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Esther Rolle
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Esther Rolle
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1920-11-08,Pompano Beach, Florida USA
Gender
Female
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 1970s sitcoms. The character was introduced as Maude Findlay's housekeeper on Maude, and was spun off in the show's second season into Good Times, a show about Florida's family. Rolle was nominated in 1975 for the Best Actress in a Musical/Comedy Golden Globe Award for her role in Good Times. Rolle was 19 years older than the actor (John Amos) who played her husband James Evans. The James Evans character was only added after Esther Rolle fought hard for a father figure and husband to be added to the show. Rolle had fought for the father character on the show, more relevant themes and scripts and was unhappy when the success of Jimmie Walker's character, J.J. Evans, took the show in a frivolous direction. John Amos agreed with Rolle about Walker's character and was fired from the show after the third season ended. Later on, in a stand-off with Good Times producer Norman Lear, Rolle also quit when her contract ended. Although the show continued without her for the fifth season, she returned for the show's final season. In 1979 she won an Emmy for her role in Summer of My German Soldier, a made-for-television movie. Among her guest star roles was one on The Incredible Hulk in an episode entitled "Behind the Wheel" where she played a taxicab business owner. In the 1990s, Rolle was a surprise guest on RuPaul's VH-1 talk show. Her Maude co-star Bea Arthur was the guest, and Rolle was brought out to surprise Arthur. The two had not seen each other in years, Arthur said, and embraced warmly. Rolle also appeared in a series of psychic hotline TV commercials in the 1990s. "Tell them Esther sent you," was her trademark line.

Filmography

Driving Miss Daisy

7.2

Driving Miss Daisy
1989-12-13

How to Make an American Quilt

6.4

How to Make an American Quilt
1995-10-06

Cleopatra Jones

5.7

Cleopatra Jones
1973-07-13

7.259

Cape Fear
1991-11-13

Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow!

8

Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow!
1971-11-18

6.2

House of Cards
1993-06-25

Nothing But a Man

7.4

Nothing But a Man
1964-12-27

Down in the Delta

6.3

Down in the Delta
1998-12-25

See China and Die

8

See China and Die
1981-01-09

To Dance with the White Dog

7.2

To Dance with the White Dog
1993-12-05

7.1

Ethnic Notions
1986-12-05

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

4.3

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
1979-04-28

Summer of My German Soldier

5.5

Summer of My German Soldier
1978-10-30

Age-Old Friends

7.7

Age-Old Friends
1989-12-16

Message from Nam

5.3

Message from Nam
1993-10-17

The Mighty Quinn

6.045

The Mighty Quinn
1989-02-17

Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West

9

Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West
1995-05-10

P.K. and the Kid

6

P.K. and the Kid
1987-01-06

My Fellow Americans

6.1

My Fellow Americans
1996-12-20

6.5

Rosewood
1997-02-21

Up the Down Staircase

7.1

Up the Down Staircase
1967-06-28

Don't Play Us Cheap

6

Don't Play Us Cheap
1973-04-13

A Raisin in the Sun

7

A Raisin in the Sun
1989-02-01

Color Adjustment

6.9

Color Adjustment
1992-01-29

The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet

8

The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
1982-01-01

The Kid Who Loved Christmas

6.6

The Kid Who Loved Christmas
1990-12-14

6

Train Ride
2005-02-17

5.5

The Grand Baby
1983-11-02

The Learning Tree

6.8

The Learning Tree
1969-08-06

To Kill a Mockingbird

7.98

To Kill a Mockingbird
1962-12-20

Murder, She Wrote

7.522

Murder, She Wrote
1984-09-30

8

Good Times
1974-02-08

The Incredible Hulk

7.244

The Incredible Hulk
1977-11-04

Touched by an Angel

7.205

Touched by an Angel
1994-09-21

6.9

Maude
1972-09-12

6.3

Flamingo Road
1981-01-06

6.7

Donny & Marie
1976-01-23

Hallmark Hall of Fame

8.8

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951-12-24

Singer and Sons

7.3

Singer and Sons
1990-06-09

6.5

Promised Land
1996-09-17

Finder of Lost Loves

6.8

Finder of Lost Loves
1984-09-22

The New Odd Couple

5.8

The New Odd Couple
1982-10-29

6.6

Scarlett
1994-11-13

7.2

Darkroom
1981-11-27

American Playhouse

6.6

American Playhouse
1982-01-12

American Playhouse

6.6

American Playhouse
1982-01-12

6.244

The Love Boat
1977-09-24