# Redhead in I Love LA

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redhead-in-i-love-la/804257>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 12, 2017, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redhead-in-i-love-la/804257 "2017-12-12T03:14:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redhead-in-i-love-la/804257/1 "2017-12-12T03:14:54Z")

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Randy Newmans ode to Los Angeles: who plays the “big nasty redhead”? She looks linda familiar.

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**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redhead-in-i-love-la/804257/2 "2017-12-12T03:28:55Z")

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Laura Howard.

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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redhead-in-i-love-la/804257/3 "2017-12-12T03:36:19Z")

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> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#):
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> Laura Howard.

The British Blonde? 😕

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**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redhead-in-i-love-la/804257/4 "2017-12-12T03:38:09Z")

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She was born in 1977, so prolly not.

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**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redhead-in-i-love-la/804257/5 "2017-12-12T05:06:09Z")

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> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#):
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> Laura Howard.

Which is the name that Randy Newman is quoted mentioning in the [Wikipedia article for the song](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Love_L.A.).

A little Googling suggests that she’s Laura Howard Granito. Here’s her LinkedIn profile, which includes a period of modeling and acting in the early 1980s.

[https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-granito-2b56539/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-granito-2b56539/)

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**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redhead-in-i-love-la/804257/6 "2017-12-12T15:56:06Z")

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> [@DrDeth](#):
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> She looks linda familiar.

No, I think Linda Familiar is a brunette.

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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2017, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redhead-in-i-love-la/804257/7 "2017-12-12T17:19:12Z")

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> [@kenobi\_65](#):
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> Which is the name that Randy Newman is quoted mentioning in the [Wikipedia article for the song](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Love_L.A.).
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> A little Googling suggests that she’s Laura Howard Granito. Here’s her LinkedIn profile, which includes a period of modeling and acting in the early 1980s.
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> [https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-granito-2b56539/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-granito-2b56539/)

Thank you! Yep, that is her.