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STRUGGLE PAYS OFFRole In “Sanford And Son” Big Break For Actress Who’s Worked Long, HardHOLLYWOOD (N’EA) —Lynn Hamilton is the lady who plays Donna Harris, Redd Foxx's occasional girl friend, on NBC’s Sanford and Son. It's a big break for a fine actress who's been working hard most of her life.Lynn comes from Chicago and grew up in an era when there wasn’t much opportunity — or even room to dream — for a black girl who wanted to become an actress. And that’s all she wanted to do.She joined her school drama club but did little besides paint scenery. She studied at the Goodman Theater, a fine Chicago drama school. Even there, there wasn’t much for her to do. In four years, she only went on stage in her last year and that time she was in ivhiteface.Stuck With ActingBut she Stuck with it and went to New York and had a moderately successful career. She was In four on-Broadway plays, none a big hit, and many off-Broadway productions. She did Shakespeare in Central Park, toured the world with The Skin of Our Teeth/* and then Joined the Seattle Repertory Theater.In Seattle, she met a young p o e t - p 1 a ywright, Frank Jenkins, and they were married. They moved to Los Angeles four years ago. She's done a lot of work in TV and in movies. She has a good partPat Pauliftfi, Dill#Rats*.IP CBS Lit# M o v I • i Htunltd PaUca,’* (19431 Vinctnt Pric#, Debr* P#?#}, M*cibr# tbrifler ebcut • werlocfe wKe returns to lif# 100 y#»rs efter his txtcu-fion end leeJcs revenue, g) Le Crm da M#ris# Cruces (BW110:45 03 News, Weether, Sport*11:15 0D Outer Limit. CBW)12:00 (Q News, Wealhtr, SporHLYNN HAMILTONin the Sidney Poilier-Harry Belafonte movie, Buck and the Preacher.”But, Still, it’s a struggle. She and her husband, for added income, raise earthworms. They're multiplying nicely and they sell for profitable U a pound, and every bit helps.Maybe, soon, they can abandon the earthworm business. Jenkins has written a play which Lynn thinks is good and has a shot at being produced. And she is now with Sanford and Son. They like her work and she hopes the part is written into more and more episodes.She had first worked on the show playing a mean landlady. They invited her back to play Donna Harris — after she agreed to make up to look a bit older.I like the show,” Lynn says. I think what the world needs is to laugh more and to love more and Sanford and Son helps. On Friday night, when the show Is on, I can hear the laughter coming at the same time from all the homes around me.And maybe even the earthwormk are laughing, too.
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Avalanche Journal
Lubbock, Texas, US
Sun, Oct 08, 1972
Page 46
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