Name
Lynn Hamilton
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1930-04-25
Deathday
2025-06-19 (95 years old)
Place of Birth
Yazoo City, Mississippi, USA
Biography
Lynn Hamilton began her career in Chicago's community theater scene. At 29, she made her Broadway debut in 1959's Only in America and went on to appear in numerous Broadway and Off Broadway productions, while also taking her talents to the small screen with roles on the television series Gunsmoke and Room 222. One of her most memorable roles was as Donna Harris on NBC's Sanford and Son. She also starred as Miss Verdie on The Waltons, Vivian Potter on the daytime drama Generations, ex-con Cissie Johnson on the 1991 nighttime soap Dangerous Women, and Georgia Anderson in Roots: The Next Generation. Her additional TV credits include roles on 227, The Golden Girls, NYPD Blue, Cold Case, and Judging Amy.
Known For
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Assistant District Attorney Tom Logan is set for higher office, at least until he becomes ...
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A wagon master and a con-man preacher help freed slaves dogged by cheap-labor agents out W...
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Chronicles the rise and fall of legendary blues singer Billie Holiday, beginning with her ...
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To help with an upcoming election, a bookstore clerk is indicted for selling obscene mater...
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An enigmatic man returns to his Alabama hometown as his sister is dying of cancer and inci...
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The story, set in Kansas during the 1920's, covers less than a year in the life of a black...
- 1993 The Vanishing as Miss Carmichael
- 1972 Buck and the Preacher as Sarah
- 1970 The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children as Beatrice
- 1973 The Marcus-Nelson Murders as Arless Humes
- 1960 The New Girl as Miss Thompson
- 1971 Brother John as Sarah
- 1974 Hangup as Mrs. Ramsey
- 1971 The Seven Minutes as Avis
- 1997 A Walton Easter as Verdie Grant Foster
- 1988 Elvis and Me as Hattie
- 1993 A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion as Verdie Grant Foster
- 2003 Baby's Breath as Dr. Oberholser
- 1972 Lady Sings the Blues as Aunt Ida
- 1976 Leadbelly as Sally Ledbetter
- 1986 Legal Eagles as Doreen
- 2004 Beah: A Black Woman Speaks as Self
- 1973 A Dream for Christmas as Sarah Douglas
- 1984 The Jesse Owens Story as Mamma Solomon
- 1960 Shadows as Girl at Party
- 1969 The Learning Tree as Funeral Attendee (uncredited)
- 2025 A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story as Self
- 1984 The Hero Who Couldn't Read as Mrs. Ellis
- 1974 Good Times ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Edwards
- 1975 Starsky & Hutch ( 1 episode ) as Edith Dobey
- 1999 Judging Amy ( 1 episode ) as Faye Benton
- 1985 The Golden Girls ( 1 episode ) as Trudy
- 1997 Sunset Beach ( 5 episodes ) as Selita Jones
- 1969 Hawaii Five-O ( 1 episode ) as Mae
- 1982 Knight Rider ( 1 episode ) as Susan Wade
- 2003 Cold Case ( 1 episode ) as Mary Chisolm (2009)
- 1985 227 ( 5 episodes ) as Emma Johnson
- 1976 Quincy, M.E. ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Kellough
- 1984 Highway to Heaven ( 1 episode ) as Mattie Taylor
- 1967 Mannix ( 1 episode ) as Eve Chancellor
- 1972 Sanford and Son ( 22 episodes ) as Donna Harris
- 1996 Moesha ( 1 episode ) as Ruth Mitchell
- 1997 The Practice ( 7 episodes ) as Judge Fulton
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 1 episode ) as Reba
- 1984 Hunter ( 1 episode ) as Velma
- 1991 Dangerous Women ( 51 episodes ) as Cissie Johnson
- 1972 The Waltons ( 17 episodes ) as Verdie Grant Foster
- 1967 Ironside ( 1 episode ) as Nurse Clark
- 1986 Amen ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Phillips
- 1996 Life's Work ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Rader
- 1979 Roots: The Next Generations ( 4 episodes ) as Cousin Georgia Anderson
- 1996 Dangerous Minds ( 1 episode ) as Flora
- 1972 Ghost Story ( 1 episode ) as The Attendant
- 1974 The Rockford Files ( 1 episode ) as Eunice Charles Bingham
- 2000 Curb Your Enthusiasm ( 1 episode ) as Wanda's Mom
- 1973 Barnaby Jones ( 1 episode ) as Laura Padget
- 1969 Room 222 ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Harris
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 1 episode ) as Mother Tabitha
- 1969 The Bill Cosby Show ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Carter
- 1967 Ironside ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Johnson
- 1971 Longstreet ( 1 episode ) as Mary Rose Carter
- 1976 Quincy, M.E. ( 1 episode ) as Olivia Allen
- 1984 The New Leave It to Beaver ( 1 episode ) as Ms. Dash
- 1994 Sister, Sister ( 1 episode ) as Mother Palmer
- 1972 ABC Afterschool Special ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Ellis
- 1991 Sisters ( 1 episode ) as Alma Hayes
- 1997 Port Charles ( 1 episode ) as Alice Morgan #2
- 1982 The Powers of Matthew Star ( 1 episode ) as Judge Condon
- 1988 Murphy Brown ( 1 episode ) as Woman #1
- 1984 Riptide ( 1 episode ) as Sarah Tolley
- 1993 NYPD Blue ( 1 episode ) as Doris Becker
- 1983 Webster ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Matthews
- 1989 Generations ( 11 episodes ) as Vivian Potter
- 1969 Then Came Bronson ( 1 episode ) as Maybelle Giles
