Lynn Hamilton
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.
Acting
TV
Knight Rider
as Susan Wade
1982
TV
Curb Your Enthusiasm
as Wanda's Mom
2000
Movie
The Vanishing
as Miss Carmichael
1993
TV
Cold Case
as Mary Chisolm (2009)
2003
TV
The Golden Girls
as Trudy
1985
Movie
Shadows
as Girl at Party
1960
Movie
Legal Eagles
as Doreen
1986
TV
Starsky & Hutch
as Edith Dobey
1975
TV
Highway to Heaven
as Mattie Taylor
1984
TV
NYPD Blue
as Doris Becker
1993
TV
Hawaii Five-O
as Mae
1968
TV
The Rockford Files
as Eunice Charles Bingham
1974
TV
Sister, Sister
as Mother Palmer
1994
TV
Quincy, M.E.
as Mrs. Kellough
1976
TV
Quincy, M.E.
as Olivia Allen
1976
TV
Gunsmoke
as Reba
1955
TV
Gunsmoke
as Mother Tabitha
1955
TV
The Practice
as Judge P. Fulton
1997
TV
The Waltons
as Verdie Grant Foster
1972
TV
Sanford and Son
as Donna Harris
1972
TV
Hunter
as Velma the Maid
1984
TV
Judging Amy
as Faye Benton
1999
TV
Murphy Brown
as Woman #1
1988
TV
Good Times
as Mrs. Edwards
1974