Lynn Hamilton

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

67

Gender

Female

Birthday

1930-04-25

Day of death

2025-06-19 (95 years old)

Place of Birth

Yazoo City, Mississippi, USA

Lynn Hamilton

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 Generation. Her additional TV credits include roles on 227, The Golden Girls, NYPD Blue, Cold Case, and Judging Amy.

Known For

  • Curb Your Enthusiasm

    Curb Your Enthusiasm

  • Quincy, M.E.

    Quincy, M.E.

  • Quincy, M.E.

    Quincy, M.E.

  • Cold Case

    Cold Case

  • Knight Rider

    Knight Rider

  • The Practice

    The Practice

  • Hawaii Five-O

    Hawaii Five-O

  • The Waltons

    The Waltons

  • NYPD Blue

    NYPD Blue

  • Judging Amy

    Judging Amy

  • Ironside

    Ironside

  • Ironside

    Ironside

  • Mannix

    Mannix

  • The Rockford Files

    The Rockford Files

  • Highway to Heaven

    Highway to Heaven

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • The Golden Girls

    The Golden Girls

  • ABC Afterschool Special

    ABC Afterschool Special

  • Sister, Sister

    Sister, Sister

  • Starsky & Hutch

    Starsky & Hutch

  • Hunter

    Hunter

  • Moesha

    Moesha

  • Sanford and Son

    Sanford and Son

  • Murphy Brown

    Murphy Brown

  • Barnaby Jones

    Barnaby Jones

  • Sunset Beach

    Sunset Beach

  • Hangup

    Hangup

  • 227

    227

  • Room 222

    Room 222

  • Good Times

    Good Times

  • Leadbelly

    Leadbelly

  • Ghost Story

    Ghost Story

  • The Seven Minutes

    The Seven Minutes

  • Amen

    Amen

  • Lady Sings the Blues

    Lady Sings the Blues

  • A Walton Easter

    A Walton Easter

  • The New Leave It to Beaver

    The New Leave It to Beaver

  • Riptide

    Riptide

  • The New Girl

    The New Girl

  • The Bill Cosby Show

    The Bill Cosby Show

  • Then Came Bronson

    Then Came Bronson

  • Webster

    Webster

  • Roots: The Next Generations

    Roots: The Next Generations

  • Shadows

    Shadows

  • Dangerous Minds

    Dangerous Minds

  • The Powers of Matthew Star

    The Powers of Matthew Star

  • The Vanishing

    The Vanishing

  • Life's Work

    Life's Work

  • Longstreet

    Longstreet

  • Generations

    Generations

  • Legal Eagles

    Legal Eagles

  • Dangerous Women

    Dangerous Women

  • Elvis and Me

    Elvis and Me

  • Baby's Breath

    Baby's Breath

  • Buck and the Preacher

    Buck and the Preacher

  • The Learning Tree

    The Learning Tree

  • The Marcus-Nelson Murders

    The Marcus-Nelson Murders

  • The Jesse Owens Story

    The Jesse Owens Story

  • Brother John

    Brother John

  • Sisters

    Sisters

  • Port Charles

    Port Charles

  • The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children

    The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children

  • Beah: A Black Woman Speaks

    Beah: A Black Woman Speaks

  • A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion

    A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion

  • A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story

    A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story

  • A Dream for Christmas

    A Dream for Christmas