Known For
Acting
Born
Apr 25, 1930
Died
Jun 19, 2025
Place of Birth
Yazoo City, Mississippi, USA
Credits
65 titles
Lynn Hamilton
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story
Self
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
Self
Cold Case
Mary Chisolm (2009)
Baby's Breath
Dr. Oberholser
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Wanda's Mom
Judging Amy
Faye Benton
Port Charles
Alice Morgan #2
A Walton Easter
Verdie Grant Foster
The Practice
Judge P. Fulton
Sunset Beach
Selita Jones
Dangerous Minds
Flora
Life's Work
Mrs. Rader
Moesha
Ruth Mitchell
Sister, Sister
Mother Palmer
A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
Verdie Grant Foster
NYPD Blue
Doris Becker
The Vanishing
Miss Carmichael
Dangerous Women
Cissie Johnson
Sisters
Alma Hayes
Generations
Vivian Potter
Murphy Brown
Woman #1
Elvis and Me
Hattie
Amen
Mrs. Phillips
Legal Eagles
Doreen
The Golden Girls
Trudy
227
Emma Johnson
The New Leave It to Beaver
Ms. Dash
Highway to Heaven
Mattie Taylor
Hunter
Velma the Maid
The Jesse Owens Story
Mamma Solomon
The Hero Who Couldn't Read
Mrs. Ellis
Riptide
Sarah Tolley
Webster
Mrs. Matthews
Knight Rider
Susan Wade
The Powers of Matthew Star
Judge Condon
Roots: The Next Generations
Cousin Georgia Anderson
Quincy, M.E.
Mrs. Kellough
Leadbelly
Sally Ledbetter
Starsky & Hutch
Edith Dobey
Hangup
Mrs. Ramsey
The Rockford Files
Eunice Charles Bingham
Good Times
Mrs. Edwards
A Dream for Christmas
Sarah Douglas
The Marcus-Nelson Murders
Arless Humes
Barnaby Jones
Laura Padget
Lady Sings the Blues
Aunt Ida
ABC Afterschool Special
Mrs. Ellis
Ghost Story
The Attendant
The Waltons
Verdie Grant Foster
Buck and the Preacher
Sarah