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.
Movies
Baby's Breath
Dr. Oberholser
A Walton Easter
Verdie Grant Foster
A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
Verdie Grant Foster
The Vanishing
Miss Carmichael
Elvis and Me
Hattie
Legal Eagles
Doreen
The Jesse Owens Story
Mamma Solomon
Leadbelly
Sally Ledbetter
Hangup
Mrs. Ramsey
A Dream for Christmas
Sarah Douglas
The Marcus-Nelson Murders
Arless Humes
Lady Sings the Blues
Aunt Ida
Buck and the Preacher
Sarah
Brother John
Sarah
The Seven Minutes
Avis
The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children
Beatrice
The Learning Tree
Funeral Attendee (uncredited)
Shadows
Girl at Party
The New Girl
Miss Thompson
TV Series
Cold Case
Mary Chisolm (2009)
1 Episode
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Wanda's Mom
1 Episode
Judging Amy
Faye Benton
1 Episode
Port Charles
Alice Morgan #2
1 Episode
The Practice
Judge P. Fulton
7 Episodes
Sunset Beach
Selita Jones
5 Episodes
Dangerous Minds
Flora
1 Episode
Life's Work
Mrs. Rader
1 Episode
Moesha
Ruth Mitchell
1 Episode
Sister, Sister
Mother Palmer
1 Episode
NYPD Blue
Doris Becker
1 Episode
Dangerous Women
Cissie Johnson
51 Episodes
Sisters
Alma Hayes
1 Episode
Generations
Vivian Potter
11 Episodes
Murphy Brown
Woman #1
1 Episode
Amen
Mrs. Phillips
1 Episode
The Golden Girls
Trudy
1 Episode
227
Emma Johnson
5 Episodes
The New Leave It to Beaver
Ms. Dash
1 Episode
Highway to Heaven
Mattie Taylor
1 Episode
Hunter
Velma the Maid
1 Episode
Riptide
Sarah Tolley
1 Episode
Webster
Mrs. Matthews
1 Episode
Knight Rider
Susan Wade
1 Episode
The Powers of Matthew Star
Judge Condon
1 Episode
Roots: The Next Generations
Cousin Georgia Anderson
4 Episodes
Quincy, M.E.
Mrs. Kellough
1 Episode
Starsky & Hutch
Edith Dobey
1 Episode
The Rockford Files
Eunice Charles Bingham
1 Episode
Good Times
Mrs. Edwards
1 Episode
Barnaby Jones
Laura Padget
1 Episode
ABC Afterschool Special
Mrs. Ellis
1 Episode
Ghost Story
The Attendant
1 Episode
The Waltons
Verdie Grant Foster
17 Episodes
Sanford and Son
Donna Harris
22 Episodes
Longstreet
Mary Rose Carter
1 Episode
Then Came Bronson
Maybelle Giles
1 Episode
The Bill Cosby Show
Mrs. Carter
1 Episode
Room 222
Mrs. Harris
1 Episode
Hawaii Five-O
Mae
1 Episode
Mannix
Eve Chancellor
1 Episode
Ironside
Nurse Clark
1 Episode
Gunsmoke
Reba
1 Episode