Linda Mathews Watkins (May , â€" October , ) was an American stage,
film, and television actress.Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Watkins
was the daughter of Gardiner and Elizabeth R. (née Mathews) Watkins.
Her father was active in real estate in Boston. She was related to
physicist Albert A. Michelson and painter Arthur Radclyffe
Dugmore.Watkins attended a teachers' college because her parents
wanted her to teach. She later went to study at the Theatre
Guild.After six months Watkins began to appear with the Theater
Guild's summer repertory program in Scarborough, New York. Three weeks
after she finished a course at the Theater Guild's Dramatic School,
she had the lead in The Devil in the Cheese. When producer Charles
Hopkins asked Watkins if she preferred playing comedy or drama, she
replied, "Tragedy". He was casting for a comedy production and Watkins
was offered the lead role.[citation needed]
film, and television actress.Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Watkins
was the daughter of Gardiner and Elizabeth R. (née Mathews) Watkins.
Her father was active in real estate in Boston. She was related to
physicist Albert A. Michelson and painter Arthur Radclyffe
Dugmore.Watkins attended a teachers' college because her parents
wanted her to teach. She later went to study at the Theatre
Guild.After six months Watkins began to appear with the Theater
Guild's summer repertory program in Scarborough, New York. Three weeks
after she finished a course at the Theater Guild's Dramatic School,
she had the lead in The Devil in the Cheese. When producer Charles
Hopkins asked Watkins if she preferred playing comedy or drama, she
replied, "Tragedy". He was casting for a comedy production and Watkins
was offered the lead role.[citation needed]
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