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.
64 acting credits
Acting · 64
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
Mannix
1967
Cold Case
2003
Ironside
1967
The Practice
1997
Knight Rider
1982
NYPD Blue
1993
Hawaii Five-O
1968
Judging Amy
1999
The Rockford Files
1974
Quincy, M.E.
1976
The Waltons
1972
Hunter
1984
The Golden Girls
1985
Highway to Heaven
1984
Starsky & Hutch
1975
Barnaby Jones
1973
Sister, Sister
1994
Murphy Brown
1988
Sunset Beach
1997
Moesha
1996
Gunsmoke
1955
Sanford and Son
1972
Room 222
1969
227
1985
ABC Afterschool Special
1972
Good Times
1974
Ghost Story
1972
Amen
1986
Then Came Bronson
1969
The Bill Cosby Show
1969
Webster
1983
Riptide
1984
Roots: The Next Generations
1979
The New Leave It to Beaver
1984
Dangerous Minds
1996
The Powers of Matthew Star
1982
Life's Work
1996
Longstreet
1971
Generations
1989
Dangerous Women
1991
Legal Eagles
1986
The Vanishing
1993
Brother John
1971
Port Charles
1997
Buck and the Preacher
1972
The Seven Minutes
1971
The Marcus-Nelson Murders
1973
Elvis and Me
1988
Shadows
1960
Lady Sings the Blues
1972
A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
1993
Leadbelly
1976
Sisters
1991
The Jesse Owens Story
1984
The Learning Tree
1969
The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children
1970
A Walton Easter
1997
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
2004
Hangup
1974
A Dream for Christmas
1973
The New Girl
1960
A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story
2022
Baby's Breath
2003