Lynn Hamilton

Lynn Hamilton

Birthday: 1930-04-25

Place of Birth: Yazoo City, Mississippi, USA

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.

Movies

The Vanishing
The Vanishing

The boyfriend of an abducted woman never gives up the search as the abductor looks on....

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Buck and the Preacher
Buck and the Preacher

A wagon master and a con-man preacher help freed slaves dogged by cheap-labor agents out West....

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The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children
The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children

A hip psychiatrist teams up with an ex-addict to combat drug addiction in a small town in this pilot...

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The Marcus-Nelson Murders
The Marcus-Nelson Murders

A homicide detective begins to suspect that the black teenager accused of murdering two white girls ...

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Hangup
Hangup

A rookie cop on the undercover narcotic squad falls for the junkie who can help him nab a ruthless p...

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The New Girl
The New Girl

In pursuance of a lucrative government contract, a private company hires its first Black female empl...

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The Seven Minutes
The Seven Minutes

To help with an upcoming election, a bookstore clerk is indicted for selling obscene material. The d...

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Brother John
Brother John

An enigmatic man returns to his Alabama hometown as his sister is dying of cancer and incites the su...

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A Walton Easter
A Walton Easter

In 1969, John-Boy is a TV news anchorperson in New York and he is in the throes of writing a new boo...

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A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion

The fourth Waltons reunion TV movie is set in the 1960s , with John-Boy still living in New York, tr...

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Elvis and Me
Elvis and Me

Priscilla remembers her life and her relationship with Elvis Presley since she was 14 years old. Whe...

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Baby's Breath
Baby's Breath

A chilling supernatural thriller about the nomadic spirit of a semi-conscious child -- the only one ...

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Lady Sings the Blues
Lady Sings the Blues

Chronicles the rise and fall of legendary blues singer Billie Holiday, beginning with her traumatic ...

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Leadbelly
Leadbelly

The life of Blues and folk singer Huddie Leadbetter, nicknamed Leadbelly is recounted. Covering the ...

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Legal Eagles
Legal Eagles

District Attorney Tom Logan is set for higher office, at least until he becomes involved with defenc...

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Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks

Beah: A Black Woman Speaks is a 2003 documentary about the life of Academy Award nominated actress B...

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A Dream for Christmas
A Dream for Christmas

A Southern minister is assigned to a poor church in California where the congregation is drifting aw...

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The Jesse Owens Story
The Jesse Owens Story

The Jesse Owens Story is a biographical film about the black athlete Jesse Owens. Dorian Harewood pl...

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Shadows
Shadows

The relationship between Lelia, a light-skinned black woman, and Tony, a white man is put in jeopard...

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The Learning Tree
The Learning Tree

The story, set in Kansas during the 1920's, covers less than a year in the life of a black teenager,...

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

A group of unknowns noticed that a legendary actress had no star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame....

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