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Esther Rolle Acting Filmography (30)
Train Ride
2005·Dean of Students
Down in the Delta
1998·Annie Sinclair
Rosewood
1997·Aunt Sarah
My Fellow Americans
1996·Rita
How to Make an American Quilt
1995·Aunt Pauline
Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West
1995·Clara Brown
House of Cards
1993·Adelle
To Dance with the White Dog
1993·Neelie
Message from Nam
1993·Queenie / Elizabeth McQueen
Color Adjustment
1992·Self
Cape Fear
1991·Woman Watching Cady Get Out from Under the Car (uncredited)
The Kid Who Loved Christmas
1990·Esther Clayton
Driving Miss Daisy
1989·Idella
Age-Old Friends
1989·Mrs. Baker
The Mighty Quinn
1989·Ubu Pearl
A Raisin in the Sun
1989·Lena 'Mama' Younger
P.K. and the Kid
1987·Mim
Ethnic Notions
1986·Narrator
The Grand Baby
1983·Momma
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
1982·Nurse
See China and Die
1981·Momma Sykes
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
1979·Momma
Summer of My German Soldier
1978·Ruth
Cleopatra Jones
1973·Mrs. Johnson
Don't Play Us Cheap
1973·Miss Maybell
Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow!
1971·Maid
The Learning Tree
1969·uncredited
Up the Down Staircase
1967·Teacher
Nothing But a Man
1964·Church Woman
To Kill a Mockingbird
1962·uncredited role