Porter, Linda

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Porter, Linda

PERSONAL

Career:

Actress. Appeared in television commercials, including Nature Valley Cereal.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Painter, Twins, Universal, 1988.

Newscast auditioner, The Truth About Cats & Dogs, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1996.

Mrs. Boman, Tumbleweeds, Fine Line Features, 1999.

The wise old woman, The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human, Columbia TriStar Home Video, 1999.

Alice, Stanley's Gig, Cut Entertainment Group, 2000.

Mrs. Crabbleman, Dude, Where's My Car?, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2000.

Old biddy number two, Duplex (also known as Der Appartement-Schreck and Our House), Miramax, 2003.

Mrs. Wadsworth, Queen of Cactus Cove (short), 2005.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Dr. Einwohner, Baby M, ABC, 1988.

Old woman, The Phantom Eye (also known as Roger Corman's "The Phantom Eye"), AMC, 1999.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Mayna, Who Gets the Friends?, CBS, 1988.

Older woman, Partners, 2000.

Old woman, When Billie Beat Bobby (also known as Billie contre Bobby: La bataille des sexes), ABC, 2001.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Woman in elevator, Committed, NBC, 2005.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Elizabeth, "Ozymandias," Beauty and the Beast, CBS, 1988.

Clerk, "The Witch's Curse," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1992.

Mary, "Flour Child," Frasier, NBC, 1994.

Bev's friend, "Shower the People You Love with Stuff," Roseanne, ABC, 1995.

Mark's grateful patient, "New Year's Eve," Mad About You, 1995.

Elderly patient, Mad About You, NBC, 1995.

Little Old Lady, "Wingless: Part 2," Wings, NBC, 1996.

Martha, "Style Before Substance," Hang Time, NBC, 1996.

Edwina, "The Unsinkable Nora Wilde," The Naked Truth (also known as Wilde Again), NBC, 1997.

Inga Paulson, "Exodus," ER, NBC, 1998.

Elderly woman, "Drive," The X-Files, Fox, 1998.

Nun, "The Daughterboy," Melrose Place, Fox, 1999.

Mother character, "To Be or Not to Be Evil," G vs E (also known as Good vs Evil), USA Network, 1999.

Office assistant, "Passages," Get Real, Fox, 1999.

Irma, Clueless, 1999.

Woman, Ladies Man, CBS, 1999.

Miss Winkle, "A Resting Place," Diagnosis Murder, CBS, 2000.

French teacher, "Secrets and Spies," Even Stevens, Disney Channel, 2000.

Becky, "Sleepless in San Francisco," Dharma & Greg, ABC, 2000.

Ms. Duncan, "The Burden of Perspective," Judging Amy, CBS, 2000.

Old woman number two, Spin City, ABC, 2000.

Audrey, "Evacuation," Malcolm in the Middle, Fox, 2001.

Fran, "Red Light on the Wedding Night," Gilmore Girls, The WB, 2001.

Fran, "The Ins and Outs of Inns," Gilmore Girls, The WB, 2001.

Fran, "Happy Birthday, Baby," Gilmore Girls, The WB, 2003.

Mrs. Nussbaum, "The Pact," Girlfriends, UPN, 2003.

"Temperatures Rising," Strong Medicine, Lifetime, 2003.

Grandma Berwick, Phil of the Future, Disney Channel, 2003.

Old woman, "We'll Miss Gittle a Little," What I Like About You, The WB, 2004.

Old woman, Scrubs, NBC, 2004.

Eloise, "Buy Curious," The King of Queens, CBS, 2005.

Doris, "Guilt Trip," Out of Practice, CBS, 2005.

Mind of Mencia, Comedy Central, 2005.

Edith, Joey, NBC, 2005.

Gertie Grossman, "The Four Aces," That's So Raven (also known as That's So Raven!), Disney Channel, 2006.

RECORDINGS

Music Videos:

Appeared in Tenacious D's "Tribute."

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