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 ...

The cast of Good Times was comprised of veteran actors Esther Rolle and John Amos, theater actor Ralph Carter (who was 12 years old at the time), and newer actors Bern Nadette Stanis and Jimmie Walker ...

“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 ...

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, ...

The 25 best CBS TV shows of all time range from classic sitcoms to dramas, procedurals, and thrillers, and they all defined ...

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.

Good Times, the TV show that ran on CBS from 1974 to 1979, has been widely and rightfully lauded for being the first show on U.S. television to depict a Black nuclear family. But like many such ...

Esther Rolle, who went from feisty maid in the hit sitcom “Maude” to strong-willed matriarch in the spinoff “Good Times,” has died at age 78. Rolle died overnight after a long illness, publicist Pat ...

Esther Rolle was ”cooling out.” She had been difficult to contact. She had taken a quick trip to Las Vegas and then moved on to visit with friends in San Diego-friends who have no connection with show ...

Esther Rolle, 78, who played the maid in the hit 1970s sitcom “Maude” and the strong-willed mother who kept her ghetto family together in the spinoff series “Good Times,” died Tuesday at a hospital in ...

Actress Esther Rolle, who played the mother in the 1970s television series Good Times, was in serious but stable condition following a single-car accident that killed a Texas woman Sunday. Rolle, 69, ...

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 ...