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Lynn Hamilton (actress)
American actress
For other people with the same name, see Lynn Hamilton (disambiguation).
Lynn Hamilton | |
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Hamilton attending The Waltons 40th Anniversary celebration, 2012 | |
| Born | (1930-04-25) April 25, 1930 (age 94) Yazoo City, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1958–2009 |
| Known for | Donna Harris – Sanford and Son |
| Spouse | Frank S. Jenkins (m. ; died ) |
| Children | 1 |
Lynn Hamilton (born April 25, 1930)[1] is an American retired actress whose acting debut came in 1959 in John Cassavetes' Shadows. She is best known for her recurring role as Donna Harris; Fred's girlfriend and later fiancée on the sitcom Sanford and Son (1972–1977) Cousin Georgia Anderson in Roots The Next Generation, and as Verdie Foster on The Waltons. She also appeared on the detective series Mannix in the season 3 episode 13 as the wife of a police
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LaWanda Page, 81; Actress Played Aunt Esther in ‘Sanford and Son’
LaWanda Page, comedic character actress best known for her role as the Bible-thumping Aunt Esther in the 1970s television hit “Sanford and Son,” has died. She was 81.
Page died Saturday in Centinela Hospital in Los Angeles of complications from diabetes.
“LaWanda lived the life she loved, and loved the life she lived,” said Donald Welch, who wrote and directed a comedy gospel musical in which Page starred, “Take It to the Lord ... Or Else.” He said Page had often used the phrase as a soothing accolade when close friends died.
Born in Cleveland and reared in St. Louis, Page began her career as a dancer and chorus girl billed as “the Bronze Goddess of Fire.” She soon became adept at stand-up comedy.
But her greatest fame began in her 50s, when childhood friend Redd Foxx asked her to join his Norman Lear sitcom adapted from the British series “Steptoe and Son.” Page signed on as Fred Sanford’s crusty sister-in-law,
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LaWanda Page
LaWanda Page was an American actress and comedian best known for her role as "Aunt" Esther Anderson in the popular television sitcom Sanford and Son, which originally aired from 1972 until 1977. Page later reprised this role in the short-lived television shows Sanford Arms (1976–1977) and Sanford (1980–1981). She also co-starred in the 1979 short-lived series Detective School.
age began her show business career dancing at age 15. Page later worked in small nightclubs billed as "The Bronze Goddess of Fire," an act which included Page eating fire and lighting cigarettes with her fingertips.
After working on the club circuit where she shared stages with noted comedians such as Redd Foxx and Richard Pryor, Page moved to Los Angeles, California in the early 1960's where she became a member of the comedy group Skillet, Leroy & Co. Skillet was Ernest "Skillet" Mayhand (1916–2007) and Leroy was Wilbert LeRoy Daniel (1928