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Kim Hamilton was an American film and television actress, as well as a director, writer, and artist. Her career spanned more than half a century, from the early 1950s to 2010. Hamilton's early film credits included the 1959 film noir Odds Against Tomorrow opposite Harry Belafonte and The Leech Woman in 1960. She was also one of the first African-American actors to appear on the soap opera Days of Our Lives and was the only African-American to appear in a speaking role on Leave It to Beaver.
Birth Name
Dorothy May Aiken
Born
Monday, 12 September 1932
Died
Monday, 16 September 2013
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Private Practice | Frances | 2007 |
Girlfriends | Mother Dent | 2000 |
The Practice | Supreme Court Justice | 1997 |
The Client | Rosine Chalmers | 1995 |
Trade Winds | Madame DeGaulle | 1993 |
Law & Order | Marcella Klein / Judge Vivian Jackson | 1990 |
In the Heat of the Night | Mrs. Johnson / Ellen Shore | 1988 |
Star Trek: The Next Generation | Songi | 1987 |
Designing Women | Annabelle | 1986 |
Paper Dolls | Eleanor | 1984 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Private Practice | Frances | 2007 |
Girlfriends | Mother Dent | 2000 |
The Practice | Supreme Court Justice | 1997 |
The Client | Rosine Chalmers | 1995 |
Trade Winds | Madame DeGaulle | 1993 |
Law & Order | Marcella Klein / Judge Vivian Jackson | 1990 |
In the Heat of the Night | Mrs. Johnson / Ellen Shore | 1988 |
Star Trek: The Next Generation | Songi | 1987 |
Designing Women | Annabelle | 1986 |
Paper Dolls | Eleanor | 1984 |
Riptide | Mrs. Collins | 1984 |
St. Elsewhere | Judge Dr. Linda Purcell | 1982 |
Matt Houston | Nathaniel's Mother / Judge | 1982 |
Simon & Simon | Nurse Elsa Jelkes | 1981 |
Gimme a Break! | Della | 1981 |
Body and Soul | Mrs. Johnson | 1981 |
Sanford | Admitting Clerk | 1980 |
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | Nurse Paulton | 1979 |
The White Shadow | Carol Simpson | 1978 |
Vega$ | Ernie | 1978 |
A Family Upside Down | Paula | 1978 |
Doctors' Private Lives | Kitty | 1978 |
Project U.F.O. | Diane Armstrong | 1978 |
The Fat Albert Christmas Special | Marge Franklin / Nurse | 1977 |
ABC Weekend Specials | Mrs. Stowe | 1977 |
Quincy M.E. | Mrs. Hester | 1976 |
Alice | Mrs. Reynolds | 1976 |
Future Cop | June Bundy | 1976 |
Bronk | Hannah | 1975 |
The Jeffersons | Pauline | 1975 |
That's My Mama | Melvina | 1974 |
Good Times | Betty Edwards | 1974 |
Chopper One | Nurse | 1974 |
Heavy Traffic | (voice) | 1973 |
Kojak | Sgt. Donna Mill | 1973 |
Shaft | Marcia Tyler | 1973 |
The Rookies | Irene / Duty Nurse | 1972 |
Emergency! | Estelle Lee Dickens | 1972 |
Sanford and Son | Carol Davis / Grace | 1972 |
Mooch | Nurse | 1971 |
Kotch | Emma Daly / Receptionist | 1971 |
All in the Family | Mrs. Willis | 1971 |
Marcus Welby, M.D. | Elsbeth Byars / Velma Stokes | 1969 |
Mod Squad | Mildred Jameson / Delores Sutton | 1968 |
Here's Lucy | Jane the Office Manager | 1968 |
Adam-12 | Mrs. Anderson / Mrs. Hardy | 1968 |
Mannix | Alice Bradley / Diana Lee / Hallie Woods | 1967 |
The Wild Angels | Nurse | 1966 |
Daniel Boone | Naomi | 1964 |
To Kill a Mockingbird | Helen Robinson | 1962 |
Stoney Burke | Beth Ann Sutter | 1962 |
The New Breed | Sally Wick | 1961 |
Ben Casey | Jane Demarest / Dorothy Garrison | 1961 |
Dr. Kildare | Nurse Hammond | 1961 |
87th Precinct | First Sunbather | 1961 |
Whiplash | Martin Watling | 1961 |
The Wizard of Baghdad | Teegra - Yasmin's Servant | 1961 |
My Three Sons | Librarian | 1960 |
Checkmate | Miss Williams [Mrs. in credits] | 1960 |
The Leech Woman | Young Malla | 1960 |
Odds Against Tomorrow | Ruth Ingram / Ruth | 1959 |
The Twilight Zone | Frances Temple | 1959 |
77 Sunset Strip | Letha | 1958 |
The Thin Man | Emmeline | 1957 |
Something of Value | Kipi's Wife | 1957 |
Leave It to Beaver | The Maid | 1957 |
Alfred Hitchcock Presents | The Maid | 1955 |
General Electric Theater | Miranda | 1953 |
The Amos 'n Andy Show | Charmaine | 1951 |