Lynn Hamilton
Birthday
1930/04/25
Day of death
2025/06/19 (95 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Yazoo City, Mississippi, USA
Also know as
Alzenia 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 ...Read more
Acting
(1993) The Vanishing
as Miss Carmichael
(1972) Buck and the Preacher
as Sarah
(1970) The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children
as Beatrice
(1973) The Marcus-Nelson Murders
as Arless Humes
(1960) The New Girl
as Miss Thompson
(1971) Brother John
as Sarah
(1974) Hangup
as Mrs. Ramsey
(1971) The Seven Minutes
as Avis
(1997) A Walton Easter
as Verdie Grant Foster
(1988) Elvis and Me
as Hattie
(1993) A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
as Verdie Grant Foster
(2003) Baby's Breath
as Dr. Oberholser
(1972) Lady Sings the Blues
as Aunt Ida
(1976) Leadbelly
as Sally Ledbetter
(1986) Legal Eagles
as Doreen
(2004) Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
as Self
(1973) A Dream for Christmas
as Sarah Douglas
(1984) The Jesse Owens Story
as Mamma Solomon
(1960) Shadows
as Girl at Party
(1969) The Learning Tree
as Funeral Attendee (uncredited)
(2022) A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story
as Self
(1974) Good Times
as Mrs. Edwards
(1975) Starsky & Hutch
as Edith Dobey
(1999) Judging Amy
as Faye Benton
(1985) The Golden Girls
as Trudy
(1997) Sunset Beach
as Selita Jones
(1968) Hawaii Five-O
as Mae
(1982) Knight Rider
as Susan Wade
(1985) 227
as Emma Johnson
(2003) Cold Case
as Mary Chisolm (2009)
(1976) Quincy, M.E.
as Mrs. Kellough
(1984) Highway to Heaven
as Mattie Taylor
(1967) Mannix
as Eve Chancellor
(1972) Sanford and Son
as Donna Harris
(1996) Moesha
as Ruth Mitchell
(1997) The Practice
as Judge P. Fulton
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Reba
(1984) Hunter
as Velma the Maid
(1991) Dangerous Women
as Cissie Johnson
(1967) Ironside
as Nurse Clark
(1972) The Waltons
as Verdie Grant Foster
(1986) Amen
as Mrs. Phillips
(1996) Life's Work
as Mrs. Rader
(1979) Roots: The Next Generations
as Cousin Georgia Anderson
(1996) Dangerous Minds
as Flora
(1972) Ghost Story
as The Attendant
(1974) The Rockford Files
as Eunice Charles Bingham
(2000) Curb Your Enthusiasm
as Wanda's Mom
(1969) Room 222
as Mrs. Harris
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Mother Tabitha
(1969) The Bill Cosby Show
as Mrs. Carter
(1971) Longstreet
as Mary Rose Carter
(1967) Ironside
as Mrs. Johnson
(1973) Barnaby Jones
as Laura Padget
(1982) The Powers of Matthew Star
as Judge Condon
(1976) Quincy, M.E.
as Olivia Allen
(1972) ABC Afterschool Special
as Mrs. Ellis
(1984) Riptide
as Sarah Tolley
(1983) Webster
as Mrs. Matthews
(1984) The New Leave It to Beaver
as Ms. Dash
(1989) Generations
as Vivian Potter
(1994) Sister, Sister
as Mother Palmer
(1988) Murphy Brown
as Woman #1
(1991) Sisters
as Alma Hayes
(1997) Port Charles
as Alice Morgan #2
(1993) NYPD Blue
as Doris Becker
(1969) Then Came Bronson
as Maybelle Giles