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  • BIRTH 25/04/1930
  • DEATH 19/06/2025
  • Country United States
  • SHOWS 23
  • MOVIES 8

Lynn Hamilton

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.

Lynn Hamilton

Shows (23)

Cold Case
Cold Case
Mary Chisolm (2009)
Knight Rider
Knight Rider
Susan Wade
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Wanda's Mom
The Golden Girls
The Golden Girls
Trudy
Hawaii Five-O
Hawaii Five-O
Mae
Rick Hunter
Rick Hunter
Velma the Maid
Starsky & Hutch
Starsky & Hutch
Edith Dobey
The Rockford Files
The Rockford Files
Eunice Charles Bingham
The Practice
The Practice
Judge P. Fulton
Mannix
Mannix
Eve Chancellor
Ironside
Ironside
Mrs. Johnson / Nurse Clark
Highway to Heaven
Highway to Heaven
Mattie Taylor
The Waltons
The Waltons
Verdie Grant Foster
Ghost Story
Ghost Story
The Attendant
Barnaby Jones
Barnaby Jones
Laura Padget
Judging Amy
Judging Amy
Faye Benton
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Mother Tabitha / Reba
Roots: The Next Generations
Roots: The Next Generations
Cousin Georgia Anderson
Quincy, M.E.
Quincy, M.E.
Mrs. Kellough / Olivia Allen
Sanford and Son
Sanford and Son
Donna Harris
Sisters
Sisters
Alma Hayes
Amen
Amen
Mrs. Phillips
227
227
Emma Johnson

Movies (8)

The Vanishing
The Vanishing
Miss Carmichael
Legal Eagles
Legal Eagles
Doreen
Shadows
Shadows
Girl at Party
The Marcus-Nelson Murders
The Marcus-Nelson Murders
Arless Humes
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
Self
Brother John
Brother John
Sarah
Buck and the Preacher
Buck and the Preacher
Sarah
Leadbelly
Leadbelly
Sally Ledbetter