
Lynn Hamilton
April 25, 1930 (95 years old) in Yazoo City, Mississippi, USA
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
Credits
- 2004 · Beah: A Black Woman Speaks as Self
- 2003 · Cold Case as Mary Chisolm (2009)
- 2003 · Baby's Breath as Dr. Oberholser
- 2000 · Curb Your Enthusiasm as Wanda's Mom
- 1999 · Judging Amy as Faye Benton
- 1997 · Port Charles as Alice Morgan #2
- 1997 · A Walton Easter as Verdie Grant Foster
- 1997 · The Practice as Judge P. Fulton
- 1997 · Sunset Beach as Selita Jones
- 1996 · Dangerous Minds as Flora
- 1996 · Life's Work as Mrs. Rader
- 1996 · Moesha as Ruth Mitchell
- 1994 · Sister, Sister as Mother Palmer
- 1993 · A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion as Verdie Grant Foster
- 1993 · NYPD Blue as Doris Becker
- 1993 · The Vanishing as Miss Carmichael
- 1991 · Dangerous Women as Cissie Johnson
- 1991 · Sisters as Alma Hayes
- 1989 · Generations as Vivian Potter
- 1988 · Murphy Brown as Woman #1
- 1988 · Elvis and Me as Hattie
- 1986 · Amen as Mrs. Phillips
- 1986 · Legal Eagles as Doreen
- 1985 · The Golden Girls as Trudy
- 1985 · 227 as Emma Johnson
- 1984 · The New Leave It to Beaver as Ms. Dash
- 1984 · Highway to Heaven as Mattie Taylor
- 1984 · Hunter as Velma the Maid
- 1984 · The Jesse Owens Story as Mamma Solomon
- 1984 · Riptide as Sarah Tolley
- 1983 · Webster as Mrs. Matthews
- 1982 · Knight Rider as Susan Wade
- 1982 · The Powers of Matthew Star as Judge Condon
- 1979 · Roots: The Next Generations as Cousin Georgia Anderson
- 1976 · Quincy, M.E. as Mrs. Kellough
- 1976 · Quincy, M.E. as Olivia Allen
- 1976 · Leadbelly as Sally Ledbetter
- 1975 · Starsky & Hutch as Edith Dobey
- 1974 · Hangup as Mrs. Ramsey
- 1974 · The Rockford Files as Eunice Charles Bingham
- 1974 · Good Times as Mrs. Edwards
- 1973 · A Dream for Christmas as Sarah Douglas
- 1973 · The Marcus-Nelson Murders as Arless Humes
- 1973 · Barnaby Jones as Laura Padget
- 1972 · Lady Sings the Blues as Aunt Ida
- 1972 · ABC Afterschool Special as Mrs. Ellis
- 1972 · Ghost Story as The Attendant
- 1972 · The Waltons as Verdie Grant Foster
- 1972 · Buck and the Preacher as Sarah
- 1972 · Sanford and Son as Donna Harris
- 1971 · Longstreet as Mary Rose Carter
- 1971 · Brother John as Sarah
- 1971 · The Seven Minutes as Avis
- 1970 · The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children as Beatrice
- 1969 · Then Came Bronson as Maybelle Giles
- 1969 · The Bill Cosby Show as Mrs. Carter
- 1969 · Room 222 as Mrs. Harris
- 1969 · The Learning Tree as Funeral Attendee (uncredited)
- 1968 · Hawaii Five-O as Mae
- 1967 · Mannix as Eve Chancellor
- 1967 · Ironside as Nurse Clark
- 1967 · Ironside as Mrs. Johnson
- 1960 · Shadows as Girl at Party
- 1960 · Insight as Sister St. Martin
- 1960 · Insight as Sara
- 1960 · Insight as Jenny Gaines
- 1960 · Insight as Nurse
- 1960 · The New Girl as Miss Thompson
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Reba
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Mother Tabitha