Lynn Hamilton

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Lynn Hamilton

Acting April 25, 1930

Yazoo City, Mississippi, USA

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 Of…

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Knight Rider

Knight Rider

7.5 1982 TV Show
Curb Your Enthusiasm

Curb Your Enthusiasm

8.0 2000 TV Show
Cold Case

Cold Case

7.7 2003 TV Show
The Practice

The Practice

7.6 1997 TV Show
NYPD Blue

NYPD Blue

7.0 1993 TV Show
The Golden Girls

The Golden Girls

7.6 1985 TV Show
Quincy, M.E.

Quincy, M.E.

7.5 1976 TV Show
Ironside

Ironside

6.8 1967 TV Show
The Rockford Files

The Rockford Files

7.6 1974 TV Show
Sunset Beach

Sunset Beach

6.1 1997 TV Show
The Vanishing

The Vanishing

6.2 1993 Movie
Hawaii Five-O

Hawaii Five-O

7.2 1969 TV Show

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2025
    A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story

    Movie Self

  2. 2004
    Beah: A Black Woman Speaks

    Movie Self

  3. 2003
    Cold Case

    TV show Mary Chisolm (2009)

  4. 2003
    Baby's Breath

    Movie Dr. Oberholser

  5. 2000
    Curb Your Enthusiasm

    TV show Wanda's Mom

  6. 1999
    Judging Amy

    TV show Faye Benton

  7. 1997
    Port Charles

    TV show Alice Morgan #2

  8. 1997
    A Walton Easter

    Movie Verdie Grant Foster

  9. 1997
    The Practice

    TV show Judge P. Fulton

  10. 1997
    Sunset Beach

    TV show Selita Jones

  11. 1996
    Dangerous Minds

    TV show Flora

  12. 1996
    Life's Work

    TV show Mrs. Rader

  13. 1996
    Moesha

    TV show Ruth Mitchell

  14. 1994
    Sister, Sister

    TV show Mother Palmer

  15. 1993
    A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion

    Movie Verdie Grant Foster

  16. 1993
    NYPD Blue

    TV show Doris Becker

More credits
  1. 1993
    The Vanishing

    Movie Miss Carmichael

  2. 1991
    Dangerous Women

    TV show Cissie Johnson

  3. 1991
    Sisters

    TV show Alma Hayes

  4. 1989
    Generations

    TV show Vivian Potter

  5. 1988
    Murphy Brown

    TV show Woman #1

  6. 1988
    Elvis and Me

    Movie Hattie

  7. 1986
    Amen

    TV show Mrs. Phillips

  8. 1986
    Legal Eagles

    Movie Doreen

  9. 1985
    The Golden Girls

    TV show Trudy

  10. 1985
    227

    TV show Emma Johnson

  11. 1984
    The New Leave It to Beaver

    TV show Ms. Dash

  12. 1984
    Highway to Heaven

    TV show Mattie Taylor

  13. 1984
    Hunter

    TV show Velma

  14. 1984
    The Jesse Owens Story

    Movie Mamma Solomon

  15. 1984
    The Hero Who Couldn't Read

    Movie Mrs. Ellis

  16. 1984
    Riptide

    TV show Sarah Tolley

  17. 1983
    Webster

    TV show Mrs. Matthews

  18. 1982
    Knight Rider

    TV show Susan Wade

  19. 1982
    The Powers of Matthew Star

    TV show Judge Condon

  20. 1979
    Roots: The Next Generations

    TV show Cousin Georgia Anderson

  21. 1976
    Quincy, M.E.

    TV show Mrs. Kellough

  22. 1976
    Leadbelly

    Movie Sally Ledbetter

  23. 1975
    Starsky & Hutch

    TV show Edith Dobey

  24. 1974
    Hangup

    Movie Mrs. Ramsey