The 1970s sitcom Good Times became well-known for not only being funny but also facing challenging issues of the day head on. From prejudice to drug abuse to poverty, the Norman Lear-produced show ...

The cast of Good Times was comprised of veteran actors Esther Rolle and John Amos, theater actor Ralph Carter (who was 12 years old at the time), and newer actors Bern Nadette Stanis and Jimmie Walker ...

Lighting the oven to broil some salmon for dinner, Esther Rolle winds up an interview with customary comic bluntness: “Well, now that you’ve dug out my innards . . . !” The Emmy Award-winning actress, ...

“Just looking out of the window, watching the asphalt grow, thinking how it all looks hand-me-down, good times, yeah yeah, good times.” — Lyrics from the theme song of television show Good Times The ...

How many Broadway shows has Esther Rolle been in? Esther Rolle has appeared on Broadway in 2 shows. How many West End shows has Esther Rolle been in? Esther Rolle has not appeared in the West End.

“Good Times,” which celebrates its 50th anniversary on Feb. 8, suffered from an identity crisis during its six-season run on CBS. So much so, the lead actors — Esther Rolle and John Amos — would leave ...

Pompano Beach Arts and the Rock Road Restoration Historical Group, Inc. will present a new annual exhibition honoring the life and legacy of Esther Rolle, a groundbreaking actress and activist. Born ...

Esther Rolle, who went from feisty maid in the hit sitcom “Maude” to strong-willed matriarch in the spinoff “Good Times,” has died at age 78. Rolle died overnight after a long illness, publicist Pat ...

The Emmy winner said, "I have never been given the chance I deserve in the mainstream industry. The never got beyond me as a maid." By Liana Diamond Esther Rolle with Kristy McNichol. Summer of my ...

Philadelphia filmmaker Rel J. Dowdell wants to set the record straight: Maya Angelou’s “Down in the Delta” was not the late actress Esther Rolle’s final screen performance, as has commonly been ...

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 ...