Personal Info
Esther Rolle
Acting
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 …
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Train Ride
as Dean of Students
Down in the Delta
as Annie Sinclair
Rosewood
as Aunt Sarah
My Fellow Americans
as Rita
How to Make an American Quilt
as Aunt Pauline
Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West
as Clara Brown
House of Cards
as Adelle
Message from Nam
as Queenie / Elizabeth McQueen
To Dance with the White Dog
as Neelie
Color Adjustment
as Self
TV Shows
Promised Land
as Mary Harding · 1 ep.
Touched by an Angel
as Mary Harding · 1 ep.
Scarlett
as Mammy · 1 ep.
Singer and Sons
4 ep.
Murder, She Wrote
as Margaret · 1 ep.
Finder of Lost Loves
as Nellie · 1 ep.
The New Odd Couple
as Ms. Gibbs · 1 ep.
Flamingo Road
2 ep.
The Incredible Hulk
1 ep.
Donny & Marie
as Self · 1 ep.