Acting · Yazoo City, Mississippi, USA · Born April 25, 1930
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.
MovieA Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story
2022
as Self
MovieBeah: A Black Woman Speaks
2004
as Self
TVCold Case
2003
as Mary Chisolm (2009)
MovieBaby's Breath
2003
as Dr. Oberholser
TVCurb Your Enthusiasm
2000
as Wanda's Mom
TVJudging Amy
1999
as Faye Benton
TVPort Charles
1997
as Alice Morgan #2
MovieA Walton Easter
1997
as Verdie Grant Foster
TVThe Practice
1997
as Judge P. Fulton
TVSunset Beach
1997
as Selita Jones
TVDangerous Minds
1996
as Flora
TVLife's Work
1996
as Mrs. Rader
TVMoesha
1996
as Ruth Mitchell
TVSister, Sister
1994
as Mother Palmer
MovieA Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
1993
as Verdie Grant Foster
TVNYPD Blue
1993
as Doris Becker
MovieThe Vanishing
1993
as Miss Carmichael
TVDangerous Women
1991
as Cissie Johnson
TVSisters
1991
as Alma Hayes
Generations
1989
as Vivian Potter
TVMurphy Brown
1988
as Woman #1
MovieElvis and Me
1988
as Hattie
TVAmen
1986
as Mrs. Phillips
MovieLegal Eagles
1986
as Doreen
TVThe Golden Girls
1985
as Trudy
TV227
1985
as Emma Johnson
TVThe New Leave It to Beaver
1984
as Ms. Dash
TVHighway to Heaven
1984
as Mattie Taylor
TVHunter
1984
as Velma the Maid
MovieThe Jesse Owens Story
1984
as Mamma Solomon
The Hero Who Couldn't Read
1984
as Mrs. Ellis
TVRiptide
1984
as Sarah Tolley
TVWebster
1983
as Mrs. Matthews
TVKnight Rider
1982
as Susan Wade
TVThe Powers of Matthew Star
1982
as Judge Condon
TVRoots: The Next Generations
1979
as Cousin Georgia Anderson
TVQuincy, M.E.
1976
as Mrs. Kellough
MovieLeadbelly
1976
as Sally Ledbetter
TVStarsky & Hutch
1975
as Edith Dobey
MovieHangup
1974
as Mrs. Ramsey
TVThe Rockford Files
1974
as Eunice Charles Bingham
TVGood Times
1974
as Mrs. Edwards
MovieA Dream for Christmas
1973
as Sarah Douglas
MovieThe Marcus-Nelson Murders
1973
as Arless Humes
TVBarnaby Jones
1973
as Laura Padget
MovieLady Sings the Blues
1972
as Aunt Ida
TVABC Afterschool Special
1972
as Mrs. Ellis
TVGhost Story
1972
as The Attendant
TVThe Waltons
1972
as Verdie Grant Foster
MovieBuck and the Preacher
1972
as Sarah
TVSanford and Son
1972
as Donna Harris
TVLongstreet
1971
as Mary Rose Carter
MovieBrother John
1971
as Sarah
MovieThe Seven Minutes
1971
as Avis
MovieThe Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children
1970
as Beatrice
TVThen Came Bronson
1969
as Maybelle Giles
TVThe Bill Cosby Show
1969
as Mrs. Carter
TVRoom 222
1969
as Mrs. Harris
MovieThe Learning Tree
1969
as Funeral Attendee (uncredited)
TVHawaii Five-O
1968
as Mae
TVMannix
1967
as Eve Chancellor
TVIronside
1967
as Nurse Clark
MovieShadows
1960
as Girl at Party
The New Girl
1960
as Miss Thompson
TVGunsmoke
1955
as Reba
