Lynn Hamilton
Acting
- Born
- April 25, 1930
- Died
- June 19, 2025
- Place of Birth
- Yazoo City, Mississippi, USA
- Known For
- Женский
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
The Practice
as Judge P. Fulton
1997
Curb Your Enthusiasm
as Wanda's Mom
2000
Hawaii Five-O
as Mae
1969
NYPD Blue
as Doris Becker
1993
Ironside
as Mrs. Johnson, as Nurse Clark
1967
Cold Case
as Mary Chisolm (2009)
2003
Mannix
as Eve Chancellor
1967
Judging Amy
as Faye Benton
1999
The Rockford Files
as Eunice Charles Bingham
1974
Knight Rider
as Susan Wade
1982
Quincy, M.E.
as Mrs. Kellough, as Olivia Allen
1976
The Waltons
as Verdie Grant Foster
1972
The Golden Girls
as Trudy
1985
Murphy Brown
as Woman #1
1988
Highway to Heaven
as Mattie Taylor
1984
Starsky & Hutch
as Edith Dobey
1975
Sister, Sister
as Mother Palmer
1994
Moesha
as Ruth Mitchell
1996
Barnaby Jones
as Laura Padget
1973
Hunter
as Velma the Maid
1984
Gunsmoke
as Mother Tabitha, as Reba
1955
Good Times
as Mrs. Edwards
1974
Sanford and Son
as Donna Harris
1972
227
as Emma Johnson
1985
Riptide
as Sarah Tolley
1984
Webster
as Mrs. Matthews
1983
Roots: The Next Generations
as Cousin Georgia Anderson
1979