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Lynn Hamilton plays womenWhen people see actress Lynn Hamilton in person, they don't exactly know who he is. Their reaction otten is. “Do I know you?Miss Hamilton, who plays Donna Redd Koxx's girl friend. on Sanford and Son i Fridays, at 7 P in on Channel 5 and Saturdays at 6 30 p m on Channel 4) attributes this form of recognition to the fact that in her television career she has never played a woman her own age.In “Sanford and Son. Mis* Hamilton It cast as a woman con-■Mrrably older than she i*. In fact, she once lost an audition for the girl friend role because she looked too young. During the first year of the series, producer Aaron It u ben auditioned actresses for the role and Miss Hamilton was eliminated and given a part as a landlady. Kuhcn was so impressed with her work, however, that he cast her as a new girl friend in a later episode.Miss Hamilton has since become a recurring character in the series. She also has played a popular role in '•’Hie Waltons a* well as roles in ' Doc Elliot,' The lilue Knight. * Mannix,’’ Ironside, Room 222. “tiun-smoke and The Marcus-Ntlson Murders special t'ntil Sanford and Son. she said, “people never recognized me at all. I usually dress less than casual and most of the time I wear little or no makeup I guess I don t look like people expect actresses to lookThe veteran actress said that on those occasions when she is recognized the reaction is. Aren't you the Barracuda?' This uncomplimentary term was attributed to the character Donna by Lamont vbemond Wilson who dislike* her pushy attitude 1 don i really mind that she said People are usually very warm when they call me the Barracuda they are often laughing at something they remember from the series and that s goodIt has taken Mis* Hamilton 17 year* to brrome the Barracuda. She left her native lt;hicugo in 1956 and went to New York to become an aclret* Like most aspiring actresses, she worked at odd jobs as slock clerk, hat check girl, and answering service operator - lor threeLynn Hamilton, who appears as Donna, the girl friend of Kedd Foxx (ccnirri has become a regular on “Sanford and Son. Demon Wilton alto stars in the comedy series which airs Friday at 7 p.m. on Channel 5 and Saturday at 6:30 p.m. on t'hannrl I.vears until she finally won parts in play*.All of the plays flopped, but she received good reviews. Then she was with the New York Shakespeare Festival for three years and later with a repertory theatre in Seattle.She went to Hollywood to test for a small part in the feature film, Funny Girl. Mis* Hamilton didn't get the part but lt;hc decided to stay in Los Angeles.Sanford and Son Is the highlight of her Hollywood career to date but she Is the star of a scries pilot about whui she calls a complete black family The story is set in the 1950s If it becomes a successful series people in the grocery stores in Los Angeles and all over the country may begin to recognize Lynn Hamilton as Lynn Hamilton because it will be her first role a* a woman her age.
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Kenosha News
Kenosha, Wisconsin, US
Sat, Jan 19, 1974
Page 55
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