# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/esther-rolle
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:25:23.768Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/esther-rolle"
name: "Esther Rolle"
slug: "esther-rolle"
description: "Esther Elizabeth Rolle was an American actress. She 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 which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Television Series Musical or Comedy in 1976. In 1979, Rolle became the first Black actress to win the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Special for the television film Summer of My German Soldier."
tagline: "Actress (1920-1998)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Esther_Rolle_and_John_Amos._Good_Times%2C_1974.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "actors"
profileType:
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  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1920-11-08"
deathDate: "1998-11-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0738354"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump