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, 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.
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Photos
Movies (49)
Man on the Run
2026 · Self (archive footage)
It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley
2025 · Self (archive footage)
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025 · Self (archive footage)
Paul McCartney & Wings: One Hand Clapping
2024 · Self
El otro amor de John Lennon
2023 · Self (archive footage)
Si estas paredes cantaran...
2022 · Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert
2022 · Self (archive footage)
Paul McCartney at the BBC
2021 · Self (archive footage)
Paul McCartney: Wings of a Beatle
2019 · Self (archive footage)
Paul McCartney & Wings: Wild Life
2018 · Self (archive footage)
The Beatles 1+
2015
Rockshow
2013 · Self
Wings - First Flight 1969-1974
2012 · Self (archive footage)
Paul McCartney & Wings: Band on the Run
2010
The Best British Rock Concert of All Time: Live at Knebworth
2010 · Self
Paul McCartney: The McCartney Years
2007 · Self (archive footage)
Beatles Biggest Secrets
2004 · Self (archive footage)
Paul McCartney - The Music and Animation Collection
2004 · Writer
Wingspan
2001 · Self (archive footage)
Shadow Cycle
2000 · Music Score Producer, Music
Paul McCartney: In the World Tonight
1997 · Self
Tropic Island Hum
1997 · Wilhelmina, Executive Producer, Writer
Grateful Dead
1995 · Producer, Cinematography
Paul Is Live In Concert – On the New World Tour
1994 · Self
Paul is Live in Concert on The New World Tour
1994 · Self - Keyboard
Paul McCartney: Movin' On
1993 · Self
Paul McCartney: The Complete Up Close Rehearsal
1992 · Self
Daumier's Law
1992 · Writer
Paul McCartney's Get Back
1991 · Self - Keyboards
Paul McCartney: Unplugged
1991 · Self
Paul McCartney: From Rio to Liverpool
1990 · Self
Paul McCartney: Put It There
1989 · Self
Imagine: John Lennon
1988
Rupert and the Frog Song
1985 · Writer, Executive Producer
Give My Regards to Broad Street
1984 · Linda, Producer, Vocals
Yoko Ono: Then and Now
1984 · Self
Paul McCartney - Take It Away
1982 · Self
The Cooler
1982 · Prison Camp Warden (uncredited), Executive Producer
Concerts for the People of Kampuchea
1981 · Self
A Very Lovely Party: On Tour With Paul McCartney & Wings
1980 · Self
Back to the Egg
1979 · Self
Paul McCartney & Wings: Wings Over the World
1979 · Self
Rockestra Documentary Special
1978 · Self
The Beach Boys: It's OK
1976 · Self
Paul McCartney & Wings: Wings Over Australia
1975 · Self
James Paul McCartney
1973 · Self
Paul McCartney & Wings: The Bruce McMouse Show
1972 · Self / Swooney McMouse (voice)
Let It Be
1970 · Self (uncredited)
The Beatles: Something
1969 · Self
