Esther RolleEsther 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 Bahamian immigrants, Rolle was born in Pompano Beach, Florida and attended Spelman College. After Good Times, she starred in a number of made-for-television movies and feature films, including Driving Miss Daisy, A Raisin in the Sun, and My Fellow Americans. Rolle died in Los Angeles, California due to complications from diabetes. This page about Esther Rolle includes information from a Wikipedia article. Additional articles about Esther Rolle News stories about Esther Rolle External links for Esther Rolle Videos for Esther Rolle Wikis about Esther Rolle Discussion Groups about Esther Rolle Blogs about Esther Rolle Images of Esther Rolle |
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Rolle died in Los Angeles, California due to
complications from diabetes. Her ancestry is traced in William Addams Reitwiesner's monograph, The Lesbian Ancestors of Prince Rainier of Monaco, Dr. Her great-grandmother, Elsie Moore, was the sister of Glenn Close's grandfather. Through her grandmother, Brooke Shields is a descendant of Henri IV, King of France, the Emperor Charles V, Lucrezia Borgia, and Honore I, Prince of Monaco. Her paternal grandparents are Francis Xavier Shields, (a tennis aristocrat), and Italian princess Donna Marina Torlonia di Civitella-Cessi, who is sister of Don Alessandro Torlonia, 5th Prince di Civitella-Cessi, the husband of the Spanish Infanta Beatrix of Bourbon-Battenberg (aunt of King Juan Carlos I of Spain). Her parents are the late Francis Alexander Shields who married Brooke´s mother, Maria Theresia Schmonin, in 1964. She won the People's Choice Award in the category of Favorite Young Performer in four consecutive years from 1981 to 1984 and more than a decade later she won again in the category of Favorite Female Performer in a New Television Series in 1997. Since 2001 she has been married to Christopher Thomas Henchy: they are parents of one daughter born in 2003. She was married from 1997 to 1999 to professional tennis player, Andre Agassi. Shields played in a number of television productions, the most successful being the series Suddenly Susan. After two decades of movies, her best-known films are still arguably The Blue Lagoon (1980) (more nude scenes, but Shields later testified before a Congressional inquiry that older body doubles were used in some of them), and Endless Love (1981), both made near the beginning of her career. Since she was only 12 when the film was released, and possibly 11 when it was filmed it raised questions of child pornography. Shields' career started among much ballyhoo over her appearance in Pretty Baby in which she had numerous nude scenes. She attended Princeton University. Christa Brooke Camille Shields (born May 31, 1965) is an American actress, born in New York City, New York, USA. Holy Terror) (1976). Alice, Sweet Alice) (a.k.a. Communion (a.k.a. Pretty Baby (1978). Tilt (1978). King of the Gypsies (1978). Just You and Me, Kid (1979). Wanda Nevada (1979). The Blue Lagoon (1980). Endless Love (1981). Sahara (1983). The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984). Speed Zone! (a.k.a. Cannonball Fever) (1989). Brenda Starr (1989). Backstreet Strays) (1990). Backstreet Dreams (a.k.a. Born Wild) (1992). Running Wild (a.k.a. Hideous Mutant Freekz) (1993). Freaked (a.k.a. The Seventh Floor (1994). Freeway (1996). The Misadventures of Margaret (1998). The Weekend (1999). Black and White (1999). The Bachelor (1999). After Sex (2000). Rent-a-Husband (2003). |