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Lynn Hamilton

Actor
Born April 25, 1930Died June 19, 2025 (95 years)
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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Highway to Heaven
  • Hunter
  • Sisters
  • The Jesse Owens Story

Known For

  • The Vanishing
  • Sanford and Son
  • Leadbelly
  • Roots: The Next Generations

Filmography

2003
Cold Case (TV Series) · as Mary Chisolm (2009)
2003
Baby's Breath · as Dr. Oberholser
2000
Curb Your Enthusiasm (TV Series) · as Wanda's Mom
1999
Judging Amy (TV Series) · as Faye Benton
1997
Port Charles (TV Series) · as Alice Morgan #2
1997
A Walton Easter · as Verdie Grant Foster
1997
The Practice (TV Series) · as Judge P. Fulton
1997
Sunset Beach (TV Series) · as Selita Jones
1996
Dangerous Minds (TV Series) · as Flora
1996
Life's Work (TV Series) · as Mrs. Rader
1996
Moesha (TV Series) · as Ruth Mitchell
1994
Sister, Sister (TV Series) · as Mother Palmer
1993
A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion · as Verdie Grant Foster
1993
NYPD Blue (TV Series) · as Doris Becker
1993
The Vanishing · as Miss Carmichael
1991
Dangerous Women (TV Series) · as Cissie Johnson
1991
Sisters (TV Series) · as Alma Hayes
1989
Generations (TV Series) · as Vivian Potter
1988
Murphy Brown (TV Series) · as Woman #1
1988
Elvis and Me · as Hattie
1986
Amen (TV Series) · as Mrs. Phillips
1986
Legal Eagles · as Doreen
1985
The Golden Girls (TV Series) · as Trudy
1985
227 (TV Series) · as Emma Johnson
1984
Highway to Heaven (TV Series) · as Mattie Taylor
1984
Hunter (TV Series) · as Velma The Maid
1984
Rituals (TV Series) · as Maddie Washington (1985)
1984
The Jesse Owens Story · as Mamma Solomon
1984
Riptide (1984) (TV Series) · as Sarah Tolley
1983
Webster (TV Series) · as Mrs. Matthews
1983
The New Leave It to Beaver (TV Series) · as Ms. Dash
1982
Knight Rider (TV Series) · as Susan Wade
1982
The Powers of Matthew Star (TV Series) · as Judge Condon
1979
Roots: The Next Generations (TV Series) · as Cousin Georgia Anderson
1976
Quincy, M.E. (TV Series) · as Mrs. Kellough
1976
Leadbelly · as Sally Ledbetter
1975
Starsky & Hutch (TV Series) · as Edith Dobey
1974
Hangup · as Mrs. Ramsey
1974
The Rockford Files (TV Series) · as Eunice Charles Bingham
1974
Good Times (TV Series) · as Mrs. Edwards
1973
A Dream for Christmas · as Sarah Douglas
1973
The Young and the Restless (TV Series) · as Mae Dawson (1997)
1973
The Marcus-Nelson Murders · as Arless Humes
1973
Barnaby Jones (TV Series) · as Laura Padget
1972
Lady Sings the Blues · as Aunt Ida
1972
The ABC Afterschool Special (TV Series) · as Mrs. Ellis
1972
The Waltons (TV Series) · as Verdie Grant Foster
1972
1972
Ghost Story (TV Series) · as The Attendant
1972
Sanford and Son (TV Series) · as Donna Harris
1971
Brother John · as Sarah
1971
1971
Longstreet (TV Series) · as Mary Rose Carter
1970
The Psychiatrist (TV Series) · as Beatrice, A Therapy Group Member
1969
Room 222 (TV Series) · as Mrs. Harris
1969
The Bill Cosby Show (TV Series) · as Mrs. Carter
1969
The Learning Tree · as Funeral Attendee (uncredited)
1969
Then Came Bronson (TV Series) · as Maybelle Giles
1968
Hawaii Five-O (TV Series) · as Mae
1967
Mannix (TV Series) · as Eve Chancellor
1967
Ironside (TV Series) · as Mrs. Johnson
1965
Days of our Lives (TV Series) · as Rita Carver
1960
Insight (TV Series) · as Nurse
1958
Shadows · as Girl At Party
1955
Gunsmoke (TV Series) · as Reba

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