Lynn Hamilton
Known For
Acting
Born
1930-04-25 in Yazoo City, Mississippi, USA
Died
2025-06-19
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.
Most Known For
Curb Your Enthusiasm
as Wanda's Mom
Cold Case
as Mary Chisolm (2009)
The Practice
as Judge P. Fulton
Knight Rider
as Susan Wade
The Waltons
as Verdie Grant Foster
The Rockford Files
as Eunice Charles Bingham
The Golden Girls
as Trudy
Hawaii Five-O
as Mae
Ironside
as Nurse Clark
Ironside
as Mrs. Johnson
Quincy, M.E.
as Mrs. Kellough
Quincy, M.E.
as Olivia Allen
Mannix
as Eve Chancellor
NYPD Blue
as Doris Becker
Starsky & Hutch
as Edith Dobey
Sister, Sister
as Mother Palmer
Hunter
as Velma the Maid
Highway to Heaven
as Mattie Taylor
Moesha
as Ruth Mitchell
Judging Amy
as Faye Benton