- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- September 12, 1932
- Place of Birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Died
- September 16, 2013
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, Lion…
Filmography
tvPrivate Practice
2007 · Frances
tvGirlfriends
2000 · Mother Dent (voice)
tvThe Practice
1997 · Supreme Court Justice
tvTrade Winds
1993 · Madame DeGaulle
tvLaw & Order
1990 · Marcella Klein, Judge Vivian Jackson
tvStar Trek: The Next Generation
1987 · Songi
tvDesigning Women
1986
movieAll the Money in the World
1983 · Mrs. Stowe
tvSt. Elsewhere
1982 · Judge Dr. Linda Purcell
movieBody and Soul
1981 · Mrs. Johnson
tvBuck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979 · Nurse Paulton
movieStone
1979 · Carla Brown
movieLady of the House
1978 · Mary
tvTarzan and the Super 7
1978
movieA Family Upside Down
1978 · Paula
movieDoctors' Private Lives
1978 · Kitty
movieThe Fat Albert Christmas Special
1977 · Marge Franklin / Nurse (voice)
tvAlice
1976 · Mrs. Reynolds
tvKojak
1973 · Sgt. Donna Mill
movieHeavy Traffic
1973 · (voice)
movieMooch Goes to Hollywood
1971 · Nurse
movieKotch
1971 · Receptionist
tvAll in the Family
1971 · Mrs. Willis
tvMarcus Welby, M.D.
1969 · Velma Stokes
tvHere's Lucy
1968 · Jane
tvAdam-12
1968 · Mrs. Anderson, Mrs. Hardy
movieThe Wild Angels
1966 · Nurse
movieTo Kill a Mockingbird
1962 · Helen Robinson (uncredited)
movieThe Leech Woman
1960 · Young Malla
movieOdds Against Tomorrow
1959 · Ruth Ingram
tvThe Twilight Zone
1959 · Frances Temple
tvAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · The Maid