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Rolle, Esther (1920-1998) Emmy award-winning Esther Rolle is best remembered as Florida Evans, the strong matriarch of the hit CBS television series Good Times (1974-1979). Good Times was a spinoff of Norman Lear's Maude, in which Rolle played Florida from 1972-1974. Florida was a feisty sarcastic black maid employed by Bea Arthur's loud, white, middle-aged liberal Maude Findlay.
Rolle was a member of Asadata Dafora’s dance troupe, Shogolo Oloba (later renamed the Federal Theater African Dance Troupe). She became the troupe’s director in 1960. Down with diabetes, 1990s saw Esther’s health decline, toward the end of her life she was on kidney dialysis. She died nine days after her 78th birthday on November 17, 1998.
Follow Esther Rolle and others on SoundCloud. Create a SoundCloud account. N/A R&B & Soul Storytelling. Released by: Savoy Records. Release date: 1 January 1975. P-line: ℗ 1975 Savoy Records, Inc.
Esther Rolle (November 8 1920 – November 17 1998) was an American actress. She was best known known for the series Good Times. She died from diabetes
Esther Elizabeth Rolle (November 8, 1920 – November 17, 1998) was an Bahamian-American actress. She 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 ...
Birthday: Nov 8, 1920. Birthplace: Pompano Beach, Florida, USA. Famous for her gruff voice and gap-toothed smile, talented and outspoken African-American actress Esther Rolle made her mark on ...
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES or a special - 1979. Winner. Esther Rolle. Summer of My German Soldier. NBC. The Television Academy database lists prime-time Emmy information. Click here to learn more. Esther Rolle: bio, photos, awards, nominations and more at Emmys.com.
