Lynn Hamilton
Born in Yazoo City, Mississippi, USA — Apr 25 1930• Died Jun 19 2025
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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 Geor…
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Curb Your Enthusiasm
Wanda's Mom
The Practice
Judge P. Fulton
Knight Rider
Susan Wade
The Waltons
Verdie Grant Foster
Ironside
Nurse Clark
Mannix
Eve Chancellor
Cold Case
Mary Chisolm (2009)
Judging Amy
Faye Benton
Quincy, M.E.
Mrs. Kellough
NYPD Blue
Doris Becker
Hawaii Five-O
Mae
The Rockford Files
Eunice Charles Bingham
ABC Afterschool Special
Mrs. Ellis
The Golden Girls
Trudy
Starsky & Hutch
Edith Dobey
Hunter
Velma the Maid
Highway to Heaven
Mattie Taylor
Moesha
Ruth Mitchell
Murphy Brown
Woman #1
Sister, Sister
Mother Palmer
Barnaby Jones
Laura Padget
Sanford and Son
Donna Harris
Sunset Beach
Selita Jones
227
Emma Johnson
Good Times
Mrs. Edwards
Gunsmoke
Reba
Room 222
Mrs. Harris
Amen
Mrs. Phillips
Ghost Story
The Attendant
Webster
Mrs. Matthews
Then Came Bronson
Maybelle Giles
The Bill Cosby Show
Mrs. Carter
Riptide
Sarah Tolley
The New Leave It to Beaver
Ms. Dash
Dangerous Minds
Flora
Roots: The Next Generations
Cousin Georgia Anderson
Life's Work
Mrs. Rader
The Powers of Matthew Star
Judge Condon
Longstreet
Mary Rose Carter
Generations
Vivian Potter
The Vanishing
Miss Carmichael
Legal Eagles
Doreen
Dangerous Women
Cissie Johnson
Elvis and Me
Hattie
Buck and the Preacher
Sarah
Lady Sings the Blues
Aunt Ida
The Learning Tree
Funeral Attendee (uncredited)
Port Charles
Alice Morgan #2
The Jesse Owens Story
Mamma Solomon
Brother John
Sarah
The Seven Minutes
Avis
Hangup
Mrs. Ramsey
The Marcus-Nelson Murders
Arless Humes
Shadows
Girl at Party
A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
Verdie Grant Foster
A Walton Easter
Verdie Grant Foster
Sisters
Alma Hayes
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
Self
A Dream for Christmas
Sarah Douglas
Leadbelly
Sally Ledbetter
The New Girl
Miss Thompson
A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story
Self
The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children
Beatrice
Baby's Breath
Dr. Oberholser