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Linda Bove is a Deaf American actress, best known for her role as Linda on Sesame Street from 1971 to 2002. She is also a certified deaf interpreter, a founder of Deaf West Theatre, and a sign language advocate.
Linda Bove is an American actress who was born deaf and became a founding member of the National Theater of the Deaf. She is best known for playing Linda, the longest-running role on American television for a person with a differing ability, on Sesame Street (1969) for over 20 years.
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- Garfield, New Jersey, USA
- Linda Bove
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- Video – Sign Me A Story: Sign Language Fun For Everyone
by Melissa (Columbia, MS) | October 1, 2015 The person from Deaf History that I admire the most is Linda Bove. She frequently came into my living room via “Sesame Street”. She was kind and friendly and always ready to teach children new signs. To me, she seems like an old friend. On one episode of “Sesame Street”, Big Bird got Linda a stereo for he...
by April Cook (Salt Lake City, Utah) | March 11, 2013 My favorite people from deaf history are Marlee Matlin and Linda Bove. Marlee Matlin has shown us that being deaf is not a disability. She has accomplished many things in her life and still continues to inspire me. She has the courage to defeat all of the demons in her life and continues to reac...
by Amber Waite (Utah, US) This video stars Linda Bove, who has been on Sesame Street many times. She is a deaf actress and she says in the introduction to the video that as a child she always wanted a story signed to her. So she wants to accomplish that in the video. I love this signed video so much, because the actors are all dressed up in costume...
Linda Bove is a deaf actress who played Linda on Sesame Street for over 20 years. She was also a founding member of the National Theater of the Deaf and received the AMITA award in 1974.
- November 30, 1945
Jul 4, 2022 · If you watched Sesame Street anytime in the 70s, 80s and 90s, chances are you were introduced to American Sign Language (ASL) by Linda Bove, a deaf actress who played Linda the Librarian from 1971-2003.
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Episode 4: Linda Bove, the One and Only. We sat down with Linda for a powerful heart to heart interview and learned so much about her advocacy work, her life as an actor and what it takes and...
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Linda Bove is a deaf actress who played Linda, a librarian, on Sesame Street from 1972 to 2002. She also appeared in Broadway, film, and sign language theatre, and co-founded DeafWest Theatre.