Personal Info
Known Credits
27
Gender
Female
Birthdate
1920-11-08 (105 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Pompano Beach, Florida USA
Also Known For
Esther Rolle
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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 Ev ...
Acting
2005 --
Train Ride
| Dean of Students
1998 --
Down in the Delta
| Annie Sinclair
1997 --
Rosewood
| Aunt Sarah
1996 --
My Fellow Americans
| Rita
1995 --
How to Make an American Quilt
| Aunt Pauline
1995 --
Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West
| Clara Brown
1993 --
To Dance with the White Dog
| Neelie
1993 --
Message from Nam
| Queenie / Elizabeth McQueen
1993 --
House of Cards
| Adelle
1992 --
Color Adjustment
| Self
1991 --
Cape Fear
| Woman Watching Cady Get Out from Under the Car (uncredited)
1990 --
The Kid Who Loved Christmas
| Esther Clayton
1989 --
Age-Old Friends
| Mrs. Baker
1989 --
Driving Miss Daisy
| Idella
1989 --
The Mighty Quinn
| Ubu Pearl
1989 --
A Raisin in the Sun
| Lena 'Mama' Younger
1987 --
P.K. and the Kid
| Mim
1986 --
Ethnic Notions
| Narrator
1982 --
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
| Nurse
1981 --
See China and Die
| Momma Sykes
1979 --
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
| Momma
1978 --
Summer of My German Soldier
| Ruth
1973 --
Cleopatra Jones
| Mrs. Johnson
1972 --
Don't Play Us Cheap
| Miss Maybell
1971 --
Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow!
| Maid
1967 --
Up the Down Staircase
| Teacher
1964 --
Nothing But a Man
| Church Woman