Rosanna Carter
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Rosanna Rolle Carter was a Bahamian American television, stage and film actress. During the Harlem Renaissance, she acted at New Lafayette Theater as one of the Lafayette Players. She acted in The Bro
Carter in Tales of the Unknown South (1984)
Esther Rolle
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Esther Elizabeth Rolle was an American actress. She is best known for her role as Florida Evans, on the CBS television sitcom Maude, for two seasons, and its spin-off series Good Times, for which she
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…Brother from Another Planet, a well-reviewed 1984 film described by its director as a science fiction allegory of immigration. She was the sister of Esther Rolle and Estelle Evans. Rosanna Rolle was born on September 20, 1918 in Nassau, Bahamas, to Bahamian parents, Jonathan and Elizabeth (née Dames) Rolle. Her…
Rolle in 1978
On Good Times (1974), L-R: Ralph Carter, Bern Nadette Stanis, Jimmie Walker, Esther Rolle, and John Amos
Rolle's gravesite and headstone