Person Details
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Aliases: Alzenia Lynn Hamilton
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Yazoo City, Mississippi, USA
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Movie Involvements: 19
TV Involvements: 35
Most Famous Work
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 Famous Work
Knight Rider
(1982) Susan WadeMannix
(1967) Eve ChancellorCold Case
(2003) Mary Chisolm (2009)Hunter
(1984) Velma the MaidThe Rockford Files
(1974) Eunice Charles BinghamQuincy, M.E.
(1976) Olivia AllenHawaii Five-O
(1968) MaeThe Practice
(1997) Judge P. FultonActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Mary Chisolm (2009) | |
| Self | ||
| 2000 | Wanda's Mom | |
| 1999 | Faye Benton | |
| 1997 | Alice Morgan #2 | |
| Verdie Grant Foster | ||
| Judge P. Fulton | ||
| Selita Jones | ||
| 1996 | Flora | |
| Mrs. Rader | ||
| Ruth Mitchell | ||
| 1994 | Mother Palmer | |
| 1993 | Verdie Grant Foster | |
| Doris Becker | ||
| Miss Carmichael | ||
| 1991 | Cissie Johnson | |
| Alma Hayes | ||
| 1989 | Vivian Potter | |
| 1988 | Woman #1 | |
| Hattie | ||
| 1986 | Mrs. Phillips | |
| Doreen | ||
| 1985 | Trudy | |
| Emma Johnson | ||
| 1984 | Ms. Dash | |
| Mattie Taylor | ||
| Velma the Maid | ||
| Mamma Solomon | ||
| Sarah Tolley | ||
| 1983 | Mrs. Matthews | |
| 1982 | Susan Wade | |
| Judge Condon | ||
| 1979 | Cousin Georgia Anderson | |
| 1976 | Mrs. Kellough | |
| Olivia Allen | ||
| Sally Ledbetter | ||
| 1975 | Edith Dobey | |
| 1974 | Mrs. Ramsey | |
| Eunice Charles Bingham | ||
| Mrs. Edwards | ||
| 1973 | Sarah Douglas | |
| Arless Humes | ||
| Laura Padget | ||
| 1972 | Aunt Ida | |
| Mrs. Ellis | ||
| The Attendant | ||
| Verdie Grant Foster | ||
| Sarah | ||
| Donna Harris | ||
| 1971 | Mary Rose Carter | |
| Sarah | ||
| Avis | ||
| 1970 | Beatrice | |
| 1969 | Maybelle Giles | |
| Mrs. Carter | ||
| Mrs. Harris | ||
| Funeral Attendee | ||
| 1968 | Mae | |
| 1967 | Eve Chancellor | |
| Nurse Clark | ||
| Mrs. Johnson | ||
| 1960 | Sister St. Martin | |
| Sara | ||
| Jenny Gaines | ||
| Nurse | ||
| Miss Thompson | ||
| 1959 | Girl at Party | |
| 1955 | Reba | |
| Mother Tabitha | ||
| Dr. Oberholser | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |