before that, other credits include co-star roles in Comedy Central's Last Laugh, Everybody Hates Chris, and worked on Friendly Fire - a Sean Lennon & Yoko Ono production for LP Dead Meat. Linda's musical talents as a singer, and harmonica player comes from a family of jazz, blues and pop guitarist who had regular jam sessions in their home in the 60s with the young (now legendary jazz guitarist) Pat Martino, a friend of her dad's. Her mom who sang jazz standard with her dad's band could swing with the best of them, her favorites being Ella and Peggy Lee, teaching Linda a natural ear and vocal ability to swing. After seeing Angela Lansbury in the original Broadway production of Sweeney Todd on opening week, a gift from her brother Larry, a sub musician on Broadway, Linda decided to be an actor. She studied drama, voice and musical theater at the Pittsburgh Playhouse under direction of Point Park University where she holds a degree in theater, taught an actors marketing seminar as a guest artist at Carnegie Mellon University, and later hosted and participated in an improv workshop with the late Martin de Maat, co-founder of Chicago's 'Second City' training center and the rest is history. Linda lives is Los Angeles committed to educating and touching others through the spirit of the arts. In continuing her family tradition, her dream is to record an album of traditional jazz standards and blues that was so cherished in her home in honoring the sounds of that era, keeping the torch songs alive and swingin'. - IMDb Mini Biography By: anonymous
