Known for Acting
Birthday
April 25, 1930
Place of Birth
Yazoo City, Mississippi, USA
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.

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Cold Case

Quincy, M.E.

Quincy, M.E.

The Practice

The Waltons

Knight Rider

Highway to Heaven

Hawaii Five-O

Ironside

Ironside

Mannix

NYPD Blue

Judging Amy

ABC Afterschool Special

The Rockford Files

Sister, Sister

The Golden Girls

Barnaby Jones

Gunsmoke