Linda McCartney
Known for Acting · 55 credits
- Born
- 1941-09-24
- Died
- 1998-04-17
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Linda Eastman
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.
Known For
TV Shows (9)
Movies (46)
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
as Self (archive footage)
Man on the Run
2026
as Self (archive footage)
Imagine: John Lennon
1988
If These Walls Could Sing
2022
as Self (archive footage)
It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley
2025
as Self (archive footage)
Let It Be
1970
as Self (uncredited)
The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Give My Regards to Broad Street
1984
as Linda
The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Rockshow
2013
as Self
Concerts for the People of Kampuchea
1981
as Self
Beatles Biggest Secrets
2004
as Self (archive footage)
The Best British Rock Concert of All Time: Live at Knebworth
2010
as Self
Paul McCartney & Wings: Wings Over the World
1979
as Self
Paul McCartney: Wings of a Beatle
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Paul McCartney: In the World Tonight
1997
as Self
The Beatles 1+
2015
Paul McCartney: The McCartney Years
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Paul McCartney: From Rio to Liverpool
1990
as Self
The Beach Boys: It's OK
1976
as Self
Paul McCartney: The Complete Up Close Rehearsal
1992
as Self
Paul is Live in Concert on The New World Tour
1994
as Self - Keyboard
Paul McCartney's Get Back
1991
as Self - Keyboards
Yoko Ono: Then and Now
1984
as Self
Paul McCartney & Wings: The Bruce McMouse Show
1972
as Self / Swooney McMouse (voice)
Paul McCartney: Movin' On
1993
as Self
Paul McCartney At The BBC
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Tropic Island Hum
1997
as Wilhelmina
Paul McCartney: Put It There
1989
as Self
Paul McCartney & Wings: One Hand Clapping
2024
as Self
Paul McCartney: Unplugged
1991
as Self
James Paul McCartney
1973
as Self
Wingspan
2001
as Self (archive footage)
Wings - First Flight 1969-1974
2012
as Self (archive footage)
Paul Is Live In Concert – On the New World Tour
1994
as Self
Paul McCartney - Take It Away
1982
as Self
Understanding McCartney
2020
as Self
The Beatles: Something
1969
as Self
The Cooler
1982
as Prison Camp Warden (uncredited)
Paul McCartney & Wings: Wild Life
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Back to the Egg
1979
as Self
Paul McCartney & Wings: Wings Over Australia
1975
as Self
The Oriental Nightfish
1978
as Narrator
Paul McCartney & Wings: Band on the Run
2010
Rockestra Documentary Special
1978
as Self
A Very Lovely Party: On Tour With Paul McCartney & Wings
1980
as Self
About Linda McCartney
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… With 55 credits spanning from 1969 to 2026, Linda McCartney has appeared in 46 films and 9 TV shows.
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Most Popular Linda McCartney Movies
- Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music (2025) — as Self (archive footage)
- Man on the Run (2026) — as Self (archive footage)
- Imagine: John Lennon (1988)
- If These Walls Could Sing (2022) — as Self (archive footage)
- It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley (2025) — as Self (archive footage)
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