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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.

A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story
as Self

Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
as Self

Cold Case
as Mary Chisolm (2009)

Baby's Breath
as Dr. Oberholser

Curb Your Enthusiasm
as Wanda's Mom

Judging Amy
as Faye Benton

Port Charles
as Alice Morgan #2

A Walton Easter
as Verdie Grant Foster

The Practice
as Judge P. Fulton

Sunset Beach
as Selita Jones

Dangerous Minds
as Flora

Life's Work
as Mrs. Rader

Moesha
as Ruth Mitchell

Sister, Sister
as Mother Palmer

A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
as Verdie Grant Foster

NYPD Blue
as Doris Becker

The Vanishing
as Miss Carmichael

Dangerous Women
as Cissie Johnson

Sisters
as Alma Hayes
Generations
as Vivian Potter

Murphy Brown
as Woman #1

Elvis and Me
as Hattie

Amen
as Mrs. Phillips

Legal Eagles
as Doreen

The Golden Girls
as Trudy

227
as Emma Johnson

The New Leave It to Beaver
as Ms. Dash

Highway to Heaven
as Mattie Taylor

Hunter
as Velma the Maid

The Jesse Owens Story
as Mamma Solomon

Riptide
as Sarah Tolley

Webster
as Mrs. Matthews

Knight Rider
as Susan Wade

The Powers of Matthew Star
as Judge Condon

Roots: The Next Generations
as Cousin Georgia Anderson

Quincy, M.E.
as Mrs. Kellough

Leadbelly
as Sally Ledbetter

Starsky & Hutch
as Edith Dobey

Hangup
as Mrs. Ramsey

The Rockford Files
as Eunice Charles Bingham

Good Times
as Mrs. Edwards

A Dream for Christmas
as Sarah Douglas

The Marcus-Nelson Murders
as Arless Humes

Barnaby Jones
as Laura Padget

Lady Sings the Blues
as Aunt Ida

ABC Afterschool Special
as Mrs. Ellis

Ghost Story
as The Attendant

The Waltons
as Verdie Grant Foster

Buck and the Preacher
as Sarah

Sanford and Son
as Donna Harris

Longstreet
as Mary Rose Carter

Brother John
as Sarah

The Seven Minutes
as Avis

The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children
as Beatrice

Then Came Bronson
as Maybelle Giles

The Bill Cosby Show
as Mrs. Carter

Room 222
as Mrs. Harris

The Learning Tree
as Funeral Attendee (uncredited)

Hawaii Five-O
as Mae

Mannix
as Eve Chancellor