Linda Hart (born July 5, 1950) is an American singer, musician, and actress, mainly appearing in musical theatre.
Solo work included appearances with The New Christy Minstrels as their only female leader, a stint on Johnny Cash's ABC television show, where she also served as a talent coordinator for an episode, and opening act performances for country musicians such as Hank Williams, Jr., Mel Tillis, Roy Clark, and The Oak Ridge Boys.
Hart's Broadway debut was in the 1987 revival of Cole Porter's Anything Goes;[3] for this role, she won a 1988 Theatre World Award.
Prior to this she had appeared in episodes of The Dukes of Hazzard, Night Court, Hill Street Blues, Major Dad, Touched by an Angel, The Practice, Desperate Housewives, and others, starting in the early 1980s.
She performed in the Seattle run of the musical Catch Me If You Can as Carol at the 5th Avenue Theatre, from July 28, 2009, to August 14, 2009, and returned to the role when the show premiered on Broadway in April 2011.