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	Esther Rolle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Esther Rolle (November 8, 1920–November 17, 1998) was an American actress.
		The daughter of Bahamian immigrants, Rolle was born in Pompano Beach, Florida and attended Spelman College.
		Rolle is best known for her role as Florida Evans, the character she played on two successful 1970s sitcoms: Maude and its spinoff, Good Times.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Esther_Rolle (221 words)

	Esther Rolle Home Page -- Addendum
		Esther Rolle died on November 17, 1998, after a long illness.
		She said in 1987 that she was intent on shattering the image of a "Hollywood maid with the rolling of the eyes" who doted on her white charges but ignored her own children.
		Esther Rolle is not known as a composer.
	www.homestead.com /shb/rolle.html (269 words)

	Good Times - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rolle was rather vocal about disliking the character of J.J. in a 1975 interview with Ebony magazine.
		Rolle also thought the writers had disregarded Florida's devout Christian beliefs by making her fall for Carl, who was an atheist.
		When Rolle eventually agreed to return to the show, one of the conditions on which she insisted was that the Carl Dixon character be written out as if he never existed.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Good_Times (2925 words)

	African American Registry: Star of stage and screen, Esther Rolle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Rolle’s film debut was in Nothing But the Man 1964 and in 1967, she became an original member of the Negro Ensemble Company.
		Rolle proceeded to turn Evans into a popular character and in 1974 her character and its husband were spun off into the television series Good Times.
		In 1990, Rolle became the first woman to win the NAACP chairman’s Civil Rights Leadership Award and one year later she was inducted into the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame.
	www.aaregistry.com /african_american_history/1262/Star_of_stage_and_screen_Esther_Rolle (388 words)

	Esther Rolle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Rolle's character, Florida Evans, was still a maid, but the emphasis was on her home life with her husband, two sons and daughter.
		Rolle demanded that her family be led by a father, a role that went to John Amos, who was introduced on ``Maude'' the year before ``Good Times'' began.
		Rolle left ``Good Times'' after three seasons because she felt the J.J. character, who began getting mixed up in shady schemes as the show evolved, was a poor example for fl youth.
	members.aol.com /deathpool/obits98/rolleest.html (371 words)

	Esther Rolle
		Rolle will be best remembered for her role as the strong-willed mother on the '70s sitcom
		Esther Rolle's maid-with-sass trades Good Times for hard times in Driving Miss Daisy.
		Esther Rolle, a remarkable actress and a woman of her convictions
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0770230.html (213 words)

	Good Times (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Esther Rolle, a woman of integrity, left the show at one point because she could no longer tolerate the negative images projected by the show's characters.
		Esther Rolle also had similar philosophical differences that coincided with John Amos and this is the reason she walked for awhile.
		Rolle as a little girl and i must say, she is a fine actress and human being and i LOVED watching her and John Amos as the Evanses.
	www.jumptheshark.com /g/goodtimes.htm (15088 words)

	PLAN4ever - Virtual Gardens - estherrolle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Actress Esther Rolle was born in Pompano Beach, Florida on November 8, 1920.
		Rolle’s character on the show turned out to be very popular, and the producers decided to develop a spin-off show, "Good Times." The show ran from 1974 to 1979, with Rolle as the head of a "struggling but loving" family on Chicago’ s South Side.
		Rolle had always been an advocate for positive media representation of African Americans, and when she was initially shown the proposals for "Good Times," she insisted that there be a father present in the family, so as not to continue the stereotypes of "fl fathers who don’t care about their children."
	www.plan4ever.com /celebritygardens/estherrolle/main.html (312 words)

	CNN - 'Good Times' matriarch Esther Rolle dies at 78 - November 18, 1998
		LOS ANGELES (CNN) -- Esther Rolle, the bass-voiced, Emmy award-winning actress who gained television stardom as the strong, outspoken fl matriarch in the 1970s television series "Good Times," died Tuesday.
		Rolle once said she was intent on shattering the image of a "Hollywood maid with the rolling of the eyes" who doted on her white charges but ignored her own children.
		Again striving to present good role models, Rolle left "Good Times" after three seasons because she felt the J.J. character, who began getting mixed up in shady schemes as the show evolved, was a poor example for fl youths.
	www.cnn.com /SHOWBIZ/TV/9811/18/rolle.obit (506 words)

	What A Character! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Born in Pompano Beach, Fl, Esther Rolle was the 10th of 18 children of a poor sharecropper.
		In spite of her humble beginnings, Rolle managed to attend Spelman College in Atlanta, and later followed her actress sister Estelle Evans to New York City.
		Rolle, best remembered for her portrayal of the strong mother on the hit television sitcom Good Times, was an out-spoken critic of Hollywood's fl stereotypes off-screen and an out-spoken character on-screen.
	www.what-a-character.com /cgi-bin/display.cgi?id=982796233 (107 words)

