Kim Hamilton
Kim Hamilton was born Dorothy Mae Aiken in Los Angeles. Spending time there and at her other home on the upper West Side of Manhatten during her 81 years. She wanted to become a model but was rejected because of her height and color. Took acting classes and got an agent. First acting job was on Amos and Andy as Andy's girlfriend on several episodes. Appeared on more than 60 TV shows and movies including To Kill a Mockingbird with Gregory Peck. Married Robert Hamilton in 1951 at 18, had two children Robert and Tanya and divorced in 1961. Married from 1962-1965 to Giesel. Was with Actor Colonel Klink 23 years, from 1974 - 1997 before they officially married, until his death in 2000. Broke color barriers on many shows including the only Black speaking part on Leave it to Beaver playing a maid at Beaver's friend Eddie Haskell's house. She debuted the Helen Willis role as Tom's wife, Lionels mother, on All in the Family which became The Jeffersons. Roxie Roker then took over that role. Kim had 4 grandchildren by her daughter Tanya. Her son Robert pre-deceased her. She died in 2013, at age 81 of undisclosed causes in Los Angeles.
Fotos
Películas (14)
All the Money in the World
1983 · Mrs. Stowe
Body and Soul
1981 · Mrs. Johnson
Stone
1979 · Carla Brown
Lady of the House
1978 · Mary
A Family Upside Down
1978 · Paula
Doctors' Private Lives
1978 · Kitty
The Fat Albert Christmas Special
1977 · Marge Franklin / Nurse (voice)
Heavy Traffic
1973 · (voice)
Mooch Goes to Hollywood
1971 · Nurse
Kotch
1971 · Receptionist
The Wild Angels
1966 · Nurse
To Kill a Mockingbird
1962 · Helen Robinson (uncredited)
The Leech Woman
1960 · Young Malla
Odds Against Tomorrow
1959 · Ruth Ingram
Series (21)
Private Practice
2007 · Frances
Girlfriends
2000 · Mother Dent (voice)
The Practice
1997 · Supreme Court Justice
Trade Winds
1993 · Madame DeGaulle
La Ley y el Orden
1990 · Marcella Klein, Judge Vivian Jackson
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987 · Songi
Designing Women
1986
St. Elsewhere
1982 · Judge Dr. Linda Purcell
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979 · Nurse Paulton
Tarzan and the Super 7
1978
Alice
1976 · Mrs. Reynolds
Kojak
1973 · Sgt. Donna Mill
Emergency!
1972 · Estelle Lee Dickens
All in the Family
1971 · Mrs. Willis
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969 · Velma Stokes
The Mod Squad
1968 · Delores Sutton
Here's Lucy
1968 · Jane
Adam-12
1968 · Mrs. Anderson, Mrs. Hardy
Stoney Burke
1962 · Beth Ann Sutter
The Twilight Zone
1959 · Frances Temple
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · The Maid