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 * Esther Rolle

By: Gordyn Gaston


 * Date of birth: November 8 1920 Birth place:, Florida


 * Date of death: November 17 1988
 * Type of work: Broadway actress, and Film Actress

Great accomplishments:


 * She was an actor, and a Broadway star

5 Important facts


 * Her first major part was in 1962 in a off-broadway production of Jean Genets the Blacks


 * Esther Rolle had quit Good Times in 1978 - 1979, but when she came back good Times had been canceled


 * Esther recieved the NAACP chairmen Civil Rights award in 1990 she was the first women to recieve this award


 * She was born the 10th child out of 18


 * She attended Booker T Washington High School, Blanche Ely High, Spelman College, Hunter College, and Yale University