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Esther Rolle

Actress / Stage Actress / Television Actress / Film Actress | * 11/08/1920 († 78, 11/17/1998) | Pompano Beach, Florida USA
Esther Elizabeth Rolle (November 8, 1920 – November 17, 1998) 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 won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Special for the television film Summer of My German Soldier. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | TV Movies

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The story of an old Jewish widow named Daisy Werthan and her relationship with her black chauffeur, Hoke. From an initial mere work relationship grew in 25 years a strong friendship between the two ve ...

Driving Miss Daisy

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1989 | 3.6/5 | 1h 39min
Drama
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Spurred by a white woman's lie, vigilantes destroy a black Florida town and slay inhabitants in 1923. ...

Rosewood

Certification unknown

1997 | 3.3/5 | 2h 20min
Drama, History, Action, Thriller
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Good Times is an American sitcom that originally aired from February 8, 1974, until August 1, 1979, on the CBS television network. It was created by Eric Monte and Mike Evans, and developed by Norman ...

Good Times

Certification unknown

1974 | 3.9/5 | 30min per episode
Comedy
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Well-educated and upper middle class, Maude Findlay is the archetypal feminist of her generation. She lives in suburban Tuckahoe, New York, with her fourth husband, Walter, their divorced daughter, Ca ...

Maude

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1972 | 3.3/5 | 30min per episode
Comedy, Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Esther Rolle

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
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Movies with Esther Rolle as Actress(25)

as Annie Sinclair1998 Down in the Delta
as Aunt Sarah1997 Rosewood
as Rita1996 My Fellow Americans
as Clara Brown1995 Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West
as Aunt Pauline1995 How to Make an American Quilt
as Queenie / Elizabeth McQueen1993 Message from Nam
as Adelle1993 House of Cards
as Neelie1993 To Dance with the White Dog
as herself1992 Color Adjustment
as Woman Watching Cady Get Out from Under the Car (uncredited)1991 Cape Fear
as Esther Clayton1990 The Kid Who Loved Christmas
as Idella1989 Driving Miss Daisy
as Mrs. Baker1989 Age-Old Friends
as Ubu Pearl1989 The Mighty Quinn
as Lena 'Mama' Younger1989 A Raisin in the Sun
as Narrator1986 Ethnic Notions
as Nurse1982 The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
as Momma Sykes1981 See China and Die
as Momma1979 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
as Ruth1978 Summer of My German Soldier
as Mrs. Johnson1973 Cleopatra Jones
as Miss Maybell1973 Don't Play Us Cheap
as Maid1971 Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow!
as Teacher1967 Up the Down Staircase
as Church Woman1964 Nothing But a Man

TV Shows/Series with Esther Rolle as Actress(12)

as Mary Harding1996 Promised Land
1994 Scarlett
as Mary Harding1994 Touched by an Angel
1990 Singer and Sons
as Margaret1984 Murder, She Wrote
as Nellie1984 Finder of Lost Loves
1981 Flamingo Road
1977 The Incredible Hulk
as herself1976 Donny & Marie
as Florida Evans1974 Good Times
as Florida Evans1972 Maude
1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame

Full Name: Esther Rolle
Born: Monday, 11/08 1920 (November) in Pompano Beach, Florida USA
Died: Tuesday, 11/17 1998 (November) in Culver City (aged: 78)
Zodiac sign: Scorpio (Chinese zodiac sign: Monkey)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Yale University, Hunter College, New School, Spelman College, Blanche Ely High School
Record Label: Savoy Records
Esther Rolle frequently works together with these people:
Julie Harris (11x, Actress)
Maurice Evans (11x, Actor)
Rosanna Huffman (8x, Actress)
Bradford Dillman (8x, Actor)
Richard Thomas (7x, Actor)
George Grizzard (7x, Actor)
Alan Fudge (7x, Actor)
George Rose (7x, Actor)
William Lucking (7x, Actor)
Theodore Bikel (6x, Actor)
Marlon Riggs (6x, Crew)
Melvin Van Peebles (6x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:209870, Added: 07/24/2018, Last updated: 04/11/2024