Linda Lawson
Lawson inAdventures in Paradise.
Born	Linda Gloria Spaziani (1936-01-14)January 14, 1936 Michigan, U.S.[1]
Died	May 18, 2022 (aged 86) Woodland Hills,Los Angeles,California, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Actress, singer
Years active	1955–2005
Spouse(s)	John Foreman (m. 1961; died 1992)
Children	2, includingAmanda Foreman

Linda Lawson (bornLinda Gloria Spaziani;^[2] January 14, 1936 – May 18, 2022) was an American actress and singer.^[3]

The first of three children born to Italian immigrants Maria Cataldi and Edward Spaziani, she was five years old when her family moved from Michigan toFontana, California. After graduating fromChaffey High School,^[1] she began her 50-year acting career in 1955 with a short film for the U.S. government. On May 5, 1955, Lawson was dubbed "Miss Cue"^[4][5]in reference to a series of nuclear tests conducted by the US military under "Operation Teapot," and publicized as "Operation Cue" in a short film distributed by the USFederal Civil Defense Administration.^[6]

She appeared in several television series, includingAlfred Hitchcock Presents;The Alfred Hitchcock Hour;Maverick starringJames Garner, asClint Eastwood's "other woman" in the episode "Duel at Sundown";James Michener'sAdventures in Paradise, as recurring character "Renee" in six episodes;Don't Call Me Charlie!, in which she portrayed "Pat Perry" for eighteen episodes;Ben Casey, seen as "Laura Fremont" for nine episodes;M Squad;Overland Trail, andWagon Train, co-starring withRaymond Massey as the princess of a lostAztec settlement.

Lawson also appeared in two episodes ofBonanza,It Takes a Thief,ER;The Virginian,Mr. Lucky,Perry Mason,The Real McCoys,The Aquanauts,Sea Hunt;Tales of Wells Fargo,77 Sunset Strip;Hawaiian Eye;Border Patrol,Colt .45,Peter Gunn,Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer andThe Tall Man among many others.

She also appeared in several movies, includingSometimes a Great Notion. She co-starred oppositeDennis Hopper inNight Tide (1961).

She was married to film producerJohn Foreman.Amanda Foreman and Julie Foreman, both actresses, are their daughters. She died inWoodland Hills, Los Angeles on May 18, 2022, at the age of 86. Her death was announced 2 weeks later.^[7][8]

In 1960, Lawson recordedIntroducing Linda Lawson. The music was conducted and arranged byMarty Paich.^[9]

Tracks:

• Are You With Me (H. Levin, D. Robinson)
• Where Flamingos Fly (J. Kennedy, M. Spoliansky)
• But Beautiful (J. Burke, J. VanHeusen)
• Me And My Shadow (B. Rose, A. Jolson, D. Dreyer)
• You Don't Know What Love Is (Raye, DePaul)
• Easy To Love (Cole Porter)
• Meaning of the Blues (Bobby Troup, Leah Worth)
• Mood Indigo (D. Ellington, I. Mills, A. Bigard)
• Like Young (P. F. Webster, A. Previn)
• Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo (H. Deutsch, B. Kaper)
• Make The Man Love Me (D. Fields, A. Schwartz)
• Up Pops Love (R. Faith, C. Kehner)

• Linda Lawson atIMDb

• 1936 births
• 2022 deaths
• American film actresses
• American television actresses
• American jazz singers
• American people of Italian descent
• Chaffey High School alumni
• Singers from Michigan
• Actresses from Michigan
• Jazz musicians from Michigan
• 20th-century American actresses
• 21st-century American actresses

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