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    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...
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    Carter and Esther Rolle. Evans was born Estelle Rolle on October 1, 1906, in Nassau, Bahamas to parents Jonathan and Elizabeth Iris Rolle (née Dames)...
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  • born in Nassau, Bahamas, to two Bahamian parents, and the sister of Esther Rolle and Estelle Evans, one of 18 children. During the Harlem Renaissance...
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  • 2011. p. 125. ISBN 978-0-307-79950-0. Marguiles, Lee (June 10, 1978). "Esther Rolle Returning To 'Good Times'". St. Petersburg Times. p. 11B. Retrieved February...
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    Off- and on-camera, Walker did not get along with the series' lead, Esther Rolle, because she and Amos disapproved of Walker's increasingly buffoonish...
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    Naor Esther Rochon Esther Rolle Esther Rome Esther Roper Esther Rose Esther Roth Shahamorov Esther Sandoval Esther Schipper, German art dealer Esther Schweins...
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    spin-off series for Maude's housekeeper, Florida Evans (portrayed by Esther Rolle) and her husband Henry (John Amos), who was renamed James. Because of...
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  • James Garner as feuding ex-presidents, with Dan Aykroyd, Lauren Bacall, Esther Rolle, John Heard, Wilford Brimley, Bradley Whitford, Everett McGill, and Jeff...
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    son, Jimmie Walker, and 19 years younger than his screen wife, Esther Rolle. Like Rolle, Amos wanted to portray a positive image of an African-American...
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  • housekeeper. At the beginning of the series, Maude hires Florida Evans (Esther Rolle), a no-nonsense Black woman who often has the last laugh at Maude's expense...
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  • national tour including stops in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., with Esther Rolle taking over as Lena and Danny Glover as Walter Lee, respectively. The...
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  • as John Wright Bruce McGill as Duke Purdy Loren Dean as James Taylor Esther Rolle as Aunt Sarah Elise Neal as Beulah (Scrappie) Bridgid Coulter as Gertrude...
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  • film directing effort) and starring Alfre Woodard, Al Freeman, Jr., Esther Rolle (in her final film appearance before her death), Loretta Devine, and...
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  • , Guru, Joe Clair, KaDee Strickland, and Emmy Award–winning actress Esther Rolle. The film was shot in 1998, though financing problems derailed the post-production...
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  • Cook. Constance Good played the young Maya Angelou. Also appearing were Esther Rolle, Roger E. Mosley, Diahann Carroll, Ruby Dee, and Madge Sinclair. Filming...
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    of A Black Lady Sketch Show in 2021. Altovise Davis La Toya Jackson Esther Rolle Crystal Waters Grace Jones LaWanda Page Oprah Winfrey Tracy Chapman Della...
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    Ethnic Notions by Black gay filmmaker Marlon Riggs narrated by actor Esther Rolle. The documentary narrates the history and legacy of the dehumanizing...
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  • Werthan Dan Aykroyd as Boolie Werthan Patti LuPone as Florine Werthan Esther Rolle as Idella Joann Havrilla as Miss McClatchey William Hall Jr. as Oscar...
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  • that he is too old to join the company's union. Meanwhile, Florida (Esther Rolle) and the children (BernNadette Stanis, Jimmie Walker, and Ralph Carter)...
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  • of her. Kristy McNichol as Patty Bergen Bruce Davison as Anton Reiker Esther Rolle as Ruth Michael Constantine as Harry Bergen Barbara Barrie as Pearl Bergen...
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  • 1989 TV version on PBS' American Playhouse starring Danny Glover, and Esther Rolle. A Raisin in the Sun debuted at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and was...
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  • character actresses Rosetta LeNoire (of ABC-TV's Family Matters) and Esther Rolle (better known to TV sitcom viewers as Florida Evans of CBS-TV's Good...
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    of black Americans in Pompano Beach. It is the final resting place of Esther Rolle (1920–1998), actress famous for the 1970s sitcom Good Times and her sister...
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    along with Thomas Anderson, Joshie Armstead, Robert Dunn, Jay Van Leer, Esther Rolle, Mabel King, George "Ooppee" McCurn, Frank Carey, Nate Barnett, and Rhetta...
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    Esther Rolle. DuBois appeared in the show from February 1974 until the show ended in August 1979. DuBois began the show as a costar alongside Rolle and...
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  • Singer & Sons is an American sitcom starring Harold Gould and Esther Rolle that was originally broadcast on NBC as a summer replacement series from June...
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  • and lighting designs by Martin Aronstein. The original cast included Esther Rolle as Miss Maybell, Thomas Anderson as Mr. Percy, Rhetta Hughes as Earnestine...
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    On Good Times (1974), L-R: Ralph Carter, BernNadette Stanis, Jimmie Walker, Esther Rolle, and John Amos....
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  • Hadley Elgin M. Emmet Walsh as Fred Miller Sheryl Lee Ralph as Lola Quinn Esther Rolle as Ubu Pearl Art Evans as Officer "Jump" Jones Henry Judd Baker as Nicotine...
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  • Esther Rolle...
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