Lynn Hamilton
Born: 1930-04-25 in Yazoo City, Mississippi, USA
Died: 2025-06-19
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2004
- Beah: A Black Woman Speaks as Self
2003
- Cold Case as Mary Chisolm (2009)
- Baby's Breath as Dr. Oberholser
2000
- Curb Your Enthusiasm as Wanda's Mom
1999
- Judging Amy as Faye Benton
1997
- The Practice as Judge P. Fulton
- Sunset Beach as Selita Jones
- Port Charles as Alice Morgan #2
- A Walton Easter as Verdie Grant Foster
1996
- Moesha as Ruth Mitchell
- Dangerous Minds as Flora
- Life's Work as Mrs. Rader
1994
- Sister, Sister as Mother Palmer
1993
- NYPD Blue as Doris Becker
- The Vanishing as Miss Carmichael
- A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion as Verdie Grant Foster
1991
- Dangerous Women as Cissie Johnson
- Sisters as Alma Hayes
1989
- Generations as Vivian Potter
1988
- Murphy Brown as Woman #1
- Elvis and Me as Hattie
1986
- Amen as Mrs. Phillips
- Legal Eagles as Doreen
1985
- The Golden Girls as Trudy
- 227 as Emma Johnson
1984
- Hunter as Velma the Maid
- Highway to Heaven as Mattie Taylor
- Riptide as Sarah Tolley
- The New Leave It to Beaver as Ms. Dash
- The Jesse Owens Story as Mamma Solomon
1983
- Webster as Mrs. Matthews
1982
- Knight Rider as Susan Wade
- The Powers of Matthew Star as Judge Condon
1979
- Roots: The Next Generations as Cousin Georgia Anderson
1976
- Quincy, M.E. as Mrs. Kellough
- Leadbelly as Sally Ledbetter
1975
- Starsky & Hutch as Edith Dobey
1974
- The Rockford Files as Eunice Charles Bingham
- Good Times as Mrs. Edwards
- Hangup as Mrs. Ramsey
1973
- Barnaby Jones as Laura Padget
- The Marcus-Nelson Murders as Arless Humes
- A Dream for Christmas as Sarah Douglas
1972
- The Waltons as Verdie Grant Foster
- Sanford and Son as Donna Harris
- ABC Afterschool Special as Mrs. Ellis
- Ghost Story as The Attendant
- Lady Sings the Blues as Aunt Ida
- Buck and the Preacher as Sarah
1971
- Longstreet as Mary Rose Carter
- The Seven Minutes as Avis
- Brother John as Sarah
1970
- The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children as Beatrice
1969
- Room 222 as Mrs. Harris
- The Bill Cosby Show as Mrs. Carter
- Then Came Bronson as Maybelle Giles
- The Learning Tree as Funeral Attendee (uncredited)
1968
- Hawaii Five-O as Mae
1960
- Shadows as Girl at Party
- The New Girl as Miss Thompson
1955
- Gunsmoke as Reba