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

  • Ironside

    Ironside

  • Ironside

    Ironside

  • Curb Your Enthusiasm

    Curb Your Enthusiasm

  • Starsky & Hutch

    Starsky & Hutch

  • Cold Case

    Cold Case

  • The Waltons

    The Waltons

  • The Practice

    The Practice

  • Mannix

    Mannix

  • Quincy, M.E.

    Quincy, M.E.

  • Quincy, M.E.

    Quincy, M.E.

  • Knight Rider

    Knight Rider

  • NYPD Blue

    NYPD Blue

  • Hawaii Five-O

    Hawaii Five-O

  • The Rockford Files

    The Rockford Files

  • Judging Amy

    Judging Amy

  • Sunset Beach

    Sunset Beach

  • The Golden Girls

    The Golden Girls

  • Highway to Heaven

    Highway to Heaven

  • ABC Afterschool Special

    ABC Afterschool Special

  • Barnaby Jones

    Barnaby Jones

  • Sister, Sister

    Sister, Sister

  • Sanford and Son

    Sanford and Son

  • Hunter

    Hunter

  • Murphy Brown

    Murphy Brown

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Moesha

    Moesha

  • 227

    227

  • Good Times

    Good Times

  • Then Came Bronson

    Then Came Bronson

  • Room 222

    Room 222

  • Amen

    Amen

  • Ghost Story

    Ghost Story

  • The Vanishing

    The Vanishing

  • Webster

    Webster

  • Riptide

    Riptide

  • Life's Work

    Life's Work

  • The Bill Cosby Show

    The Bill Cosby Show

  • Lady Sings the Blues

    Lady Sings the Blues

  • The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children

    The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children

  • Dangerous Minds

    Dangerous Minds

  • A Walton Easter

    A Walton Easter

  • The New Leave It to Beaver

    The New Leave It to Beaver

  • Shadows

    Shadows

  • The Learning Tree

    The Learning Tree

  • Roots: The Next Generations

    Roots: The Next Generations

  • Legal Eagles

    Legal Eagles

  • The Powers of Matthew Star

    The Powers of Matthew Star

  • The Marcus-Nelson Murders

    The Marcus-Nelson Murders

  • Hangup

    Hangup

  • Generations

    Generations

  • Elvis and Me

    Elvis and Me

  • Beah: A Black Woman Speaks

    Beah: A Black Woman Speaks

  • Longstreet

    Longstreet

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

    A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story

  • Dangerous Women

    Dangerous Women

  • The Seven Minutes

    The Seven Minutes

  • Brother John

    Brother John

  • The Jesse Owens Story

    The Jesse Owens Story

  • Buck and the Preacher

    Buck and the Preacher

  • Leadbelly

    Leadbelly

  • Port Charles

    Port Charles

  • A Dream for Christmas

    A Dream for Christmas

  • The New Girl

    The New Girl

  • Sisters

    Sisters

  • Baby's Breath

    Baby's Breath

  • A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion

    A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion