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Rosanna Rolle Carter was a Bahamian American television, stage and film actress, who was born in Nassau, Bahamas, to two Bahamian parents, and the sister of Esther Rolle and Estelle Evans, one of 18 children. During the Harlem Renaissance, she acted at New Lafayette Theater as one of the Lafayette Players. She acted in The Brother from Another Planet, a well-reviewed 1984 film described as a science fiction fairy tale with a slavery plot.
Born
Friday, 20 September 1918
Died
Friday, 30 December 2016
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| I'll Fly Away | Eulalia Jefferson | 1991 |
| Carolina Skeletons | Mother Bragg | 1991 |
| Law & Order | Old Woman / Mrs. Jackson / Mrs. Hemmerick | 1990 |
| She-Devil | Judge Brown | 1989 |
| A Gathering of Old Men | Beulah | 1987 |
| The Cosby Show | Rosanna | 1984 |
| The Brother from Another Planet | West Indian Woman | 1984 |
| Tales from the Darkside | Mrs. McNeill | 1983 |
| American Playhouse | Minnie / Mrs. Gorney | 1982 |
| Night of the Juggler | Old Woman | 1980 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| I'll Fly Away | Eulalia Jefferson | 1991 |
| Carolina Skeletons | Mother Bragg | 1991 |
| Law & Order | Old Woman / Mrs. Jackson / Mrs. Hemmerick | 1990 |
| She-Devil | Judge Brown | 1989 |
| A Gathering of Old Men | Beulah | 1987 |
| The Cosby Show | Rosanna | 1984 |
| The Brother from Another Planet | West Indian Woman | 1984 |
| Tales from the Darkside | Mrs. McNeill | 1983 |
| American Playhouse | Minnie / Mrs. Gorney | 1982 |
| Night of the Juggler | Old Woman | 1980 |
| Gettin' to Know Me | Momma Violet | 1980 |
| Wedding Band | 1974 | |
| Good Times | Cora | 1974 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1993 | Emmy | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series | Nominated |
