Sesame Street’s Alaina Reed Amini passes away at 63
News
oi-Staff
London
(ANI):
Alaina
Reed
Amini,
best
known
for
playing
Olivia
Robinson
on
Sesame
Street,
has
died
after
a
two-year
battle
with
breast
cancer.
The
63-year-old
star
passed
away
on
Thursday
at
Santa
Monica
hospital,
reports
BBC
News.
Her
stage
credits
included
Chicago
and
Hair.
She
also
appeared
in
several
movies,
including
Cruel
Intentions.
She"s
also
done
cameo
roles
in
various
TV
shows
such
as
ER
and
NYPD
Blue.
Reed-Amini
joined
the
Sesame
Street
cast
in
1976
and
played
a
photographer
and
sister
of
the
character
Gordon.
She"s
survived
by
her
husband,
Tamim
Amini,
and
two
children
from
a
previous
marriage.