Linda Carlson Passes On

Linda Carlson, who was a regular on the TV show Kaz and had a recurring role on the classic sitcom Newhart, died on October 26 2021 at the age of 76. She had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis for some time.

Linda Carlson was born on May 12 1945 in Knoxville, Tennessee. She appeared in school plays at  Edina Morningside High School in Minnesota. She received a bachelor's degree in speech and dramatic arts from the University of Iowa and a master's degree from New York University. In 1969 she appeared in the Negro Ensemble Company's production of The Harangues off Broadway . In 1973 she made her debut on Broadway in a revival of Full Circle. In the Seventies she was an understudy in the Broadway productions A Memory of Two Mondays / 27 Wagons Full of Cotton and They Knew What They Wanted.

Linda Carlson made her television debut as a regular on the short-lived drama Westside Medical. In the Seventies she played Katie McKenna on Kaz. She guest starred on the show Kojak and WKRP in Cincinnati.

In the Eighties she played the recurring role of Bev Dutton, the manager of the TV station on which Dick Loudon's television show aired, on the classic sitcom Newhart. She also appeared on the daytime soap opera Days of Our Lives. She guest starred on the shows Lou Grant; Quincy, M.E.; Remington Steele; St. Elsewhere, The Mississippi; Scarecrow and Mrs. King; Brothers; Cagney & Lacey; Growing Pains; Mr. President; My Two Dads; Christine Cromwell; and Father Dowling Mysteries.

In the Nineties Miss Carlson played Judge Beth Bornstein  on Murder One. She guest starred on the shows Baby Talk, Sisters, Double Rush, Space: Above and Beyond, Moloney, High Incident, The Pretender, Cracker, Michael Hayes, Clueless, and NYPD Blue. She appeared in the movies Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (1992), The Pickle (1993), and The Beverly Hillbillies (1993). In the Naughts she guest starredo n the shows NYPD Blue, Providence, and Passions.