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.

Фільмографія

• 2003Baby's Breath — Dr. Oberholser
• Cold Case — Mary Chisolm (2009)
• Вгамуй свій ентузіазм — Wanda's Mom
• Judging Amy — Faye Benton
• 1997A Walton Easter — Verdie Grant Foster
• Port Charles — Alice Morgan #2
• The Practice — Judge Fulton
• Сансет Біч — Selita Jones
• Dangerous Minds — Flora
• Life's Work — Mrs. Rader
• Moesha — Ruth Mitchell
• Sister, Sister — Mother Palmer
• 1993A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion — Verdie Grant Foster
• NYPD Blue — Doris Becker
• 1993Зникнення — Miss Carmichael
• Dangerous Women — Cissie Johnson
• Sisters — Alma Hayes
• Generations — Vivian Potter
• 1988Elvis and Me — Hattie
• Murphy Brown — Woman #1
• Amen — Mrs. Phillips
• 1986Орли юриспруденції — Doreen
• 227 — Emma Johnson
• The Golden Girls — Trudy
• Highway to Heaven — Mattie Taylor
• Hunter — Velma
• Riptide — Sarah Tolley
• 1984The Hero Who Couldn't Read — Mrs. Ellis
• 1984The Jesse Owens Story — Mamma Solomon
• The New Leave It to Beaver — Ms. Dash
• Webster — Mrs. Matthews
• The Powers of Matthew Star — Judge Condon
• Мандрівний лицар — Susan Wade
• Roots: The Next Generations — Cousin Georgia Anderson
• 1976Leadbelly — Sally Ledbetter
• Quincy, M.E. — Mrs. Kellough, Olivia Allen
• Старскі та Гатч — Edith Dobey
• Good Times — Mrs. Edwards
• 1974Hangup — Mrs. Ramsey
• The Rockford Files — Eunice Charles Bingham
• 1973A Dream for Christmas — Sarah Douglas
• Barnaby Jones — Laura Padget
• 1973The Marcus-Nelson Murders — Arless Humes
• ABC Afterschool Special — Mrs. Ellis
• 1972Buck and the Preacher — Sarah
• Ghost Story — The Attendant
• 1972Lady Sings the Blues — Aunt Ida
• Sanford and Son — Donna Harris
• The Waltons — Verdie Grant Foster
• 1971Brother John — Sarah
• Longstreet — Mary Rose Carter
• 1971The Seven Minutes — Avis
• 1970The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children — Beatrice
• Hawaii Five-O — Mae
• Room 222 — Mrs. Harris
• The Bill Cosby Show — Mrs. Carter
• 1969The Learning Tree — Funeral Attendee (uncredited)
• Then Came Bronson — Maybelle Giles
• Ironside — Nurse Clark, Mrs. Johnson
• Mannix — Eve Chancellor
• 1960Shadows — Girl at Party
• 1960The New Girl — Miss Thompson
• Дим зі ствола — Reba, Mother Tabitha

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