Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
11/8/1920
Place of Birth
Pompano Beach, Florida USA
Esther Rolle
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
Ethnic Notions
as Narrator
Rosewood
as Aunt Sarah
Driving Miss Daisy
as Idella
Train Ride
as Dean of Students
How to Make an American Quilt
as Aunt Pauline
Color Adjustment
as Self
Cape Fear
as Woman Watching Cady Get Out from Under the Car (uncredited)
The Mighty Quinn
as Ubu Pearl
Down in the Delta
as Annie Sinclair
My Fellow Americans
as Rita
See China and Die
as Momma Sykes
House of Cards
as Adelle
Nothing But a Man
as Church Woman
Message from Nam
as Queenie / Elizabeth McQueen
To Dance with the White Dog
as Neelie
P.K. and the Kid
as Mim
A Raisin in the Sun
as Lena 'Mama' Younger
Age-Old Friends
as Mrs. Baker
The Kid Who Loved Christmas
as Esther Clayton
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
as Nurse