Esther Rolle
Born in Pompano Beach, Florida USA — Nov 08 1920• Died Nov 17 1998
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Esther Elizabeth Rolle (November 8, 1920 – November 17, 1998) was a Bahamian American actress. Rolle is best known for her role as Florida Evans, on the CBS television sitcom Maude, for two seasons (1972–1974), and its spin-off series Good Times, for five seasons (1974–77, 1978–79), for which Rolle was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Television Series Musical or Comedy in 1976. Rolle is best known for her television role as Florida Evans, the character she played on two 1970s sitcoms. The character was introduced as Maude Findlay's…
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Esther Rolle's Credits
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Murder, She Wrote
Margaret
Touched by an Angel
Mary Harding
The Incredible Hulk
Good Times
Florida Evans
Promised Land
Mary Harding
Maude
Florida Evans
Finder of Lost Loves
Nellie
Cape Fear
Woman Watching Cady Get Out from Under the Car (uncredited)
Flamingo Road
Scarlett
Mammy
The New Odd Couple
Ms. Gibbs
To Kill a Mockingbird
uncredited role
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Driving Miss Daisy
Idella
Rosewood
Aunt Sarah
How to Make an American Quilt
Aunt Pauline
My Fellow Americans
Rita
The Mighty Quinn
Ubu Pearl
Singer and Sons
House of Cards
Adelle
Up the Down Staircase
Teacher
Summer of My German Soldier
Ruth
Nothing But a Man
Church Woman
The Kid Who Loved Christmas
Esther Clayton
Cleopatra Jones
Mrs. Johnson
Age-Old Friends
Mrs. Baker
Message from Nam
Queenie / Elizabeth McQueen
Train Ride
Dean of Students
Down in the Delta
Annie Sinclair
The Learning Tree
uncredited
Color Adjustment
Self
Ethnic Notions
Narrator
P.K. and the Kid
Mim
To Dance with the White Dog
Neelie
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Momma
A Raisin in the Sun
Lena 'Mama' Younger
See China and Die
Momma Sykes
Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow!
Maid
Don't Play Us Cheap
Miss Maybell
Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West
Clara Brown
The Grand Baby
Momma
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
Nurse