Lynn Hamilton
Known for: Acting
Born: April 25, 1930
Died: June 19, 2025
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
22 movies · 43 TV shows, newest first
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A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story
2022
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Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
2004
7.7
Cold Case
2003
8.0
Baby's Breath
2003
8.1
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
7.5
Judging Amy
1999
7.8
Port Charles
1997
7.3
A Walton Easter
1997
7.6
The Practice
1997
6.1
Sunset Beach
1997
8.7
Dangerous Minds
1996
7.5
Life's Work
1996
6.9
Moesha
1996
7.0
Sister, Sister
1994
7.3
A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
1993
7.0
NYPD Blue
1993
6.2
The Vanishing
1993
4.0
Dangerous Women
1991
7.2
Sisters
19916.6
Generations
1989
6.5
Murphy Brown
1988
7.3
Elvis and Me
1988
6.7
Amen
1986
6.0
Legal Eagles
1986
7.6
The Golden Girls
1985
6.8
227
1985
6.6
The New Leave It to Beaver
1984
7.4
Highway to Heaven
1984
7.1
Hunter
1984
8.1
The Jesse Owens Story
1984NR
The Hero Who Couldn't Read
1984
6.8
Riptide
1984
5.9
Webster
1983
7.5
Knight Rider
1982
5.8
The Powers of Matthew Star
1982
7.5
Roots: The Next Generations
1979
7.5
Quincy, M.E.
1976
6.4
Leadbelly
1976
7.3
Starsky & Hutch
1975
5.3
Hangup
1974
7.6
The Rockford Files
1974
8.0
Good Times
1974
7.3
A Dream for Christmas
1973
7.6
The Marcus-Nelson Murders
1973
7.1
Barnaby Jones
1973
6.9
Lady Sings the Blues
1972
6.5
ABC Afterschool Special
1972
7.4
Ghost Story
1972
7.2
The Waltons
1972
6.3
Buck and the Preacher
1972
7.5
Sanford and Son
1972
7.0
Longstreet
1971
6.5
Brother John
1971
5.8
The Seven Minutes
1971
10.0
The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children
1970
5.2
Then Came Bronson
1969
5.5
The Bill Cosby Show
1969
6.1
Room 222
1969
6.8
The Learning Tree
1969
7.2
Hawaii Five-O
1968
6.8
Mannix
1967
6.8
Ironside
1967
6.9
Shadows
1960NR
The New Girl
1960
6.7
Gunsmoke
1955