Linda Carlson

Linda Carlson was an American actress who was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, and grew up in Minnesota. She studied at the University of Iowa, where she earned a degree in speech and dramatic arts, and later trained at NYU's School of the Arts, receiving a master's degree and teaching acting there. She entered professional theater through New York's Negro Ensemble Company, then spent a season in Milwaukee and made appearances at theaters in Minneapolis, Winnipeg, Princeton, and Indianapolis. Off-Broadway roles included The Harangues, Miss Julie, Winner Take All, and Light Up the Sky. On Broadway she played Crete in Full Circle and understudied A Memory of Two Mondays, 27 Wagons Full of Cotton, and They Knew What They Wanted. On television, she starred in Westside Medical, played Katie McKenna on Kaz, and had a recurring role as Bev Dutton on Newhart. She also appeared on Murder One, Kojak, WKRP in Cincinnati, and Double Rush. She died in 2021.