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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.
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Driving Miss Daisy
As Idella
How to Make an American Quilt
As Aunt Pauline
Cleopatra Jones
As Mrs. Johnson
Cape Fear
As Woman Watching Cady Get Out from Under the Car (uncredited)
Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow!
As Maid
House of Cards
As Adelle
Nothing But a Man
As Church Woman
Down in the Delta
As Annie Sinclair
See China and Die
As Momma Sykes
To Dance with the White Dog
As Neelie
Ethnic Notions
As Narrator
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
As Momma
Summer of My German Soldier
As Ruth
Age-Old Friends
As Mrs. Baker
Message from Nam
As Queenie / Elizabeth McQueen
The Mighty Quinn
As Ubu Pearl
Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West
As Clara Brown
P.K. and the Kid
As Mim
My Fellow Americans
As Rita
Rosewood
As Aunt Sarah
Up the Down Staircase
As Teacher
Don't Play Us Cheap
As Miss Maybell
A Raisin in the Sun
As Lena 'Mama' Younger
Color Adjustment
As Self
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
As Nurse
The Kid Who Loved Christmas
As Esther Clayton
Train Ride
As Dean of Students
Murder, She Wrote
As Margaret
Good Times
As Florida Evans
The Incredible Hulk
Touched by an Angel
As Mary Harding
Maude
As Florida Evans
Flamingo Road
Donny & Marie
As Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Singer and Sons
Scarlett
Promised Land
As Mary Harding
Finder of Lost Loves
As Nellie
The New Odd Couple
As Ms. Gibbs