Esther Rolle
Actor/Actriz
28
Filmes
12
Séries
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.
Como Ator/Atriz
Se Ha Escrito un Crimen
Margaret
El Toque de un Angel
Mary Harding
El increíble Hulk
Good Times
Florida Evans
Maude
Florida Evans
Promised Land
Mary Harding
Finder of Lost Loves
Nellie
Donny & Marie
Self
Flamingo Road
El Cabo del Miedo
Woman Watching Cady Get Out from Under the Car (uncredited)
Scarlett
Mammy
Matar A Un Ruiseñor
uncredited role
Hallmark Hall of Fame
The New Odd Couple
Ms. Gibbs
El chofer de la señora Daisy
Idella
Rosewood
Aunt Sarah
Recuerdos de amores pasados
Aunt Pauline
Cleopatra Jones
Mrs. Johnson
A espaldas de la ley
Ubu Pearl
My Fellow Americans
Rita
Message from Nam
Queenie / Elizabeth McQueen
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Momma
P.K. and the Kid
Mim
House of Cards
Adelle
The Kid Who Loved Christmas
Esther Clayton
Up the Down Staircase
Teacher
To Dance with the White Dog
Neelie
Nothing But a Man
Church Woman
Ethnic Notions
Narrator
Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow!
Maid