
Lynn Hamilton
Known for: Acting
Born: April 25, 1930
Died: June 19, 2025
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…
Known for

Baby's Breath
2003

A Dream for Christmas
1973

Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
2004

The Vanishing
1993

A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story
2022

Leadbelly
1976
The New Girl
1960

Hangup
1974

Buck and the Preacher
1972

The Jesse Owens Story
1984

Brother John
1971

The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children
1970

Elvis and Me
1988

A Walton Easter
1997

The Marcus-Nelson Murders
1973

Legal Eagles
1986

A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
1993

Shadows
1960

Good Times
1974

Starsky & Hutch
1975

Judging Amy
1999

The Golden Girls
1985

Sunset Beach
1997

Hawaii Five-O
1968

The Seven Minutes
1971

The Learning Tree
1969

Knight Rider
1982

227
1985

Cold Case
2003

Quincy, M.E.
1976

Lady Sings the Blues
1972

Highway to Heaven
1984

Mannix
1967

Sanford and Son
1972

Moesha
1996

The Practice
1997

Gunsmoke
1955

Hunter
1984

Dangerous Women
1991

Ironside
1967

The Waltons
1972

Amen
1986

Life's Work
1996

Roots: The Next Generations
1979

Dangerous Minds
1996

Ghost Story
1972

The Rockford Files
1974

Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000

Longstreet
1971

Room 222
1969

Barnaby Jones
1973

The Bill Cosby Show
1969

ABC Afterschool Special
1972

The Powers of Matthew Star
1982

NYPD Blue
1993

Riptide
1984

Sister, Sister
1994

Murphy Brown
1988

The New Leave It to Beaver
1984
Generations
1989

Webster
1983

Port Charles
1997

Sisters
1991

Then Came Bronson
1969