Lynn Hamilton, the experienced actress best known for her television roles on Waltons,, Sanford and son And Generationsdied at the age of 95, shared his publicist Calvin Carson on Instagram.
Carson added that she had “transferred peacefully” Thursday, surrounded by her “grandchildren, close and caregivers”.
“With deep gratitude and admiration, we celebrate the extraordinary life of the emblematic actress Alzenia ‘Lynn’ Hamilton-Jenkins, whose remarkable heritage continues to lift and inspire. His illustrated career, covering for five decades, has left a compensable brand on the world of entertainment, motivating an audience around the world, in his work as a model, scene, film, film and television.
Born April 25, 1930 in Yazoo City, MS and grew up in Chicago, Hamilton graduated from the Goodman School of Drama, being the only black actor among his peers. She quickly acquired experience by playing with a South Side theater company, by The Hollywood ReporterAnd translated this nascent skill on Broadway for four pieces from the late 1950s to the early 1960s. His experience on stage included productions of Shakespeare’s works and a global visit to adaptations of The miracle And The skin of our teeth As a member of the cultural exchange program of President John F. Kennedy. In 1966, she joined the Seattle Repertory Theater.
Among his television credits, there are episodes of Gunsmoke, The Bill Cosby Show, Hawaii Five-O, Ironside, The Young and The Restless, Starsky and Hutch, The Rockford Files, Roots: The Next Generations, Days of our Lives,, The story of Jesse Owens (TV movie)The Golden Girls, 227, Sunset Beach, Moesha, Port Charles, Nypd Blue, The Practice And Attach your enthusiasm.
Its most important on television arcs include her role as a practical nurse Donna Harris, the fiancée on the screen of Redd Foxx on the NBC sitcom of NBC Sanford and Sun; Verdie Foster on the historic drama of CBS Waltons and Vivian Potter on NBC Sousser Generations. She also played the former Consia Johnson on syndicated night soap in the early 90s Dangerous women. Hamilton also resumed his character from Waltons For TV movies on the theme of the holidays released in 1993 and 1997.
Hamilton was married to the poet and playwright Frank S. Jenkins (Drive black to Beverly Hills) from 1964 to his death in 2014, and the two frequently collaborated together on various theatrical productions, including Person: The story of Bert Williams.
