Esther Rolle

Actor

Born: November 8, 1920
Died: November 17, 1998 (age 78)
From: Pompano Beach, Florida USA

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…

Filmography (30)

Train Ride (2005)
Dean of Students
Down in the Delta (1998)
Annie Sinclair
Rosewood (1997)
Aunt Sarah
My Fellow Americans (1996)
Rita
How to Make an American Quilt (1995)
Aunt Pauline
Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West
Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West (1995)
Clara Brown
To Dance with the White Dog (1993)
Neelie
Message from Nam (1993)
Queenie / Elizabeth McQueen
House of Cards (1993)
Adelle
Color Adjustment (1992)
Self
Cape Fear (1991)
Woman Watching Cady Get Out from Under the Car (uncredited)
The Kid Who Loved Christmas (1990)
Esther Clayton
Age-Old Friends (1989)
Mrs. Baker
Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
Idella
The Mighty Quinn (1989)
Ubu Pearl
A Raisin in the Sun (1989)
Lena 'Mama' Younger
P.K. and the Kid (1987)
Mim
Ethnic Notions (1986)
Narrator
The Grand Baby
The Grand Baby (1983)
Momma
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet (1982)
Nurse
See China and Die (1981)
Momma Sykes
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979)
Momma
Summer of My German Soldier (1978)
Ruth
Cleopatra Jones (1973)
Mrs. Johnson
Don't Play Us Cheap (1973)
Miss Maybell
Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow! (1971)
Maid
The Learning Tree (1969)
uncredited
Up the Down Staircase (1967)
Teacher
Nothing But a Man (1964)
Church Woman
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
uncredited role