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Esther Rolle. 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 sitcom Maude, for two seasons (1972–1974), and its spin-off series Good Times, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Television Series ...
Esther Rolle. Actress: Driving Miss Daisy. Best known for the role of Florida Evans on the 1970s sitcoms Maude (1972) and Good Times (1974), African-American actress Esther Rolle proved to be as spirited and iron-willed off-camera as well. The gap-toothed actress with the gravelly voice was born in Pompano Beach, Florida, the 10th child of 18 born to Caribbean farming immigrants. Her first ...
- November 8, 1920
- November 17, 1998
Apr 20, 2015 · Portrait of the cast of the television show ‘Good Times,’ on August 3, 1978. Pictured from left, are actors Ralph Carter, Janet Jackson, Esther Rolle (1920 – 1998), BernNadette Stanis (in ...
Apr 6, 2020 · By Aby Rivas. Apr 06, 2020 10:00 A.M. Esther Rolle, known as Florida Evans in “Good Times,” had to fight with the show’s creators to include a father figure in the sitcom at a time when the norm was to portray black families with only one parent on TV. Advertisement. Norman Lear’s hit ’70s show “Good Times” wasn’t the first TV ...
Esther Elizabeth Rolle (November 8, 1920 – November 17, 1998) played the role as Florida Evans on the CBS-TV sitcom series Maude for two seasons (1972-1974) before reprising the role on Good Times, its spinoff, for five seasons in Seasons 1-4 and Season 6 (1974-1977, 1978-1979). Born in Pembroke Pines, Florida, she was the tenth of 18 children to Bahamian-American parents, Jonathan and ...
Aug 8, 2021 · Esther Rolle captured the world with her role as a matriarch for years. The talented actress was gifted when it came to handling kids, even though, in reality, she had none and was married to her husband for twenty years.
May 14, 2018 · Esther Rolle is best remembered by many people for her portrayal of the sympathetic but strict mother of three on the 1970s CBS sitcom Good Times, although she was by then a veteran Broadway actress. She left the show in 1977 citing contractual disputes, but Rolle later admitted that she was embarrassed and angered by the show ’ s decline ...
