Lynn Hamilton, the veteran actress greatest identified for her tv roles on The Waltons, Sanford and Son and Generations, has died on the age of 95, her publicist Calvin Carson shared on Instagram.
Carson added that she “transitioned peacefully” on Thursday, surrounded by her “grandchildren, family members and caregivers.”
“With profound gratitude and admiration, we rejoice the extraordinary lifetime of iconic actress Alzenia ‘Lynn’ Hamilton-Jenkins, whose outstanding legacy continues to uplift and encourage. Her illustrious profession, spanning over 5 many years, has left an indelible mark on the world of leisure, motivating audiences throughout the globe by way of her work as a mannequin, stage, movie, and tv actress,” he wrote, partially.
Born on April 25, 1930 in Yazoo Metropolis, MS and raised in Chicago, Hamilton graduated from the Goodman College of Drama, being the only Black actor amongst her friends. She quickly gained expertise performing with a South Facet theater firm, per The Hollywood Reporter, and translated that burgeoning skillset to Broadway for 4 performs from the late ’50s to early ’60s. Her expertise on stage included productions of Shakespeare’s works and a world tour of diversifications of The Miracle Employee and The Pores and skin of Our Tooth as a member of President John F. Kennedy’s cultural alternate program. In 1966, she joined the Seattle Repertory Theatre.
Amongst her TV credit are episodes of Gunsmoke, The Invoice Cosby Present, Hawaii 5-O, Ironside, The Younger and the Stressed, Starsky and Hutch, The Rockford Recordsdata, Roots: The Subsequent Generations, Days of Our Lives, The Jesse Owens Story (TV film), The Golden Ladies, 227, Sundown Seaside, Moesha, Port Charles, NYPD Blue, The Follow and Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Her most vital arcs in tv embody her function as sensible Nurse Donna Harris, Redd Foxx’s onscreen fiancée on NBC’s sitcom Sanford and Solar; Verdie Foster on CBS’ historic drama The Waltons and Vivian Potter on NBC sudser Generations. She additionally starred as ex-con Cissie Johnson on the early ’90s syndicated nighttime cleaning soap Harmful Girls. Hamilton additionally reprised her character from The Waltons for holiday-themed TV motion pictures launched in 1993 and 1997.
Hamilton was married to poet and playwright Frank S. Jenkins (Driving Whereas Black in Beverly Hills) from 1964 till his demise in 2014, and the 2 often collaborated collectively on numerous theater productions, together with No person: The Bert Williams Story.
