Lynn Hamilton
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 25, 1930
- Died
- June 19, 2025 (aged 95)
- Birthplace
- 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.
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Filmography
A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story
Movie · as Self
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
Movie · as Self
Baby's Breath
Movie · as Dr. Oberholser
Cold Case
TV · as Mary Chisolm (2009) · 1 ep
Curb Your Enthusiasm
TV · as Wanda's Mom · 1 ep
Judging Amy
TV · as Faye Benton · 1 ep
A Walton Easter
Movie · as Verdie Grant Foster
Sunset Beach
TV · as Selita Jones · 5 eps
The Practice
TV · as Judge Fulton · 7 eps
Port Charles
TV · as Alice Morgan #2 · 1 ep
Moesha
TV · as Ruth Mitchell · 1 ep
Life's Work
TV · as Mrs. Rader · 1 ep
Dangerous Minds
TV · as Flora · 1 ep
Sister, Sister
TV · as Mother Palmer · 1 ep
The Vanishing
Movie · as Miss Carmichael
A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
Movie · as Verdie Grant Foster
NYPD Blue
TV · as Doris Becker · 1 ep
Dangerous Women
TV · as Cissie Johnson · 51 eps
Sisters
TV · as Alma Hayes · 1 ep
Generations
TV · as Vivian Potter · 11 eps
Elvis and Me
Movie · as Hattie
Murphy Brown
TV · as Woman #1 · 1 ep
Legal Eagles
Movie · as Doreen
Amen
TV · as Mrs. Phillips · 1 ep
The Golden Girls
TV · as Trudy · 1 ep
227
TV · as Emma Johnson · 5 eps
The Jesse Owens Story
Movie · as Mamma Solomon
The Hero Who Couldn't Read
Movie · as Mrs. Ellis
Highway to Heaven
TV · as Mattie Taylor · 1 ep
Hunter
TV · as Velma · 1 ep
Riptide
TV · as Sarah Tolley · 1 ep
The New Leave It to Beaver
TV · as Ms. Dash · 1 ep
Webster
TV · as Mrs. Matthews · 1 ep
Knight Rider
TV · as Susan Wade · 1 ep
The Powers of Matthew Star
TV · as Judge Condon · 1 ep
Roots: The Next Generations
TV · as Cousin Georgia Anderson · 4 eps
Leadbelly
Movie · as Sally Ledbetter
Quincy, M.E.
TV · as Mrs. Kellough, Olivia Allen · 1 ep
Starsky & Hutch
TV · as Edith Dobey · 1 ep
Hangup
Movie · as Mrs. Ramsey
Good Times
TV · as Mrs. Edwards · 1 ep
The Rockford Files
TV · as Eunice Charles Bingham · 1 ep
The Marcus-Nelson Murders
Movie · as Arless Humes
A Dream for Christmas
Movie · as Sarah Douglas
Barnaby Jones
TV · as Laura Padget · 1 ep
Buck and the Preacher
Movie · as Sarah
Lady Sings the Blues
Movie · as Aunt Ida
Sanford and Son
TV · as Donna Harris · 22 eps
The Waltons
TV · as Verdie Grant Foster · 17 eps
Ghost Story
TV · as The Attendant · 1 ep
ABC Afterschool Special
TV · as Mrs. Ellis · 1 ep
Brother John
Movie · as Sarah
The Seven Minutes
Movie · as Avis
Longstreet
TV · as Mary Rose Carter · 1 ep
The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children
Movie · as Beatrice
The Learning Tree
Movie · as Funeral Attendee (uncredited)
Hawaii Five-O
TV · as Mae · 1 ep
Room 222
TV · as Mrs. Harris · 1 ep
The Bill Cosby Show
TV · as Mrs. Carter · 1 ep
Then Came Bronson
TV · as Maybelle Giles · 1 ep
Mannix
TV · as Eve Chancellor · 1 ep
Ironside
TV · as Nurse Clark, Mrs. Johnson · 1 ep
The New Girl
Movie · as Miss Thompson
Shadows
Movie · as Girl at Party
Gunsmoke
TV · as Reba, Mother Tabitha · 1 ep