Lynn Hamilton

Known for ActingBorn 1930-04-25Died 2025-06-19Yazoo 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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children

Dangerous Minds

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Baby's Breath

The Jesse Owens Story

Cold Case

Good Times

Port Charles

The Practice

Judging Amy

Life's Work

The Golden Girls

The Rockford Files

Knight Rider

The Marcus-Nelson Murders

A Walton Easter

Quincy, M.E.

A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion

Highway to Heaven

Sanford and Son

Roots: The Next Generations

Ghost Story

Elvis and Me

Sisters

Moesha

A Dream for Christmas

Sister, Sister

NYPD Blue

Starsky & Hutch

Hunter

The Waltons

Hawaii Five-O

Longstreet

Barnaby Jones

227

Riptide

Lady Sings the Blues

Ironside

Shadows

The New Leave It to Beaver

Amen

Mannix

The Learning Tree

Murphy Brown

ABC Afterschool Special

Gunsmoke

Sunset Beach

Generations