Acting
Esther Rolle
1920 · Pompano Beach, Florida USA
30 films
Bio
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.
Filmography
Cape Fear
Woman Watching Cady Get Out from Under the Car (uncredited)
To Kill a Mockingbird
uncredited role
Driving Miss Daisy
Idella
How to Make an American Quilt
Aunt Pauline
The Mighty Quinn
Ubu Pearl
My Fellow Americans
Rita
See China and Die
Momma Sykes
Ethnic Notions
Narrator
House of Cards
Adelle
Rosewood
Aunt Sarah
Cleopatra Jones
Mrs. Johnson
Summer of My German Soldier
Ruth