Esther Rolle
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
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 Evans, the character she played on two 19...
Known For
Filmography
Train Ride
2005
as Dean of Students
Down in the Delta
1998
as Annie Sinclair
Rosewood
1997
as Aunt Sarah
My Fellow Americans
1996
as Rita
Promised Land
1996
as Mary Harding
How to Make an American Quilt
1995
as Aunt Pauline
Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West
1995
as Clara Brown
Touched by an Angel
1994
as Mary Harding
Scarlett
1994
as Mammy
House of Cards
1993
as Adelle
To Dance with the White Dog
1993
as Neelie
Message from Nam
1993
as Queenie / Elizabeth McQueen
Color Adjustment
1992
as Self
Cape Fear
1991
as Woman Watching Cady Get Out from Under the Car (uncredited)
The Kid Who Loved Christmas
1990
as Esther Clayton
Singer and Sons
1990
Driving Miss Daisy
1989
as Idella
Age-Old Friends
1989
as Mrs. Baker
The Mighty Quinn
1989
as Ubu Pearl
A Raisin in the Sun
1989
as Lena 'Mama' Younger
P.K. and the Kid
1987
as Mim
Ethnic Notions
1986
as Narrator
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Margaret
Finder of Lost Loves
1984
as Nellie
The Grand Baby
1983
as Momma
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
1982
as Nurse
The New Odd Couple
1982
as Ms. Gibbs
American Playhouse
1982
as Church Woman
American Playhouse
1982
as Lena Younger
See China and Die
1981
as Momma Sykes
Flamingo Road
1981
Darkroom
1981
as Old Woman
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
1979
as Momma
Summer of My German Soldier
1978
as Ruth
The Incredible Hulk
1977
The Love Boat
1977
as Judge Kramer
Donny & Marie
1976
as Self
Good Times
1974
as Florida Evans
Cleopatra Jones
1973
as Mrs. Johnson
Don't Play Us Cheap
1973
as Miss Maybell
Maude
1972
as Florida Evans
Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow!
1971
as Maid
The Learning Tree
1969
as uncredited
Up the Down Staircase
1967
as Teacher
Nothing But a Man
1964
as Church Woman
To Kill a Mockingbird
1962
as uncredited role
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951