Name
Kim Hamilton
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1932-09-12
Deathday
2013-09-16 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography
Kim Hamilton was born Dorothy Mae Aiken in Los Angeles. Spending time there and at her other home on the upper West Side of Manhatten during her 81 years. She wanted to become a model but was rejected because of her height and color. Took acting classes and got an agent. First acting job was on Amos and Andy as Andy's girlfriend on several episodes. Appeared on more than 60 TV shows and movies including To Kill a Mockingbird with Gregory Peck. Married Robert Hamilton in 1951 at 18, had two children Robert and Tanya and divorced in 1961. Married from 1962-1965 to Giesel. Was with Actor Colonel Klink 23 years, from 1974 - 1997 before they officially married, until his death in 2000. Broke color barriers on many shows including the only Black speaking part on Leave it to Beaver playing a maid at Beaver's friend Eddie Haskell's house. She debuted the Helen Willis role as Tom's wife, Lionels mother, on All in the Family which became The Jeffersons. Roxie Roker then took over that role. Kim had 4 grandchildren by her daughter Tanya. Her son Robert pre-deceased her. She died in 2013, at age 81 of undisclosed causes in Los Angeles.
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- 1978 Doctors' Private Lives as Kitty
- 1959 Odds Against Tomorrow as Ruth Ingram
- 1977 The Fat Albert Christmas Special as Marge Franklin / Nurse (voice)
- 1979 Stone as Carla Brown
- 1973 Heavy Traffic as (voice)
- 1960 The Leech Woman as Young Malla
- 1978 Lady of the House as Mary
- 1962 To Kill a Mockingbird as Helen Robinson (uncredited)
- 1971 Kotch as Receptionist
- 1966 The Wild Angels as Nurse
- 1978 A Family Upside Down as Paula
- 1971 Mooch Goes to Hollywood as Nurse
- 1983 All the Money in the World as Mrs. Stowe
- 1981 Body and Soul as Mrs. Johnson
- 1971 All in the Family ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Willis
- 1978 Tarzan and the Super 7 ( 17 episodes )
- 1959 The Twilight Zone ( 1 episode ) as Frances Temple
- 1968 Adam-12 ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Anderson
- 1968 Adam-12 ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Hardy
- 1968 Here's Lucy ( 1 episode ) as Jane
- 1990 Law & Order ( 1 episode ) as Marcella Klein
- 1987 Star Trek: The Next Generation ( 1 episode ) as Songi
- 1973 Kojak ( 1 episode ) as Sgt. Donna Mill
- 1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents ( 1 episode ) as The Maid
- 1990 Law & Order ( 1 episode ) as Judge Vivian Jackson
- 1979 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century ( 1 episode ) as Nurse Paulton
- 1986 Designing Women ( 1 episode )
- 2007 Private Practice ( 1 episode ) as Frances
- 1997 The Practice ( 1 episode ) as Supreme Court Justice
- 2000 Girlfriends ( 1 episode ) as Mother Dent (voice)
- 1982 St. Elsewhere ( 1 episode ) as Judge Dr. Linda Purcell
- 1976 Alice ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Reynolds
- 1969 Marcus Welby, M.D. ( 1 episode ) as Velma Stokes
- 1993 Trade Winds ( 4 episodes ) as Madame DeGaulle
- 1968 The Mod Squad ( 1 episode ) as Delores Sutton
