Linda McCartney
- Acting
- September 24, 1941 · New York City, New York, USA
- April 17, 1998
Biography
Linda Louise, Lady McCartney (née Eastman; September 24, 1941 – April 17, 1998) was an American photographer, musician, cookbook author, and activist. She was the keyboardist and harmony vocalist in the band Wings that also featured her husband, Paul McCartney of the Beatles. Beginning in the mid-1960s, Linda began a career as a photographer, landing with Town & Country, where she soon gained assignments to photograph various musicians and entertainers. By the late 1960s, she was a regular fixture at the Fillmore East, a New York concert venue, where she became the unofficial house photographer capturing numerous performances at the legendary club, and was the first woman to have a photograph on the cover of the influential music magazine Rolling Stone. Her photographs were displayed in galleries and museums such as the Victoria and Albert Museum, and were collected in several books. Linda had been learning to play keyboards from her husband, and after the 1970 breakup of the Beatles, Paul and Linda recorded the album Ram together, and they formed the band Wings in 1971. She continued to play alongside Paul following Wings' breakup in 1981 up until The New World Tour in 1993. She was an animal rights activist. Linda's Kitchen: Simple and Inspiring Recipes for Meatless Meals, the second of her two vegetarian cookbooks, was nominated for a James Beard Award in 1996. She also founded the vegetarian Linda McCartney Foods company with her husband. In 1995, Linda was diagnosed with breast cancer. She died from the disease three years later, at the age of 56. Description above from the Wikipedia article Linda McCartney, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
- Man on the Run · Self
- It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley · Self
- Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music · Self
- Paul McCartney & Wings: One Hand Clapping · Self
- The Lost Weekend: A Love Story · Self
- If These Walls Could Sing · Self
- The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert · Self
- The Beatles: Get Back · Self
- Paul McCartney at the BBC · Self
- Understanding McCartney · Self
- Paul McCartney: Wings of a Beatle · Self
- Paul McCartney & Wings: Wild Life · Self
- The Beatles 1+
- Rockshow · Self
- Wings - First Flight 1969-1974 · Self
- Paul McCartney & Wings: Band on the Run
- The Best British Rock Concert of All Time: Live at Knebworth · Self
- The 60s: The Beatles Decade
- Paul McCartney: The McCartney Years · Self
- Beatles Biggest Secrets · Self
- Paul McCartney - The Music and Animation Collection · Writer
- Wingspan · Self
- Shadow Cycle · Music Score Producer, Music
- Paul McCartney: In the World Tonight · Self
- Tropic Island Hum · Wilhelmina, Executive producer
- Grateful Dead · Producer, Cinematography
- Paul Is Live In Concert – On the New World Tour · Self
- Paul is Live in Concert on The New World Tour · Self
- Paul McCartney: Movin' On · Self
- Paul McCartney: The Complete Up Close Rehearsal · Self
- Daumier's Law · Writer
- Paul McCartney's Get Back · Self
- Paul McCartney: Unplugged · Self
- Paul McCartney: From Rio to Liverpool · Self
- The Simpsons · Linda McCartney (Voice)
- Paul McCartney: Put It There · Self
- Imagine: John Lennon
- Daytime Live
- Bread · Linda McCartney
- Rupert and the Frog Song · Writer, Executive producer
- Give My Regards to Broad Street · Linda, Producer
- Yoko Ono: Then and Now · Self
- Paul McCartney - Take It Away · Self
- The Cooler · Prison Camp Warden (uncredited), Executive producer
- Wogan · Self
- Concerts for the People of Kampuchea · Self
- A Very Lovely Party: On Tour With Paul McCartney & Wings · Self
- Back to the Egg · Self
- Paul McCartney & Wings: Wings Over the World · Self
- The Kenny Everett Video Show
- Rockestra Documentary Special · Self
- Mike Yarwood In Persons
- The Beach Boys: It's OK · Self
- Paul McCartney & Wings: Wings Over Australia · Self
- Saturday Night Live · Self
- James Paul McCartney · Self
- Paul McCartney & Wings: The Bruce McMouse Show · Self / Swooney McMouse (Voice)
- Let It Be · Self
- The Beatles: Something · Self