	Good Times
		Esther Rolle and John Amos were furious that the direction of their show had turned to what they believed was offensive comedy.
		Esther Rolle was already used to controversy by the time 'Good Times' aired.
		With ratings sliding, Esther Rolle returned to 'Good Times' in the fall of 1978, with a promise from the network that the JJ character would be toned down.
	www.tvparty.com /70good2.html (965 words)

	Barnes & Noble.com - A Raisin in the Sun -- Bill Duke - DVD
		Spearheading the move is matriarch Esther Rolle, who wants to open more opportunity doors for herself and her family.
		Rolle's son Danny Glover is bitter about the move; he'd hoped to use the inheritance to open his own business.
		Most of the play involves the heated battles between the idealistic Rolle and the hostile Glover, who feels that moving into an all-white suburb will hinder rather than help his future.
	video.barnesandnoble.com /search/product.asp?userid=2XR742UAY7&EAN=12233003321&FRM=0&itm=1 (215 words)

	Esther Rolle @ Filmbug
		Esther Rolle (November 8, 1920 - November 17, 1998) was an American actress, best known for her role as Florida Evans, the character she played on two successful 1970s sitcoms: Maude and its spinoff Good Times.
		The daughter of Bahamanian immigrants, Rolle was born in Pompano Beach, Florida and attended Spelman College.
		Rolle died in Los Angeles, California due to complications from diabetes.
	www.filmbug.com /db/62475 (151 words)

	VH1.com : Movies : Person : Esther Rolle : Biography
		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.
		Rolle welcomed the series as an opportunity to depict a poor but proud African-American family with a strong father figure (played by John Amos) at the center.
		In addition, Esther Rolle has been nominated honorary chairperson of the President's Committee on the Employment of the Handicapped, and has been honored with several Image Awards from the NAACP.
	www.vh1.com /movies/person/53987/bio.jhtml (382 words)

	Esther Rolle
		Esther Rolle, who played the maid in the hit 1970s sitcom Maude and the strong-willed mother who kept her ghetto family together in the spinoff series Good Times, died Tuesday, November 17th, 1998.
		Esther Rolle died of complications due to diabetes.
		Esther Rolle did many good works, there is no denying that.
	www.seafox.com /estherrolle.html (680 words)

	Down In The Delta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Esther Rolle is an alzhiemers patient and the father owns a chicken restaraunt.
		The little boy wants a gun and his mother is very upset, The chicken company told the workers to get plucked and threatens to close the plant down The mother Pawns Nathan (candleabra) and sends her daughter down to Mississippi for rheabilitation.
		Esther doesnt know which end is up and ends up in a hospital.
	www.angelfire.com /on/filmsandgames/delta.html (164 words)

	Rotten Tomatoes: The Vine: The Critic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In Maude, Bea Arthur's character had a maid named Florida Evans (Esther Rolle) the character was so popular she managed to bring us the lovable sitcom Good Times, one of the first shows to focus on African American families.
		Esther Rolle reprises her role as Florida in this show.
		After he left all we have is Esther Rolle and Jimmie Walker to look forward to.
	www.rottentomatoes.com /vine/journal_view.php?journalid=199186&entryid=228537&view=public (638 words)

	Good Times: First Season \| PopMatters Television Review
		When Florida Evans (Esther Rolle) leaves Maude's employ as housekeeper, and relocates to Chicago, the intelligent and quick-witted maid is transformed into a more subdued, maternal stay-at-home mom.
		John Amos and Esther Rolle apparently felt the same way and didn't exactly shed tears when they departed from the series.
		Rolle was even more outspoken about the producers' decision to focus on the buffoonish J.J., whose "Dyn-o-mite" was being emulated by the fl youth of America.
	www.popmatters.com /tv/reviews/g/good-times-1.shtml (1190 words)

	St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture: Esther Rolle
		At Rolle's insistence, hoping to present positive role models to fl Americans, the family was not fatherless.
		Rolle left the series in 1977 reportedly feeling the storylines involving Jimmie Walker, who played her oldest son, were reinforcing negative stereotypes.
		Rolle won three NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) Image awards throughout her career.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_g1epc/is_bio/ai_2419201041 (227 words)

	CBS News \| Actress Esther Rolle Dies \| December 13, 1999 05:18:48
		Rolle died sometime Tuesday night, says her publicist, Pat Tobin.
		An actress who fought fl stereotypes in Hollywood, Rolle ironically spent much of her career playing maids, on TV's Maude, the spin-off Good Times, and in the TV movie Summer of My German Soldier.
		But Rolle left the hit sitcom after three seasons because she felt the J.J. character, who sometimes got mixed up in shady schemes, was a poor example for fl youth.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/1998/11/18/entertainment/main22942.shtml (356 words)

