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Linda Clifford

Actor · b. 1948 · New York City, New York

Linda Clifford (born June 14, 1948) is an American R&B, disco and house music singer who scored hits from the 1970s to the 1980s, most notably "If My Friends Could See Me Now", "Bridge over Troubled Water", "Runaway Love" and "Red Light" Clifford is a former Miss New York State, and fronted a jazz music trio before switching to R&B. After winning her title, Clifford worked as an actress, playing minor roles in films such as The Boston Strangler with Tony Curtis and Henry Fonda, Coogan's Bluff with Clint Eastwood and Sweet Charity with Shirley MacLaine. Unsatisfied with her roles, Clifford decided to concentrate on her singing career, performing for a year in Miami-area night clubs with the Jericho Jazz Singers, before forming her own group Linda & the Trade Winds.

Movies4

  • Movie6.3

    Coogan's Bluff

    1968 · 389 votes

  • Movie6.9

    Sweet Charity

    1969 · 97 votes

  • Movie6.6

    The Boston Strangler

    1968 · 258 votes

  • Movie5.8

    The War on Disco

    2023 · 5 votes

Series3

  • TV5.8

    The Mike Douglas Show

    1961 · 11 votes

  • TV6.5

    American Experience

    1988 · 48 votes

  • TV8.1

    The Midnight Special

    1972 · 7 votes