Lynn Hamilton
Acting
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.
TV Shows(43)
Cold Case
Mary Chisolm (2009)
2003
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Wanda's Mom
2000
Judging Amy
Faye Benton
1999
Port Charles
Alice Morgan #2
1997
The Practice
Judge P. Fulton
1997
Sunset Beach
Selita Jones
1997
Dangerous Minds
Flora
1996
Life's Work
Mrs. Rader
1996
Moesha
Ruth Mitchell
1996
Sister, Sister
Mother Palmer
1994
NYPD Blue
Doris Becker
1993
Dangerous Women
Cissie Johnson
1991
Sisters
Alma Hayes
1991
Generations
Vivian Potter
1989
Murphy Brown
Woman #1
1988
Amen
Mrs. Phillips
1986
The Golden Girls
Trudy
1985
227
Emma Johnson
1985
The New Leave It to Beaver
Ms. Dash
1984
Highway to Heaven
Mattie Taylor
1984
Hunter
Velma the Maid
1984
Riptide
Sarah Tolley
1984
Webster
Mrs. Matthews
1983
Knight Rider
Susan Wade
1982
The Powers of Matthew Star
Judge Condon
1982
Roots: The Next Generations
Cousin Georgia Anderson
1979
Quincy, M.E.
Mrs. Kellough
1976
Starsky & Hutch
Edith Dobey
1975
The Rockford Files
Eunice Charles Bingham
1974
Good Times
Mrs. Edwards
1974
Barnaby Jones
Laura Padget
1973
ABC Afterschool Special
Mrs. Ellis
1972
Ghost Story
The Attendant
1972
The Waltons
Verdie Grant Foster
1972
Sanford and Son
Donna Harris
1972
Longstreet
Mary Rose Carter
1971
Then Came Bronson
Maybelle Giles
1969
The Bill Cosby Show
Mrs. Carter
1969
Room 222
Mrs. Harris
1969
Hawaii Five-O
Mae
1968
Mannix
Eve Chancellor
1967
Ironside
Nurse Clark
1967
Gunsmoke
Reba
1955
Movies(21)
A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story
Self
2022
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
Self
2004
Baby's Breath
Dr. Oberholser
2003
A Walton Easter
Verdie Grant Foster
1997
A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
Verdie Grant Foster
1993
The Vanishing
Miss Carmichael
1993
Elvis and Me
Hattie
1988
Legal Eagles
Doreen
1986
The Jesse Owens Story
Mamma Solomon
1984
Leadbelly
Sally Ledbetter
1976
Hangup
Mrs. Ramsey
1974
A Dream for Christmas
Sarah Douglas
1973
The Marcus-Nelson Murders
Arless Humes
1973
Lady Sings the Blues
Aunt Ida
1972
Buck and the Preacher
Sarah
1972
Brother John
Sarah
1971
The Seven Minutes
Avis
1971
The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children
Beatrice
1970
The Learning Tree
Funeral Attendee (uncredited)
1969
Shadows
Girl at Party
1960
The New Girl
Miss Thompson
1960