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  1. May 14, 2018 · Esther Rolle is best remembered by many people for her portrayal of the sympathetic but strict mother of three on the 1970s CBS sitcom Good Times, although she was by then a veteran Broadway actress. She left the show in 1977 citing contractual disputes, but Rolle later admitted that she was embarrassed and angered by the show ’ s decline ...

  2. Jan 27, 2022 · https://www.comedyhype.com/ - Famed actress Esther Rolle would make TV history with the cast of 'Good Times' in the mid-70s. Unfortunately after the shows 4t...

  3. Nov 18, 1998 · Rolle, Esther. November 8, 1920. November 18, 1998. Actress Esther Rolle was born in Pompano Beach, California, probably in 1920, the tenth of eighteen children of parents of Bahamian descent. After her family relocated to Florida, she finished Booker T. Washington High School in Miami, and attended Spelman College in Atlanta for one year ...

  4. Sep 6, 2022 · The Real Reason Esther Rolle Left Good Times. Wikimedia Commons. By Brian Myers / Sept. 6, 2022 5:03 pm EST. Since their inception, television sitcoms had been dominated by white actors, providing an experience that alienated people of color. Adding to the divide was the affluence and financial security the characters on these shows possessed.

  5. Nov 17, 1998 · 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 ...

  6. Mar 30, 2022 · Rolle's character was so popular that less than 18 months after the first episode of Maude, Rolle was given a spin-off of her own, Good Times. Premiering on Feb. 8, 1974, it was the first American ...

  7. Nov 17, 1998 · An actress of great power and range who did not suffer fools gladly, Rolle was an inspiration to actors of any color or creed. The tenth in an astonishing 18 children family, Esther Rolle was born in Pompano Beach, FL on Nov. 8, 1920 to Bahamian immigrant parents. Her father was a Baptist minister and the sizeable family resided on a vegetable ...