Rosanna Carter Obit

 Actress Rosanna Carter Has Died

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Rosanna Rolle Carter was an American television, stage and film actress, of Bahamian heritage, and the sister of Esther Rolle and Estelle Evans.

During the Harlem Renaissance, she acted at New Lafayette Theater as one of the Lafayette Players. She acted in The Brother from Another Planet, a well-reviewed 1984 film described as a science fiction fairy tale with a slavery plot. Carter starred in many movies.

Carter also guest starred on many television shows.

In 1985, she guest starred as Mistress McNeill on television"s Tales from the Darkside.

In 1992, she guest starred as Rosanna on television"s The Cosby Show. Also, she guest starred on the television show I"ll Fly Away in 1993.

Her last guest star appearance was on television"s Law & Order in 1997 as Mistress

Hemmerick in the season eight première. She appeared on Law & Order twice before. First in 1990 as Mistress

Jackson and a small extra role in 1994 as an old woman.

Achievements

Carter received an Audience Development Committee award in 1977 for her work as a supporting actress in the play, Unfinished Women. She was nominated for an Emmy Award as Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series in I"ll Fly Away in 1993, losing to Elaine Stritch who performed in Law & Order.

Actress

Tony Goldwyn, Camryn Manheim, Hugh Dancy, Reid Scott, Mehcad Brooks, and Odelya Halevi in Law & Order (1990)

Law & Order

7.8

TV Series

Mrs. Hemmerick

Old Woman

Mrs. Jackson

1990–1997

3 episodes

 

American Playhouse (1980)

American Playhouse

7.3

TV Series

Minnie

Mrs. Gorney

1981–1993

2 episodes

 

Sam Waterston, John Aaron Bennett, Ashlee Levitch, Jeremy London, and Regina Taylor in I'll Fly Away (1991)

I'll Fly Away

8.6

TV Series

Eulalia Jefferson

1993

1 episode

 

Aibobo

Short

1992

 

Lisa Bonet, Bill Cosby, Tempestt Bledsoe, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Phylicia Rashad, and Malcolm-Jamal Warner in The Cosby Show (1984)

The Cosby Show

7.4

TV Series

Rosanna

1992

1 episode

 

Carolina Skeletons (1991)

Carolina Skeletons

6.2

TV Movie

Mother Bragg

1991

 

Another World (1964)

Another World

7.0

TV Series

Pearl

1990

1 episode

 

Meryl Streep and Roseanne Barr in She-Devil (1989)

She-Devil

5.7

Judge Brown

1989

 

A Gathering of Old Men (1987)

A Gathering of Old Men

6.5

TV Movie

Beulah

1987

 

Tales from the Darkside (1983)

Tales from the Darkside

7.4

TV Series

Mrs. McNeill

1985

1 episode

 

Tales of the Unknown South (1984)

Tales of the Unknown South

TV Movie

(segment "Ashes")

1984

 

Joe Morton in The Brother from Another Planet (1984)

The Brother from Another Planet

6.7

West Indian Woman

1984

 

See China and Die (1981)

See China and Die

6.7

TV Movie

Maid (uncredited)

1981

 

Gettin' to Know Me

8.6

TV Series

Momma Violet

1980

1 episode

 

Night of the Juggler (1980)

Night of the Juggler

6.5

Old Woman

1980

 

John Amos, Ralph Carter, Ja'net DuBois, Esther Rolle, BernNadette Stanis, and Jimmie 'JJ' Walker in Good Times (1974)

Good Times

7.4

TV Series

Cora

1974

1 episode

 

Wedding Band (1974)

Wedding Band

9.1

TV Movie

1974