Lynn Hamilton
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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Films (22)
A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story
2025 · Self
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
2004 · Self
Baby's Breath
2003 · Dr. Oberholser
A Walton Easter
1997 · Verdie Grant Foster
A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
1993 · Verdie Grant Foster
The Vanishing
1993 · Miss Carmichael
Elvis and Me
1988 · Hattie
Legal Eagles
1986 · Doreen
The Jesse Owens Story
1984 · Mamma Solomon
The Hero Who Couldn't Read
1984 · Mrs. Ellis
Leadbelly
1976 · Sally Ledbetter
Hangup
1974 · Mrs. Ramsey
A Dream for Christmas
1973 · Sarah Douglas
The Marcus-Nelson Murders
1973 · Arless Humes
Lady Sings the Blues
1972 · Aunt Ida
Buck and the Preacher
1972 · Sarah
Brother John
1971 · Sarah
The Seven Minutes
1971 · Avis
The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children
1970 · Beatrice
The Learning Tree
1969 · Funeral Attendee (uncredited)
Shadows
1960 · Girl at Party
The New Girl
1960 · Miss Thompson
Séries (43)
Cold Case : Affaires classées
2003 · Mary Chisolm (2009)
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000 · Wanda's Mom
Judging Amy
1999 · Faye Benton
Port Charles
1997 · Alice Morgan #2
The Practice
1997 · Judge Fulton
Sunset Beach
1997 · Selita Jones
Dangerous Minds
1996 · Flora
Life's Work
1996 · Mrs. Rader
Moesha
1996 · Ruth Mitchell
Sister, Sister
1994 · Mother Palmer
NYPD Blue
1993 · Doris Becker
Dangerous Women
1991 · Cissie Johnson
Sisters
1991 · Alma Hayes
Generations
1989 · Vivian Potter
Murphy Brown
1988 · Woman #1
Amen
1986 · Mrs. Phillips
The Golden Girls
1985 · Trudy
227
1985 · Emma Johnson
The New Leave It to Beaver
1984 · Ms. Dash
Highway to Heaven
1984 · Mattie Taylor
Hunter
1984 · Velma
Riptide
1984 · Sarah Tolley
Webster
1983 · Mrs. Matthews
Knight Rider
1982 · Susan Wade
The Powers of Matthew Star
1982 · Judge Condon
Roots: The Next Generations
1979 · Cousin Georgia Anderson
Quincy, M.E.
1976 · Mrs. Kellough, Olivia Allen
Starsky & Hutch
1975 · Edith Dobey
The Rockford Files
1974 · Eunice Charles Bingham
Good Times
1974 · Mrs. Edwards
Barnaby Jones
1973 · Laura Padget
ABC Afterschool Special
1972 · Mrs. Ellis
Ghost Story
1972 · The Attendant
The Waltons
1972 · Verdie Grant Foster
Sanford and Son
1972 · Donna Harris
Longstreet
1971 · Mary Rose Carter
Then Came Bronson
1969 · Maybelle Giles
The Bill Cosby Show
1969 · Mrs. Carter
Room 222
1969 · Mrs. Harris
Hawaii Five-O
1969 · Mae
Mannix
1967 · Eve Chancellor
Ironside
1967 · Nurse Clark, Mrs. Johnson
Gunsmoke
1955 · Reba, Mother Tabitha