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Kim Hamilton
Los Angeles, California, USA
Kim Hamilton was born Dorothy Mae Aiken in Los Angeles. Spending time there and at her other home on the upper West Side of Manhatten during her 81 years. She wanted to become a…
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Kim Hamilton was born Dorothy Mae Aiken in Los Angeles. Spending time there and at her other home on the upper West Side of Manhatten during her 81 years. She wanted to become a model but was rejected because of her height and color. Took acting classes and got an agent. First acting job was on Amos and Andy as Andy's girlfriend on several episodes. Appeared on more than 60 TV shows and movies including To Kill a Mockingbird with Gregory Peck. Married Robert Hamilton in 1951 at 18, had two children Robert and Tanya and divorced in 1961. Married from 1962-1965 to Giesel. Was with Actor Colonel Klink 23 years, from 1974 - 1997 before they officially married, until his death in 2000. Broke color barriers on many shows including the only Black speaking part on Leave it to Beaver playing a maid at Beaver's friend Eddie Haskell's house. She debuted the Helen Willis role as Tom's wife, Lionels mother, on All in the Family which became The Jeffersons. Roxie Roker then took over that role. Kim had 4 grandchildren by her daughter Tanya. Her son Robert pre-deceased her. She died in 2013, at age 81 of undisclosed causes in Los Angeles.
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Movies and shows, newest first
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2007
Private Practice
TV show Frances
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2000
Girlfriends
TV show Mother Dent (voice)
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1997
The Practice
TV show Supreme Court Justice
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1993
Trade Winds
TV show Madame DeGaulle
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1990
Law & Order
TV show Marcella Klein
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1987
Star Trek: The Next Generation
TV show Songi
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1986
Designing Women
TV show
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1983
All the Money in the World
Movie Mrs. Stowe
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1982
St. Elsewhere
TV show Judge Dr. Linda Purcell
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1981
Body and Soul
Movie Mrs. Johnson
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1979
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
TV show Nurse Paulton
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1979
Stone
Movie Carla Brown
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1978
Lady of the House
Movie Mary
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1978
Tarzan and the Super 7
TV show
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1978
A Family Upside Down
Movie Paula
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1978
Doctors' Private Lives
Movie Kitty
More credits
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1977
The Fat Albert Christmas Special
Movie Marge Franklin / Nurse (voice)
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1976
Alice
TV show Mrs. Reynolds
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1973
Kojak
TV show Sgt. Donna Mill
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1973
Heavy Traffic
Movie (voice)
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1971
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
Movie Nurse
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1971
Kotch
Movie Receptionist
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1971
All in the Family
TV show Mrs. Willis
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1969
Marcus Welby, M.D.
TV show Velma Stokes
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1968
The Mod Squad
TV show Delores Sutton
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1968
Here's Lucy
TV show Jane
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1968
Adam-12
TV show Mrs. Anderson
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1966
The Wild Angels
Movie Nurse
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1962
To Kill a Mockingbird
Movie Helen Robinson (uncredited)
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1960
The Leech Woman
Movie Young Malla
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1959
Odds Against Tomorrow
Movie Ruth Ingram
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1959
The Twilight Zone
TV show Frances Temple
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1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV show The Maid
