Linda McCartney
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.
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Movies (44)
Paul McCartney: Man on the Run
as Self
2025
It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley
as Self (archive footage)
2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
as Self (archive footage)
2025
Paul McCartney & Wings: One Hand Clapping
as Self
2024
The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
as Self (archive footage)
2023
If These Walls Could Sing
as Self (archive footage)
2022
The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert
as Self (archive footage)
2022
Paul McCartney At The BBC
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Understanding McCartney
as Self
2020
Paul McCartney: Wings of a Beatle
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Paul McCartney & Wings: Wild Life
2018
Rockshow
as Self
2013
Wings - First Flight 1969-1974
as Self (archive footage)
2012
The Best British Rock Concert of All Time: Live at Knebworth
as Self
2010
Paul McCartney: The McCartney Years
as Herself
2007
Beatles Biggest Secrets
as Self (archive footage)
2004
Paul McCartney - The Music and Animation Collection
Writer (Writing)
2004
Wingspan
as Self (archive footage)
2001
Shadow Cycle
Music Score Producer (Sound)
2000
Paul McCartney: In the World Tonight
as Self
1997
Tropic Island Hum
as Wilhelmina
1997
Grateful Dead
Producer (Production)
1995
Paul Is Live In Concert – On the New World Tour
as Self
1994
Paul is Live in Concert on The New World Tour
as Self - Keyboard
1994
Paul McCartney: Movin' On
as Self
1993
Paul McCartney: The Complete Up Close Rehearsal
as Self
1992
Daumier's Law
Writer (Writing)
1992
Paul McCartney's Get Back
as Self - Keyboards
1991
Paul McCartney: Unplugged
as Self
1991
Paul McCartney: From Rio to Liverpool
as Self
1990
Paul McCartney: Put It There
as Self
1989
Imagine: John Lennon
1988
Rupert and the Frog Song
Writer (Writing)
1985
Give My Regards to Broad Street
as Linda
1984
Yoko Ono: Then and Now
as Self
1984
Paul McCartney - Take It Away
1982
The Cooler
as Prison Camp Warden (uncredited)
1982
Concerts for the People of Kampuchea
as Self
1981
A Very Lovely Party: On Tour With Paul McCartney & Wings
1980
Seaside Woman
Music (Sound)
1980
Back to the Egg
as Self
1979
Paul McCartney & Wings: Wings Over the World
as Self
1979
Rockestra Documentary Special
1978
The Oriental Nightfish
as Narrator
1978
