Known For
Acting
Born
Sep 12, 1932
Died
Sep 16, 2013
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Credits
33 titles
Kim Hamilton
Biography
Kim Hamilton was born Dorothy Mae Aiken in Los Angeles. Spending time there and at her other home on the upper West Side of Manhatten during her 81 years. She wanted to become a model but was rejected because of her height and color. Took acting classes and got an agent. First acting job was on Amos and Andy as Andy's girlfriend on several episodes. Appeared on more than 60 TV shows and movies including To Kill a Mockingbird with Gregory Peck. Married Robert Hamilton in 1951 at 18, had two children Robert and Tanya and divorced in 1961. Married from 1962-1965 to Giesel. Was with Actor Colonel Klink 23 years, from 1974 - 1997 before they officially married, until his death in 2000. Broke color barriers on many shows including the only Black speaking part on Leave it to Beaver playing a maid at Beaver's friend Eddie Haskell's house. She debuted the Helen Willis role as Tom's wife, Lionels mother, on All in the Family which became The Jeffersons. Roxie Roker then took over that role. Kim had 4 grandchildren by her daughter Tanya. Her son Robert pre-deceased her. She died in 2013, at age 81 of undisclosed causes in Los Angeles.
Known For
Filmography
Private Practice
Frances
Girlfriends
Mother Dent (voice)
The Practice
Supreme Court Justice
Trade Winds
Madame DeGaulle
Law & Order
Marcella Klein
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Songi
Designing Women
All the Money in the World
Mrs. Stowe
St. Elsewhere
Judge Dr. Linda Purcell
Body and Soul
Mrs. Johnson
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Nurse Paulton
Stone
Carla Brown
Lady of the House
Mary
Tarzan and the Super 7
A Family Upside Down
Paula
Doctors' Private Lives
Kitty
The Fat Albert Christmas Special
Marge Franklin / Nurse (voice)
Alice
Mrs. Reynolds
Kojak
Sgt. Donna Mill
Heavy Traffic
(voice)
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
Nurse
Kotch
Receptionist
All in the Family
Mrs. Willis
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Velma Stokes
The Mod Squad
Delores Sutton
Here's Lucy
Jane
Adam-12
Mrs. Anderson
The Wild Angels
Nurse
To Kill a Mockingbird
Helen Robinson (uncredited)
The Leech Woman
Young Malla
Odds Against Tomorrow
Ruth Ingram
The Twilight Zone
Frances Temple
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The Maid