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.

Known For

The Simpsons

Saturday Night Live

Wogan

Bread

The Beatles: Get Back

The Kenny Everett Video Show

Man on the Run

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

All Movies (46)

• Man on the Run2026 · as Self (archive footage)
• It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley2025 · as Self (archive footage)
• Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music2025 · as Self (archive footage)
• Paul McCartney & Wings: One Hand Clapping2024 · as Self
• The Lost Weekend: A Love Story2023 · as Self (archive footage)
• If These Walls Could Sing2022 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert2022 · as Self (archive footage)
• Paul McCartney at the BBC2021 · as Self (archive footage)
• Understanding McCartney2020 · as Self
• Paul McCartney: Wings of a Beatle2019 · as Self (archive footage)
• Paul McCartney & Wings: Wild Life2018 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Beatles 1+2015
• Rockshow2013 · as Self
• Wings - First Flight 1969-19742012 · as Self (archive footage)
• Paul McCartney & Wings: Band on the Run2010
• The Best British Rock Concert of All Time: Live at Knebworth2010 · as Self
• Paul McCartney: The McCartney Years2007 · as Self (archive footage)
• Beatles Biggest Secrets2004 · as Self (archive footage)
• Wingspan2001 · as Self (archive footage)
• Paul McCartney: In the World Tonight1997 · as Self
• Tropic Island Hum1997 · as Wilhelmina
• Paul Is Live In Concert – On the New World Tour1994 · as Self
• Paul is Live in Concert on The New World Tour1994 · as Self - Keyboard
• Paul McCartney: Movin' On1993 · as Self
• Paul McCartney: The Complete Up Close Rehearsal1992 · as Self
• Paul McCartney's Get Back1991 · as Self - Keyboards
• Paul McCartney: Unplugged1991 · as Self
• Paul McCartney: From Rio to Liverpool1990 · as Self
• Paul McCartney: Put It There1989 · as Self
• Imagine: John Lennon1988
• Give My Regards to Broad Street1984 · as Linda
• Yoko Ono: Then and Now1984 · as Self
• Paul McCartney - Take It Away1982 · as Self
• The Cooler1982 · as Prison Camp Warden (uncredited)
• Concerts for the People of Kampuchea1981 · as Self
• A Very Lovely Party: On Tour With Paul McCartney & Wings1980 · as Self
• Back to the Egg1979 · as Self
• Paul McCartney & Wings: Wings Over the World1979 · as Self
• Rockestra Documentary Special1978 · as Self
• The Oriental Nightfish1978 · as Narrator
• The Beach Boys: It's OK1976 · as Self
• Paul McCartney & Wings: Wings Over Australia1975 · as Self
• James Paul McCartney1973 · as Self
• Paul McCartney & Wings: The Bruce McMouse Show1972 · as Self / Swooney McMouse (voice)
• Let It Be1970 · as Self (uncredited)
• The Beatles: Something1969 · as Self

All TV Shows (9)

• The Beatles: Get Back2021 · as Self
• The 60s: The Beatles Decade2008
• The Simpsons1989 · as Linda McCartney (voice)
• Daytime Live1987
• Bread1986 · as Linda McCartney
• Wogan1982 · as Self
• The Kenny Everett Video Show1978
• Mike Yarwood In Persons1976
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Musical Guest