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Esther Rolle was an 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, for which Rolle was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Television Series Musical or Comedy in 1976. In 1979, Rolle accepted the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Special: Summer of My German Soldier.
Birth Name
Esther Elizabeth Rolle
Born
Monday, 08 November 1920
Died
Tuesday, 17 November 1998
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Dark Side of the '90s | Florida Evans | 2021 |
| History of the Sitcom | Florida Evans | 2021 |
| History of Swear Words | Self - Actress, Good Times | 2021 |
| Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You | Self | 2016 |
| Pioneers of Television | Florida Evans - Good Times | 2008 |
| Train Ride | Dean of Students | 2005 |
| TV in Black: The First Fifty Years | (archive footage) | 2004 |
| The 71st Annual Academy Awards | Self - Memorial Tribute | 1999 |
| Down in the Delta | Annie / Annie Sinclair | 1998 |
| Rosewood | Aunt Sarah | 1997 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Dark Side of the '90s | Florida Evans | 2021 |
| History of the Sitcom | Florida Evans | 2021 |
| History of Swear Words | Self - Actress, Good Times | 2021 |
| Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You | Self | 2016 |
| Pioneers of Television | Florida Evans - Good Times | 2008 |
| Train Ride | Dean of Students | 2005 |
| TV in Black: The First Fifty Years | (archive footage) | 2004 |
| The 71st Annual Academy Awards | Self - Memorial Tribute | 1999 |
| Down in the Delta | Annie / Annie Sinclair | 1998 |
| Rosewood | Aunt Sarah | 1997 |
| My Fellow Americans | Rita | 1996 |
| Promised Land | Mary Harding | 1996 |
| Poltergeist: The Legacy | Grandma Rose | 1996 |
| E! True Hollywood Story | Herself (archive footage) | 1996 |
| How to Make an American Quilt | Aunt Pauline | 1995 |
| Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West | Clara Brown | 1995 |
| Scarlett | Mammy | 1994 |
| Touched by an Angel | Mary Harding | 1994 |
| Extra | Self - Good Times | 1994 |
| To Dance with the White Dog | Neelie | 1993 |
| Message from Nam | Elizabeth McQueen / Queenie | 1993 |
| House of Cards | Adelle | 1993 |
| Color Adjustment | Self | 1992 |
| Cape Fear | Woman Watching Cady Get Out from Under the Car | 1991 |
| Singer & Sons | Sarah Patterson | 1990 |
| The Kid Who Loved Christmas | Esther Clayton | 1990 |
| Age-Old Friends | Mrs. Baker | 1989 |
| Driving Miss Daisy | Idella | 1989 |
| The Mighty Quinn | Ubu Pearl | 1989 |
| American Experience | Self - Harlem Street Performance 1962 | 1988 |
| P.K. and the Kid | Mim | 1987 |
| Ethnic Notions | Narrator | 1986 |
| American Masters | Self | 1986 |
| Murder, She Wrote | Margaret | 1984 |
| Finder of Lost Loves | Nellie | 1984 |
| The New Mike Hammer | Viola Green | 1984 |
| The New Odd Couple | Ms. Gibbs | 1982 |
| American Playhouse | Lena 'Mama' Younger | 1982 |
| The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet | Nurse | 1982 |
| Darkroom | Old Woman | 1981 |
| Flamingo Road | Julia | 1980 |
| I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings | Momma | 1979 |
| Summer of My German Soldier | Ruth | 1978 |
| The Incredible Hulk | Colleen Jensen | 1977 |
| The Love Boat | Judge Kramer / Lillian Randolph | 1977 |
| Fantasy Island | Mama | 1977 |
| Donny and Marie | Self | 1975 |
| Match Game PM | Self - Panelist | 1975 |
| Sammy and Company | Self | 1975 |
| Dinah! | Self | 1974 |
| Bicentennial Minutes | Self - Narrator | 1974 |
| Tony Orlando and Dawn | Self | 1974 |
| Celebrity Sweepstakes | Self | 1974 |
| Good Times | Florida Evans | 1974 |
| Cleopatra Jones | Mrs. Johnson | 1973 |
| Match Game | Herself - Panelist | 1973 |
| Don't Play Us Cheap | Miss Maybell | 1972 |
| Maude | Florida Evans | 1972 |
| Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow! | Maid | 1971 |
| The Bold Ones: The Senator | Black Woman | 1970 |
| N.Y.P.D. | Nurse | 1967 |
| Up the Down Staircase | Teacher | 1967 |
| Nothing But a Man | Church Woman | 1964 |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Herself - Actress | 1961 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1979 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Special | Won |
| 1975 | Golden Globe | Best TV Actress - Comedy or Musical | Nominated |
