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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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Yazoo City, Mississippi, USA, 1930-04-25

Died: 2025-06-19

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1960	The New Girl	Miss Thompson	0
2	1960	Shadows	Girl at Party	69
3	1969	The Learning Tree	Funeral Attendee (uncredited)	69
4	1970	The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children	Beatrice	0
5	1971	The Seven Minutes	Avis	55
6	1971	Brother John	Sarah	62
7	1972	Buck and the Preacher	Sarah	63
8	1972	Lady Sings the Blues	Aunt Ida	69
9	1973	The Marcus-Nelson Murders	Arless Humes	69
10	1973	A Dream for Christmas	Sarah Douglas	60
11	1974	Hangup	Mrs. Ramsey	45
12	1976	Leadbelly	Sally Ledbetter	61
13	1984	The Jesse Owens Story	Mamma Solomon	79
14	1986	Legal Eagles	Doreen	61
15	1988	Elvis and Me	Hattie	70
16	1993	The Vanishing	Miss Carmichael	61
17	1993	A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion	Verdie Grant Foster	75
18	1997	A Walton Easter	Verdie Grant Foster	65
19	2003	Baby's Breath	Dr. Oberholser	0
20	2004	Beah: A Black Woman Speaks	Self	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1955	Gunsmoke	Reba	66
2	1955	Gunsmoke	Mother Tabitha	66
3	1960	Insight	Sister St. Martin	60
4	1960	Insight	Sara	60
5	1960	Insight	Jenny Gaines	60
6	1960	Insight	Nurse	60
7	1967	Ironside	Nurse Clark	68
8	1967	Ironside	Mrs. Johnson	68
9	1967	Mannix	Eve Chancellor	67
10	1968	Hawaii Five-O	Mae	71
11	1969	Room 222	Mrs. Harris	60
12	1969	The Bill Cosby Show	Mrs. Carter	54
13	1969	Then Came Bronson	Maybelle Giles	48
14	1971	Longstreet	Mary Rose Carter	68
15	1972	Sanford and Son	Donna Harris	74
16	1972	The Waltons	Verdie Grant Foster	71
17	1972	Ghost Story	The Attendant	71
18	1972	ABC Afterschool Special	Mrs. Ellis	64
19	1973	Barnaby Jones	Laura Padget	69
20	1974	Good Times	Mrs. Edwards	80
21	1974	The Rockford Files	Eunice Charles Bingham	75
22	1975	Starsky & Hutch	Edith Dobey	73
23	1976	Quincy, M.E.	Mrs. Kellough	75
24	1976	Quincy, M.E.	Olivia Allen	75
25	1979	Roots: The Next Generations	Cousin Georgia Anderson	75
26	1982	The Powers of Matthew Star	Judge Condon	56
27	1982	Knight Rider	Susan Wade	76
28	1983	Webster	Mrs. Matthews	59
29	1984	Riptide	Sarah Tolley	67
30	1984	Hunter	Velma the Maid	72
31	1984	Highway to Heaven	Mattie Taylor	74
32	1984	The New Leave It to Beaver	Ms. Dash	62
33	1985	The Golden Girls	Trudy	75
34	1985	227	Emma Johnson	68
35	1986	Amen	Mrs. Phillips	66
36	1988	Murphy Brown	Woman #1	65
37	1989	Generations	Vivian Potter	53
38	1991	Sisters	Alma Hayes	72
39	1991	Dangerous Women	Cissie Johnson	20
40	1993	NYPD Blue	Doris Becker	70
41	1994	Sister, Sister	Mother Palmer	71
42	1996	Moesha	Ruth Mitchell	69
43	1996	Life's Work	Mrs. Rader	60
44	1996	Dangerous Minds	Flora	85
45	1997	Sunset Beach	Selita Jones	61
46	1997	The Practice	Judge P. Fulton	77
47	1997	Port Charles	Alice Morgan #2	70
48	1999	Judging Amy	Faye Benton	75
49	2000	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Wanda's Mom	80
50	2003	Cold Case	Mary Chisolm (2009)	78