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Esther Elizabeth Rolle is a Actor American born on 8 november 1920 at Pompano Beach (USA)

Esther Elizabeth Rolle

Esther Elizabeth Rolle
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Birth name Esther Elizabeth Rolle
Nationality USA
Birth 8 november 1920 at Pompano Beach (USA)
Death 17 november 1998 (at 78 years) at Culver City (USA)

Esther Elizabeth Rolle (November 8, 1920 – November 17, 1998) was an 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).

Biography

Rolle's only marriage was to Oscar Robinson. The two were married from 1955–1975. They had no children, but Oscar Robinson had a daughter, Sherley Mae Robinson, (born 1936), by his first marriage.

Best films

Driving Miss Daisy (1990)
(Actress)

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Filmography of Esther Elizabeth Rolle (22 films)

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Actress

Nothing But a Man, 1h31
Directed by Michael Roemer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Ivan Dixon, Yaphet Kotto, Julius Harris, Gloria Foster, Tom Ligon, Mel Stewart
Roles Church Woman
Rating78% 3.9395653.9395653.9395653.9395653.939565
The story introduces Duff Anderson on the railroad, playing checkers with his rail worker friends, at a pool hall, and on the street at night. At a church meeting featuring lively gospel music, Duff meets the pretty and genteel schoolteacher Josie Dawson. They begin to date against the will of Preacher Dawson (Josie’s father). Duff tells her he doesn't want to get married. But after visiting his illegitimate son who has been abandoned to the care of a wet nurse, and his drunken father who is barely keeping it together under the care of a loving wife, Duff realizes that he prefers the stability of a family to the life of a drifter. The two marry with bright hopes for the future, but then begin to face a series of challenges as a married couple. Being on the move had given Duff the illusion of freedom, but living in the town makes Duff subject to the town's social rules, and he immediately starts to have problems. He hates his preacher father-in-law, whom he sees as having sold out to the white people, and he hurtfully says to his wife, "You've never really been a nigger, living with them, in that house." After refusing to bow down to the white bosses at the mill he is fired, and subsequently finds himself blacklisted. His father-in-law finally finds him a job at a gas station, but customers who find him too proud for a black "boy" threaten to cause trouble if the boss keeps him on. Duff and his wife get into a fight because of the emotional and physical trials Duff faces, and because of the added pressure that a coming baby adds. Unwilling either to kowtow to white bosses or to pick cotton for $2.50 a day he leaves in a rage, telling his wife that he will write her when he is on his feet again. Duff storms off to his father, who is so inebriated that he dies as Duff and his stepmother are driving him to the hospital. Neither Duff nor his stepmother knows where his father was born or how old he was, and the only possessions he has handed down to Duff are the contents of his pockets. Duff and his stepmother stare at one another, facing the grim reality of the invisibleness and lack of history of the negro. The film concludes as Duff gains the courage to return home with his son, and the two tearfully embrace as he reassures her that "everything is gonna be all right”.
Down in the Delta, 1h52
Directed by Maya Angelou
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Alfre Woodard, Al Freeman Jr., Esther Elizabeth Rolle, Mary Alice, Loretta Devine, Wesley Snipes
Roles Annie Sinclair
Rating68% 3.4441253.4441253.4441253.4441253.444125
Rosa Lynn, an elderly woman, sends her daughter Loretta and her children to live with her brother-in-law in Mississippi. Loretta is an addict and does not want to go, especially since uncle Earl lives in the dry and rural part of Mississippi.
Rosewood
Rosewood (1997)
, 2h20
Directed by John Singleton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Historical
Themes Films about racism
Actors Jon Voight, Ving Rhames, Don Cheadle, Bruce McGill, Loren Dean, Esther Elizabeth Rolle
Roles Aunt Sarah
Rating71% 3.595823.595823.595823.595823.59582
A married white woman, Fanny Taylor, claims to have been beaten and raped by a black man. The movie shows a white man, not Fanny’s husband, in her bedroom where they have sex. They have an argument and strike each other. Some black workers outside heard what was happening but did not think they should intervene in white people's business. The white residents readily believe Fanny's claim. Hearing of an escaped black convict, a posse and other unaffiliated white men from Sumner and nearby towns go to Rosewood to investigate. The black residents of Rosewood quickly become targeted by a white mob, including men from out of state and members of the Ku Klux Klan.
My Fellow Americans, 1h41
Directed by Peter Segal
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Adventure
Themes Politique, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Political films, Road movies, Buddy films
Actors Jack Lemmon, James Garner, Dan Aykroyd, John Heard, Wilford Brimley, Sela Ward
Roles Rita
Rating64% 3.247673.247673.247673.247673.24767
Republican Senator Russell Kramer of Ohio (Jack Lemmon) wins the Presidential election, narrowly defeating archrival Democratic Governor Matt Douglas of Indiana (James Garner). Four years later, Douglas wins a landslide victory over the now-incumbent Kramer. Another four years later, Kramer's former Vice President, William Haney (Dan Aykroyd), defeats Douglas. His Vice President, Ted Matthews (John Heard), is widely seen as an idiot, and becomes a continuing embarrassment for the administration. A further three years later, Kramer is spending his time writing books and speaking at various inconsequential functions, while Douglas is finishing his own book and going through a divorce.
How to Make an American Quilt, 1h56
Directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Feminist films, Political films, Buddy films
Actors Winona Ryder, Anne Bancroft, Ellen Burstyn, Kate Nelligan, Alfre Woodard, Maya Angelou
Roles Aunt Pauline
