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

  • Mannix

    Mannix

  • Knight Rider

    Knight Rider

  • Cold Case

    Cold Case

  • Ironside

    Ironside

  • Ironside

    Ironside

  • The Practice

    The Practice

  • Roots: The Next Generations

    Roots: The Next Generations

  • NYPD Blue

    NYPD Blue

  • The Waltons

    The Waltons

  • Quincy, M.E.

    Quincy, M.E.

  • Quincy, M.E.

    Quincy, M.E.

  • The Rockford Files

    The Rockford Files

  • Hawaii Five-O

    Hawaii Five-O

  • The Golden Girls

    The Golden Girls

  • Judging Amy

    Judging Amy

  • Highway to Heaven

    Highway to Heaven

  • Hunter

    Hunter

  • Moesha

    Moesha

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Starsky & Hutch

    Starsky & Hutch

  • Sister, Sister

    Sister, Sister

  • Sunset Beach

    Sunset Beach

  • Murphy Brown

    Murphy Brown

  • Barnaby Jones

    Barnaby Jones

  • ABC Afterschool Special

    ABC Afterschool Special

  • Sanford and Son

    Sanford and Son

  • Good Times

    Good Times

  • 227

    227

  • Room 222

    Room 222

  • Amen

    Amen

  • Ghost Story

    Ghost Story

  • Then Came Bronson

    Then Came Bronson

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

    A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story

  • Shadows

    Shadows

  • Webster

    Webster

  • Hangup

    Hangup

  • The New Leave It to Beaver

    The New Leave It to Beaver

  • Riptide

    Riptide

  • Brother John

    Brother John

  • Legal Eagles

    Legal Eagles

  • Leadbelly

    Leadbelly

  • The Bill Cosby Show

    The Bill Cosby Show

  • Dangerous Minds

    Dangerous Minds

  • Longstreet

    Longstreet

  • The Jesse Owens Story

    The Jesse Owens Story

  • The Powers of Matthew Star

    The Powers of Matthew Star

  • The Learning Tree

    The Learning Tree

  • Lady Sings the Blues

    Lady Sings the Blues

  • Life's Work

    Life's Work

  • The Vanishing

    The Vanishing

  • The Seven Minutes

    The Seven Minutes

  • A Walton Easter

    A Walton Easter

  • The Marcus-Nelson Murders

    The Marcus-Nelson Murders

  • Elvis and Me

    Elvis and Me

  • The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children

    The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children

  • Generations

    Generations

  • Buck and the Preacher

    Buck and the Preacher

  • Beah: A Black Woman Speaks

    Beah: A Black Woman Speaks

  • The New Girl

    The New Girl

  • A Dream for Christmas

    A Dream for Christmas

  • Dangerous Women

    Dangerous Women

  • Port Charles

    Port Charles

  • A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion

    A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion

  • Sisters

    Sisters

  • Baby's Breath

    Baby's Breath