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Esther Rolle
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Actor Born: November 8, 1933 in Pompano Beach, FL Death: November 17, 1998 in Culver City, CA Biography:The ninth in a family of 18 children, "Esther Rolle" left her family's Florida home for New York once she came of age. She worked her way through Hunter College, Spellman College and the New School for Social Research. Even after her 1962 New York stage debut in The Blacks, Esther was compelled to hold down a day job in the city's garment district. She appeared in such Broadway productions as The Crucible and Blues for Mr. Charlie, and toured extensively with Robert Hooks' Negro Ensemble Company. Her breakthrough role was Florida the maid in the 1972 "Norman Lear" sitcom Maude. Though she balked at playing a domestic, Rolle was impressed by Florida's independence and pugnaciousness. In February of 1973, the Florida character was spun off into her own series, "Good Times", the saga of a tightly-knit black family surviving in the Chicago projects. Rolle welcomed the series as an opportunity to depict... Full Biography
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