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Lynn Hamilton

Lynn Hamilton

Known For Acting
Birthday Apr 25, 1930
Died Jun 19, 2025 (95)
Birthplace Yazoo City, Mississippi, USA
Popularity 0.3 (history)
Updated Jun 23, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 an ... d 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

Filmography

A Walton Easter

A Walton Easter

1997

as Verdie Grant Foster

The Vanishing

The Vanishing

1993

as Miss Carmichael

A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion

A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion

1993

as Verdie Grant Foster

Elvis and Me

Elvis and Me

1988

as Hattie

Legal Eagles

Legal Eagles

1986

as Doreen

The Jesse Owens Story

The Jesse Owens Story

1984

as Mamma Solomon

Leadbelly

Leadbelly

1976

as Sally Ledbetter

Hangup

Hangup

1974

as Mrs. Ramsey

A Dream for Christmas

A Dream for Christmas

1973

as Sarah Douglas

The Marcus-Nelson Murders

The Marcus-Nelson Murders

1973

as Arless Humes

Buck and the Preacher

Buck and the Preacher

1972

as Sarah

Lady Sings the Blues

Lady Sings the Blues

1972

as Aunt Ida

Brother John

Brother John

1971

as Sarah

The Seven Minutes

The Seven Minutes

1971

as Avis

The Learning Tree

The Learning Tree

1969

as Funeral Attendee

The New Girl

The New Girl

1960

as Miss Thompson

Shadows

Shadows

1960

as Girl at Party

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Dangerous Women

as Cissie Johnson

Episodes: 51

First Aired: Aug 01, 1991

Sanford and Son

as Donna Harris

Episodes: 22

First Aired: Jan 14, 1972

The Waltons

as Verdie Grant Foster

Episodes: 17

First Aired: Sep 14, 1972

Generations

as Vivian Potter

Episodes: 11

First Aired: Mar 27, 1989

The Practice

as Judge P. Fulton

Episodes: 7

First Aired: Mar 04, 1997

Roots: The Next Generations

as Cousin Georgia Anderson

Episodes: 7

First Aired: Feb 18, 1979

Sunset Beach

as Selita Jones

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Jan 06, 1997

227

as Emma Johnson

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Sep 14, 1985

Gunsmoke

as Reba

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 10, 1955

Good Times

as Mrs. Edwards

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 08, 1974

Starsky & Hutch

as Edith Dobey

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1975

Judging Amy

as Faye Benton

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1999

The Golden Girls

as Trudy

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 14, 1985

Hawaii Five-O

as Mae

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1968

Knight Rider

as Susan Wade

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 26, 1982

Cold Case

as Mary Chisolm (2009)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 28, 2003

Quincy, M.E.

as Mrs. Kellough

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 03, 1976

Highway to Heaven

as Mattie Taylor

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1984

Mannix

as Eve Chancellor

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 16, 1967

Moesha

as Ruth Mitchell

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 23, 1996

Hunter

as Velma the Maid

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 18, 1984

Ironside

as Nurse Clark

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 28, 1967

Amen

as Mrs. Phillips

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 27, 1986

Life's Work

as Mrs. Rader

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 17, 1996

Then Came Bronson

as Maybelle Giles

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 17, 1969

Dangerous Minds

as Flora

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1996

Ghost Story

as The Attendant

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 15, 1972

The Rockford Files

as Eunice Charles Bingham

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1974

Curb Your Enthusiasm

as Wanda's Mom

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 15, 2000

Room 222

as Mrs. Harris

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 11, 1969

Gunsmoke

as Mother Tabitha

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1955

The Bill Cosby Show

as Mrs. Carter

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 14, 1969

Longstreet

as Mary Rose Carter

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 16, 1971

Ironside

as Mrs. Johnson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 28, 1967

Barnaby Jones

as Laura Padget

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 28, 1973

The Powers of Matthew Star

as Judge Condon

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 17, 1982

Insight

as Sister St. Martin

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1960

Insight

as Sara

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1960

Insight

as Jenny Gaines

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1960

Insight

as Nurse

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1960

Quincy, M.E.

as Olivia Allen

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 03, 1976

ABC Afterschool Special

as Mrs. Ellis

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 04, 1972

Riptide

as Sarah Tolley

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 03, 1984

Webster

as Mrs. Matthews

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 16, 1983

The New Leave It to Beaver

as Ms. Dash

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 08, 1984

Sister, Sister

as Mother Palmer

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 01, 1994

Murphy Brown

as Woman #1

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 14, 1988

Sisters

as Alma Hayes

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 11, 1991

Port Charles

as Alice Morgan #2

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 02, 1997

NYPD Blue

as Doris Becker

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1993

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