Rosanna Carter

Rosanna Carter

Rosanna Carter was an American television, stage and film actress, of Bahamian extraction, and the sister of Esther Rolle and Estelle Evans. [ [http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0738354/bio IMDB Biography for Esther Rolle] ] She was born in Florida. During the Harlem Renaissance, she acted at New Lafayette Theater as one of the Lafayette Players [A Sourcebook on African-American Performance: Plays, People, Movements, Annemarie Bean, 1999] . She acted in The Brother from Another Planet, a well-reviewed 1984 film described as a science fiction fairy tale with a slavery plot.

Awards

Carter received an AUDELCO award in 1977 for her work as a supporting actress in the play, Unfinished Women [ [http://www.publictheater.org/about/Awards1956-2006.pdf Public Theater Awards 1956-2006] ] . She was nominated for an Emmy Award as Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series in I'll Fly Away in 1993, [ [http://us.vdc.imdb.com/name/nm0141915/awards IMDB Awards for Rosanna Carter] ] losing to Elaine Stritch who performed in Law & Order [ [http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Emmy_Awards/1993 IMDB Emmy Awards: 1993] ] .

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