Lynn Hamilton

Lynn Hamilton

Birthday: 1930-04-25

Deathday: 2025-06-19

Place of birth: Yazoo City, Mississippi, USA

Also known as: Alzenia Lynn Hamilton

imdb_id: nm0358026

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.

Played in movies:

The Jesse Owens Story

Score: 7.9

A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion

Score: 7.5

Elvis and Me

Score: 7.0

Lady Sings the Blues

Score: 6.9

The Learning Tree

Score: 6.9

Shadows

Score: 6.9

The Marcus-Nelson Murders

Score: 6.9

A Walton Easter

Score: 6.5

Brother John

Score: 6.2

Buck and the Preacher

Score: 6.2

The Vanishing

Score: 6.1

Leadbelly

Score: 6.1

Legal Eagles

Score: 6.1

A Dream for Christmas

Score: 6.0

The Seven Minutes

Score: 5.5

Hangup

Score: 4.5

A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story

Score: 0.0

Beah: A Black Woman Speaks

Score: 0.0

Baby's Breath

Score: 0.0

The New Girl

Score: 0.0

The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Dangerous Minds

Score: 8.5

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Score: 8.0

Good Times

Score: 8.0

Cold Case

Score: 7.8

The Practice

Score: 7.7

The Rockford Files

Score: 7.6

Knight Rider

Score: 7.5

The Golden Girls

Score: 7.5

Judging Amy

Score: 7.5

Quincy, M.E.

Score: 7.5

Quincy, M.E.

Score: 7.5

Roots: The Next Generations

Score: 7.5

Sanford and Son

Score: 7.4

Highway to Heaven

Score: 7.4

Sisters

Score: 7.2

Hunter

Score: 7.2

Starsky & Hutch

Score: 7.2

Hawaii Five-O

Score: 7.1

Ghost Story

Score: 7.1

The Waltons

Score: 7.1

Sister, Sister

Score: 7.0

Moesha

Score: 7.0

NYPD Blue

Score: 7.0

Port Charles

Score: 7.0

Barnaby Jones

Score: 6.9

Ironside

Score: 6.8

Ironside

Score: 6.8

Longstreet

Score: 6.8

227

Score: 6.7

Riptide

Score: 6.7

Mannix

Score: 6.7

Gunsmoke

Score: 6.6

Gunsmoke

Score: 6.6

Amen

Score: 6.5

ABC Afterschool Special

Score: 6.4

Murphy Brown

Score: 6.4

The New Leave It to Beaver

Score: 6.2

Sunset Beach

Score: 6.1

Insight

Score: 6.0

Insight

Score: 6.0

Insight

Score: 6.0

Insight

Score: 6.0

Room 222

Score: 6.0

Life's Work

Score: 6.0

Webster

Score: 5.8

The Bill Cosby Show

Score: 5.4

Generations

Score: 5.3

The Powers of Matthew Star

Score: 5.0

Then Came Bronson

Score: 4.8

Dangerous Women

Score: 2.0