Lynn Hamilton
- Schauspiel
- 25. April 1930 · Yazoo City, Mississippi, USA
- 19. Juni 2025
Biografie
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.
Bekannt aus
Filmografie
- A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story · Selbst
- Beah: A Black Woman Speaks · Selbst
- Cold Case - Kein Opfer ist je vergessen · Mary Chisolm (2009)
- Baby's Breath · Dr. Oberholser
- Lass es, Larry! · Wanda's Mom
- Für alle Fälle Amy · Faye Benton
- Port Charles · Alice Morgan #2
- Die Waltons - Nachwuchs für John Boy · Verdie Grant Foster
- Practice - Die Anwälte · Judge Fulton
- Sunset Beach · Selita Jones
- Dangerous Minds - Eine Klasse für sich · Flora
- Life's Work · Mrs. Rader
- Moesha · Ruth Mitchell
- Sister, Sister · Mother Palmer
- Das Familientreffen der Waltons · Verdie Grant Foster
- New York Cops – NYPD Blue · Doris Becker
- Spurlos · Miss Carmichael
- Dangerous Women · Cissie Johnson
- Ein Strauß Töchter · Alma Hayes
- Generations · Vivian Potter
- Murphy Brown · Woman #1
- Elvis und ich · Hattie
- Amen · Mrs. Phillips
- Staatsanwälte küsst man nicht · Doreen
- Golden Girls · Trudy
- 227 · Emma Johnson
- Mein lieber Biber · Ms. Dash
- Ein Engel auf Erden · Mattie Taylor
- Hunter · Velma
- The Jesse Owens Story · Mamma Solomon
- The Hero Who Couldn't Read · Mrs. Ellis
- Trio mit vier Fäusten · Sarah Tolley
- Webster · Mrs. Matthews
- Knight Rider · Susan Wade
- Der Junge vom anderen Stern · Judge Condon
- Roots - Die nächsten Generationen · Cousin Georgia Anderson
- Quincy · Mrs. Kellough, Olivia Allen
- Leadbelly · Sally Ledbetter
- Starsky & Hutch · Edith Dobey
- Hangup · Mrs. Ramsey
- Detektiv Rockford - Anruf genügt · Eunice Charles Bingham
- Good Times · Mrs. Edwards
- A Dream for Christmas · Sarah Douglas
- Der Mordfall Marcus-Nelson · Arless Humes
- Barnaby Jones · Laura Padget
- Lady Sings the Blues · Aunt Ida
- ABC Afterschool Special · Mrs. Ellis
- Teufelskreis der Angst · The Attendant
- Die Waltons · Verdie Grant Foster
- Der Weg der Verdammten · Sarah
- Sanford and Son · Donna Harris
- Longstreet · Mary Rose Carter
- Der Mann Aus Dem Nichts · Sarah
- The Seven Minutes · Avis
- The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children · Beatrice
- Then Came Bronson · Maybelle Giles
- Bill Cosby · Mrs. Carter
- Room 222 · Mrs. Harris
- The Learning Tree · Funeral Attendee (uncredited)
- Hawaii Fünf-Null · Mae
- Mannix · Eve Chancellor
- Der Chef · Nurse Clark, Mrs. Johnson
- Schatten · Girl at Party
- The New Girl · Miss Thompson
- Rauchende Colts · Reba, Mother Tabitha