Alaina Reed Hall (November 10, 1946 – December 17, 2009) was an American actress and singer who portrayed Olivia Robinson, Gordon's younger sister, on the PBS children's television series Sesame Street, and Rose Lee Holloway on the NBC sitcom 227.
In the mid-1960s, Reed attended Kent State University where she was active in many stage productions at KSU's E. Turner Stump Theater.
In the fall of 1966, Glenn Lucas, Bob Boettcher and Bruce Rusin with Alaina "Tiny" Reed and Marty Kralik formed "The Velours".
[citation needed] In 1976, she won the role of Olivia on the children's series Sesame Street.
After 227 ended in 1990, Hall appeared in guest roles on various TV shows, including Herman's Head and Blossom.
Hall had contracted HIV after receiving a contaminated blood transfusion during surgery for injuries he sustained in a car accident a year prior.
[5] Hall died of breast cancer at Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica, California on December 17, 2009, at the age of 63.