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Esther Rolle

Highest Rated:
86% Nothing But a Man (1964)
Lowest Rated:
48% My Fellow Americans (1996)
Birthday:
Nov 8, 1920
Birthplace:
Not Available
Bio:
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…

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Filmography

Range of Movie T-meters: 48% - 86%
Number of Movies: 22
Box Office Since 2001: --
Year Rating Title Credit Box Office
2000 Train Ride
  • Actor
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1998 78% Down in the Delta
  • Annie
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1997 85% Rosewood
  • Sarah Carrier
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1996 48% My Fellow Americans
  • Rita
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1996 Images & Realities: African American Women
  • Actor
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1995 55% How to Make an American Quilt
  • Aunt Pauline
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1995 Nobody's Girls
  • Actor
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1994 Scarlett
  • Actor
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1994 To Dance with the White Dog
  • Neelie
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1992 63% House of Cards
  • Adelle
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1990 Kid Who Loved Christmas
  • Actor
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1989 79% Driving Miss Daisy
  • Idella
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1989 A Raisin in the Sun
  • Lena Younger
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1989 82% The Mighty Quinn
  • Ubu Pearl
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1987 P.K. and the Kid
  • Mim
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1986 Ethnic Notions
  • Actor
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1982 Romeo & Juliet
  • Actor
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1979 I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
  • Momma
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1978 Summer of My German Soldier
  • Actor
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1973 Don't Play Us Cheap
  • Miss Maybell
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1971 Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow! (Barney)
  • Actor
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1964 86% Nothing But a Man
  • Church Woman
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Quotes from Esther Rolle's Characters

    1. Idella: I'm goin', Miss Daisy.
    2. Miss Daisy Werthan: All right. See you tomorrow.
    3. Hoke Colburn: I'm goin' too, Miss Daisy.
    4. Miss Daisy Werthan: Good!
    From Driving Miss Daisy. Submitted by Alyssa B (5 months ago)
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