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 ...

Airing from 1974 to 1979, the Norman Lear-helmed comedy Good Times saw the Evans family boldly tackle weighty subjects including child abuse, poverty, and unemployment. Starring John Amos as family ...

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, ...

“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 ...

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.

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 ...

“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 ...

Actress Esther Rolle, who played the gruff but kindly matriarch on television’s Good Times, has been inducted into the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame. The actress appeared in the hit movie Driving Miss ...

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 ...

As proved by the new, uncut three-hour production that kicks off the 8th season of ”American Playhouse” (8 p.m., Wednesday, WTTW-Ch. 11), Lorraine Hansberry`s seminal, semi-autobiographical ”A Raisin ...

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 ...