Lynn Hamilton
Acting
1930-04-25 · 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 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
A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story
2022 · Movie
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
2004 · Movie
Cold Case
2003 · Series
Baby's Breath
2003 · Movie
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000 · Series
Judging Amy
1999 · Series
Port Charles
1997 · Series
A Walton Easter
1997 · Movie
The Practice
1997 · Series
Sunset Beach
1997 · Series
Dangerous Minds
1996 · Series
Life's Work
1996 · Series
Moesha
1996 · Series
Sister, Sister
1994 · Series
A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
1993 · Movie
NYPD Blue
1993 · Series
The Vanishing
1993 · Movie
Dangerous Women
1991 · Series
Sisters
1991 · Series
Generations
1989 · Series
Murphy Brown
1988 · Series
Elvis and Me
1988 · Movie
Amen
1986 · Series
Legal Eagles
1986 · Movie
The Golden Girls
1985 · Series
227
1985 · Series
The New Leave It to Beaver
1984 · Series
Highway to Heaven
1984 · Series
Hunter
1984 · Series
The Jesse Owens Story
1984 · Movie
The Hero Who Couldn't Read
1984 · Movie
Riptide
1984 · Series
Webster
1983 · Series
Knight Rider
1982 · Series
The Powers of Matthew Star
1982 · Series
Roots: The Next Generations
1979 · Series
Quincy, M.E.
1976 · Series
Leadbelly
1976 · Movie
Starsky & Hutch
1975 · Series
Hangup
1974 · Movie
The Rockford Files
1974 · Series
Good Times
1974 · Series
A Dream for Christmas
1973 · Movie
The Marcus-Nelson Murders
1973 · Movie
Barnaby Jones
1973 · Series
Lady Sings the Blues
1972 · Movie
ABC Afterschool Special
1972 · Series
Ghost Story
1972 · Series
The Waltons
1972 · Series
Buck and the Preacher
1972 · Movie
Sanford and Son
1972 · Series
Longstreet
1971 · Series
Brother John
1971 · Movie
The Seven Minutes
1971 · Movie
The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children
1970 · Movie
Then Came Bronson
1969 · Series
The Bill Cosby Show
1969 · Series
Room 222
1969 · Series
The Learning Tree
1969 · Movie
Hawaii Five-O
1968 · Series
Mannix
1967 · Series
Ironside
1967 · Series
Shadows
1960 · Movie
The New Girl
1960 · Movie
Gunsmoke
1955 · Series