Rating63% 3.150473.150473.150473.150473.15047
Finn, étudiante fraîchement diplômée, se prépare à se marier avec Sam, son fiancé, mais elle a peur de perdre sa liberté. Chaque semaine, la tante de Finn, sa sœur et leurs amies se retrouvent pour coudre des courtepointes à thème, et parlent de leurs mariages et de leurs espoirs.
Scarlett (miniseries), 6h
Directed by John Erman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Joanne Whalley, Timothy Dalton, Stephen Collins, George Grizzard, Sean Bean, Esther Elizabeth Rolle
Roles Mammy
Rating63% 3.199413.199413.199413.199413.19941
The series begins with Scarlett attending the funeral of Melanie Wilkes, her ex-sister-in-law and rival for Ashley Wilkes' affection, at which her estranged husband, Rhett Butler, is not present. She, heartbroken that he left her, sets out for Tara and is saddened when she learns that Mammy, her mainstay since birth, is dying. When she arrives there, she sends a telegram to notify Rhett about Mammy under the name of Will Benteen (her sister, Suellen's, husband), because she knows that he won't come if he suspects she is there. Before Mammy passes away, she makes him swear to look after "her lamb", Miss Scarlett. He agrees, although he has no intention of honoring the request. After she dies, he and Scarlett have another snipe-filled encounter, which culminates in him leaving and her returning to the Atlanta house, determined to win him back.
House of Cards, 1h49
Directed by Michael Lessac
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Films about autism
Actors Kathleen Turner, Tommy Lee Jones, Park Overall, Shiloh Strong, Esther Elizabeth Rolle, Michael Horse
Roles Adelle
Rating61% 3.0516653.0516653.0516653.0516653.051665
Following the death of her husband, Ruth Matthews moved her family to a quiet suburb, hoping to put the past behind them. While her son Michael is able to adapt, her daughter, Sally, is apparently traumatized by the experience and starts displaying unusual behavior. Ruth is later court mandated to see Jake Beerlander, an expert in child autism, to help Sally.
Message from Nam
Directed by Paul Wendkos
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Jenny Robertson, Nick Mancuso, Ed Flanders, Hope Lange, Kenneth Marshall, Vivian Wu
Roles Queenie / Elizabeth McQueen
Rating61% 3.090173.090173.090173.090173.09017
Journalisme Le major Paxton Andrews perd l'homme qu'elle aime pendant la guerre du Vietnam. Ayant toujours suivi le rythme d'un tambour différent, elle décide de régler son chagrin en se rendant au Vietnam et ... Voir le résumé complet
Cape Fear
Cape Fear (1991)
, 2h3
Directed by Martin Scorsese
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction
Actors Robert De Niro, Nick Nolte, Jessica Lange, Juliette Lewis, Joe Don Baker, Robert Mitchum
Roles Woman Watching Cady Get Out from Under the Car (uncredited)
Rating72% 3.649673.649673.649673.649673.64967
Sam Bowden (Nick Nolte) is a lawyer in the quiet town of New Essex, North Carolina. Max Cady (Robert De Niro) is a former client whom Bowden defended 14 years earlier when he was working as a public defender in Atlanta. Cady was being tried for the violent rape and battery of a young woman. Bowden, appalled by Cady's crime, buried crucial evidence about the victim—that she was promiscuous—which might have lightened Cady's sentence or even secured his acquittal, violating his ethical and professional duty as a defense attorney. Cady was illiterate at the time and unaware of Bowden's actions. After his release from prison, Cady tracks down Bowden. The former convict learned to read and studied law in prison, and even assumed his own defense, unsuccessfully appealing his conviction several times. Cady hints strongly that he has learned about Bowden burying the report, stating that the judge and prosecutor in his case did their jobs while Bowden betrayed his own client.
Driving Miss Daisy, 1h39
Directed by Bruce Beresford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about racism, Films about religion, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Musical films, Films about Jews and Judaism, Films based on plays, Road movies, Buddy films
Actors Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy, Dan Aykroyd, Esther Elizabeth Rolle, Patti LuPone, William Hall, Jr.
Roles Idella
Rating72% 3.6495353.6495353.6495353.6495353.649535
In 1948, Mrs. ("Miss") Daisy Werthan (Jessica Tandy), a 72-year-old wealthy, white, Jewish, widowed, retired school teacher, lives alone in Atlanta, Georgia, except for a black housemaid named Idella (Esther Rolle). When Miss Daisy wrecks her car, her son, Boolie (Dan Aykroyd), hires Hoke Coleburn (Morgan Freeman), a black chauffeur who drove for a local judge until he recently died. Miss Daisy at first refuses to let Hoke drive her, but gradually starts to accept him.
The Mighty Quinn, 1h38
Directed by Carl Schenkel
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Musical films
Actors Denzel Washington, James Fox, Mimi Rogers, M. Emmet Walsh, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Robert Townsend
Roles Ubu Pearl
Rating60% 3.0012653.0012653.0012653.0012653.001265
Xavier Quinn (Denzel Washington) is the chief of police on a small, unnamed Caribbean island (the novel was set on the fictional island of St. Caro). When Donald Pater, the millionaire owner of a luxury resort hotel, is found murdered, everyone assumes that the culprit is Maubee (Robert Townsend), a petty crook who also happens to be Quinn's best friend. Quinn doesn't believe it and clashes with the local bureaucracy: Thomas Elgin (James Fox), an arrogant political fixer, and the island's underqualified governor (Norman Beaton). Quinn's worries over the murder exacerbate his troubles at home; he is estranged from his wife, Lola (Sheryl Lee Ralph), and rarely has time to see his son.
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
Genres Drama
Themes Romeo and Juliet, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare
Actors Alex Hyde-White, Blanche Baker, Esther Elizabeth Rolle
Roles Nurse
Rating47% 2.382812.382812.382812.382812.38281
Romeo and Juliet's families have been in a feud that causes these two lovers to make decisions that change lives forever. The story ends with the two lovers committing suicide.