Kim Hamilton
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 12, 1932
- Died
- September 16, 2013 (aged 81)
- Birthplace
- 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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Filmography
Private Practice
TV · as Frances · 1 ep
Girlfriends
TV · as Mother Dent (voice) · 1 ep
The Practice
TV · as Supreme Court Justice · 1 ep
Trade Winds
TV · as Madame DeGaulle · 4 eps
Law & Order
TV · as Marcella Klein, Judge Vivian Jackson · 1 ep
Star Trek: The Next Generation
TV · as Songi · 1 ep
Designing Women
TV · 1 ep
All the Money in the World
Movie · as Mrs. Stowe
St. Elsewhere
TV · as Judge Dr. Linda Purcell · 1 ep
Body and Soul
Movie · as Mrs. Johnson
Stone
Movie · as Carla Brown
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
TV · as Nurse Paulton · 1 ep
Doctors' Private Lives
Movie · as Kitty
Lady of the House
Movie · as Mary
A Family Upside Down
Movie · as Paula
Tarzan and the Super 7
TV · 17 eps
The Fat Albert Christmas Special
Movie · as Marge Franklin / Nurse (voice)
Alice
TV · as Mrs. Reynolds · 1 ep
Heavy Traffic
Movie · as (voice)
Kojak
TV · as Sgt. Donna Mill · 1 ep
Emergency!
TV · as Estelle Lee Dickens · 1 ep
Kotch
Movie · as Receptionist
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
Movie · as Nurse
All in the Family
TV · as Mrs. Willis · 1 ep
Marcus Welby, M.D.
TV · as Velma Stokes · 1 ep
Adam-12
TV · as Mrs. Anderson, Mrs. Hardy · 1 ep
Here's Lucy
TV · as Jane · 1 ep
The Mod Squad
TV · as Delores Sutton · 1 ep
The Wild Angels
Movie · as Nurse
To Kill a Mockingbird
Movie · as Helen Robinson (uncredited)
Stoney Burke
TV · as Beth Ann Sutter · 1 ep
The Leech Woman
Movie · as Young Malla
Odds Against Tomorrow
Movie · as Ruth Ingram
The Twilight Zone
TV · as Frances Temple · 1 ep
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV · as The Maid · 1 ep