Acting

Lynn Hamilton

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

Died 2025-06-19

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.

Credits

Newest first

A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story
as Self
2025
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
as Self
2004
Cold Case
as Mary Chisolm (2009)
2003
Baby's Breath
as Dr. Oberholser
2003
Curb Your Enthusiasm
as Wanda's Mom
2000
Judging Amy
as Faye Benton
1999
Port Charles
as Alice Morgan #2
1997
A Walton Easter
as Verdie Grant Foster
1997
The Practice
as Judge Fulton
1997
Sunset Beach
as Selita Jones
1997
Dangerous Minds
as Flora
1996
Life's Work
as Mrs. Rader
1996
Moesha
as Ruth Mitchell
1996
Sister, Sister
as Mother Palmer
1994
A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
as Verdie Grant Foster
1993
NYPD Blue
as Doris Becker
1993
The Vanishing
as Miss Carmichael
1993
Dangerous Women
as Cissie Johnson
1991
Sisters
as Alma Hayes
1991
Generations
as Vivian Potter
1989
Murphy Brown
as Woman #1
1988
Elvis and Me
as Hattie
1988
Amen
as Mrs. Phillips
1986
Legal Eagles
as Doreen
1986
The Golden Girls
as Trudy
1985
227
as Emma Johnson
1985
The New Leave It to Beaver
as Ms. Dash
1984
Highway to Heaven
as Mattie Taylor
1984
Hunter
as Velma
1984
The Jesse Owens Story
as Mamma Solomon
1984
The Hero Who Couldn't Read
as Mrs. Ellis
1984
Riptide
as Sarah Tolley
1984
Webster
as Mrs. Matthews
1983
Knight Rider
as Susan Wade
1982
The Powers of Matthew Star
as Judge Condon
1982
Roots: The Next Generations
as Cousin Georgia Anderson
1979
Quincy, M.E.
as Mrs. Kellough
1976
Quincy, M.E.
as Olivia Allen
1976
Leadbelly
as Sally Ledbetter
1976
Starsky & Hutch
as Edith Dobey
1975
Hangup
as Mrs. Ramsey
1974
The Rockford Files
as Eunice Charles Bingham
1974
Good Times
as Mrs. Edwards
1974
A Dream for Christmas
as Sarah Douglas
1973
The Marcus-Nelson Murders
as Arless Humes
1973
Barnaby Jones
as Laura Padget
1973
Lady Sings the Blues
as Aunt Ida
1972
ABC Afterschool Special
as Mrs. Ellis
1972
Ghost Story
as The Attendant
1972
The Waltons
as Verdie Grant Foster
1972
Buck and the Preacher
as Sarah
1972
Sanford and Son
as Donna Harris
1972
Longstreet
as Mary Rose Carter
1971
Brother John
as Sarah
1971
The Seven Minutes
as Avis
1971
The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children
as Beatrice
1970
Then Came Bronson
as Maybelle Giles
1969
The Bill Cosby Show
as Mrs. Carter
1969
Room 222
as Mrs. Harris
1969
The Learning Tree
as Funeral Attendee (uncredited)
1969
Hawaii Five-O
as Mae
1969
Mannix
as Eve Chancellor
1967
Ironside
as Nurse Clark
1967
Ironside
as Mrs. Johnson
1967
Shadows
as Girl at Party
1960
The New Girl
as Miss Thompson
1960
Gunsmoke
as Reba
1955
Gunsmoke
as Mother Tabitha
1955