Lynn Hamilton
Acting Born Apr 25, 1930 Yazoo City, Mississippi, USA 24 credits
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.
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- NYPD Blue (1993) as Doris Becker
- Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000) as Wanda's Mom
- Ironside (1967) as Nurse Clark
- Ironside (1967) as Mrs. Johnson
- Hawaii Five-O (1968) as Mae
- Knight Rider (1982) as Susan Wade
- The Waltons (1972) as Verdie Grant Foster
- The Practice (1997) as Judge P. Fulton
- Cold Case (2003) as Mary Chisolm (2009)
- Mannix (1967) as Eve Chancellor
- Judging Amy (1999) as Faye Benton
- Hunter (1984) as Velma the Maid
- The Golden Girls (1985) as Trudy
- Murphy Brown (1988) as Woman #1
- The Rockford Files (1974) as Eunice Charles Bingham
- Gunsmoke (1955) as Reba
- Gunsmoke (1955) as Mother Tabitha
- Quincy, M.E. (1976) as Mrs. Kellough
- Quincy, M.E. (1976) as Olivia Allen
- Room 222 (1969) as Mrs. Harris
- Highway to Heaven (1984) as Mattie Taylor
- Starsky & Hutch (1975) as Edith Dobey
- Sister, Sister (1994) as Mother Palmer
- Sunset Beach (1997) as Selita Jones