	Movie Info for Good Times [TV Series] on MSN Movies
		Beginning Friday, February 8, 1974, viewers were invited on a weekly basis into the home of Florida and her family, a cramped two-bedroom apartment on the 17th floor of a federal housing project in Chicago's run-down West Loop.
		This turn of events was also the beginning of the end for Esther Rolle, who had signed on to the program because of its positive depiction of a ghetto family with a strong father figure.
		Assured that the character of J.J. had mellowed, Esther Rolle agreed to return to Good Times in the fall of 1978 -- minus her husband, Carl, whose absence was never explained.
	entertainment.msn.com /movies/movie.aspx?m=539873 (871 words)

	Search Results for esther - Encyclopædia Britannica
		American suffragist and public official whose major role in gaining voting rights for women in Wyoming was a milestone for the national woman suffrage movement.
		American actress whose portrayal of Florida Evans in the 1970s television series "Maude" and "Good Times" brought her national recognition; long a campaigner against racial stereotyping, she...
		American educator and author who popularized and shaped a conservative ideological movement to both elevate and entrench woman's place in the domestic sphere of American culture.
	www.britannica.com /search?query=esther&submit=Find&source=MWTAB (293 words)

	Movie Train Ride
		Rolle to risk her health to be in my film.
		Rolle literally rearranged her dialysis treatment to fly from LA to Philadelphia (we shot the film at Cheyney U.) so she could play the Dean of Students in my film.
		Rolle's lead and help deserving up-and coming talent who are trying to make films of worth, and not foolishness like "Soul Plane,", "The Cookout," "Juwanna Man," "Marci X,", "White Chicks," etc. Esther Rolle is the pinnacle of fl artistic integrity.
	www.evun.com /masters_of_the_universe_filmmake.htm (1441 words)

	Esther Rolle News
		News about Esther Rolle continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
		Protecting our borders: a plan for keeping America to ourselves According to a recent CBS News Poll, 75% of Americans believe the government is not doing enough to patrol the borders while 65% oppose having...
		Esther Rolle, John Amos, Jimmy Walker, BernNadette Stanis, Ralph Carter, Ja'Net DuBois.
	www.topix.net /who/esther-rolle (114 words)

	"Good Times" TV Mom Dead - Nov 18, 1998 - E! Online News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		"Esther Rolle was a great lady," producer Norman Lear said in a statement.
		Rolle won her Emmy (in an Outstanding Supporting Actress category) for the 1978 Kristy McNichol TV movie Summer of My German Soldier.
		One of 18 siblings, Rolle was born in Pompano Beach, Florida.
	www.eonline.com /News/Items/0,1,3925,00.html (325 words)

	Moviefone: Movie Celebrities - Esther Rolle: MAIN
		The ninth in a family of 18 children, Esther Rolle left her family's Florida home for New York once she came of age.
		LOS ANGELES (CNN) -- Esther Rolle, the bass-voiced, Emmy award-winning actress who gained television stardom as the strong, outspoken fl matriarch in the...
		Esther Rolle: An actress with a cause (Michigan Chronicle).
	movies.aol.com /celebrity/main.adp?sid=61226 (202 words)

	Amazon.com: A Raisin in the Sun: DVD: Danny Glover,John Fiedler,Lou Ferguson,Esther Rolle,Joseph C. Phillips,Helen ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Ester Rolle as Lena Younger doesn't have quite the command and authority of Claudia McNeil, but her performance is solid and convincing.
		The acting was superb, (particularly Glover and Rolle) and the three hours flew by quickly.
		Johnson, Joseph C. Phillips as George Murchison, Esther Rolle as Lena 'Mama' Younger, Kim Yancey as Beneatha 'Bennie' Younger...
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00018Y0U2?v=glance (1502 words)

	PompanoHistory.com - Pompano Beach Historical Society
		In addition to her previously mentioned Emmy nomination, Esther was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award in 1974.
		Esther Rolle is buried in Pompano Beach's Westview Cemetery.
		But, as time rolls on, there have come into the country people who tried to overcome these undesirable things, and to upbuild and help towards the betterment of the place.
	pompanohistory.com /phc/blog/2005_03_01_pompanohistory_archive.html (3594 words)

	Jet: Late Esther Rolle's Home In L.A. On Sale For $460,000 - Los Angeles, California; actress - Brief Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Los Angeles home of late actress Esther Rolle recently was put on the market for $460,000.
		The L.A. Times reported that Rolle, who died last November at 78, lived in the home in the Baldwin Hills section of L.A. since 1974.
		Rolle gained international attention when she starred in the hit 1970s sitcom "Good Times."
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1355/is_17_95/ai_54727774 (189 words)

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