Lynn Hamilton
Acting
Born April 25, 1930 · Yazoo City, Mississippi, USA
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 Generati…
Known For · 40 titles
Hunter
NYPD Blue
Knight Rider
Hawaii Five-O
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Cold Case
Ironside
Murphy Brown
Mannix
The Practice
The Rockford Files
The Waltons
Sunset Beach
Judging Amy
The Golden Girls
Quincy, M.E.
Room 222
Starsky & Hutch
Highway to Heaven
Gunsmoke
Moesha
Barnaby Jones
ABC Afterschool Special
Sister, Sister
Sanford and Son
Ghost Story
227
Good Times
Webster
The New Leave It to Beaver
Amen
The Bill Cosby Show
Then Came Bronson
Riptide
Dangerous Minds
Roots: The Next Generations
Longstreet
The Powers of Matthew Star
Dangerous Women
Life's Work