Lynn Hamilton (actress)
American actress (1930–2025)
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- Alzenia Lynn Hamilton (April 25, 1930 – June 19, 2025) was an American actress.
- She also portrayed cousin Georgia Anderson in Roots: The Next Generations .
- She attended Bloom High School.
- Career Hamilton began her career in community theatre in Chicago and debuted on Broadway in Only in America in 1959.
- After an initial appearance in the seventh episode of the series as a landlady, Hamilton starred as Fred Sanford's girlfriend and on again/off again fiancée Donna Harris on the television sitcom Sanford and Son .
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WikipediaAlzenia Lynn Hamilton (April 25, 1930 – June 19, 2025) was an American actress. She was best known for her recurring roles as Donna Harris, Fred Sanford's girlfriend and later fiancée on the sitcom Sanford and Son (1972–1977) and Verdie Grant Foster on The Waltons (1973–1981). She also portrayed cousin Georgia Anderson in Roots: The Next Generations.
Alzenia Lynn Hamilton was born in Yazoo City, Mississippi on April 25, 1930, to Nancy and Louis Hamilton and moved to Chicago Heights, Illinois, when she was twelve years old. She attended Bloom High School. She studied acting at Goodman Theatre.
Hamilton began her career in community theatre in Chicago and debuted on Broadway in Only in America in 1959. She appeared in three other Broadway plays, many Off-Broadway plays and spent three years with the New York Shakespeare Festival.
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