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Esther Rolle

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Actress (1920-1998)

United StatesActorsLived 1920 to 1998 · aged 78
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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.

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Photos 3

Filmography 30

Cape Fear1991 · ★ 7.3
To Kill a Mockingbird1962 · ★ 8.0
Driving Miss Daisy1989 · ★ 7.2
How to Make an American Quilt1995 · ★ 6.4
My Fellow Americans1996 · ★ 6.1
The Mighty Quinn1989 · ★ 6.0
Rosewood1997 · ★ 6.6
House of Cards1993 · ★ 6.2
Cleopatra Jones1973 · ★ 5.7
Nothing But a Man1964
Down in the Delta1998
Up the Down Staircase1967
The Learning Tree1969
Ethnic Notions1986
Color Adjustment1992
Message from Nam1993
To Dance with the White Dog1993
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings1979
Summer of My German Soldier1978
A Raisin in the Sun1989
Don't Play Us Cheap1973
The Kid Who Loved Christmas1990
P.K. and the Kid1987
Age-Old Friends1989
See China and Die1981
Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow!1971
Train Ride2005
Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West1995
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet1982
The Grand Baby1983

44 credits on file

Television 14

Murder, She Wrote1984
Touched by an Angel1994
The Incredible Hulk1977
Good Times1974
Maude1972
Promised Land1996
Scarlett1994
Finder of Lost Loves1984
Donny & Marie1976
Flamingo Road1981
Hallmark Hall of Fame1951
Darkroom1981
The New Odd Couple1982
Singer and Sons1990

Awards 1

1979Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie

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About this person

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.

Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1920 to 1998 · aged 78
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24 languages

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