Rosanna Carter

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Rosanna Carter was an American television, stage and film actress, of Bahamian extraction, and the sister of Esther Rolle and Estelle Evans. She was born in Florida. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rosanna Carter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Acting

1981

See China and Die

as

Maid (uncredited)

1991

Carolina Skeletons

as

Mother Bragg

1984

The Brother from Another Planet

as

West Indian Woman

1985

In the Cards

as

Mrs. McNeill

1974

Wedding Band

as

1984

Tales of the Unknown South

as

"Ashes"

1989

She-Devil

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Judge Brown

1980

Night of the Juggler

as

Old Woman

1987

A Gathering of Old Men

as

Beulah

1993

Hallelujah

as

Minnie

Law & Order

as

Old Woman

Law & Order

as

Mrs. Hemmerick

The Cosby Show

as

Rosanna

Production

Crew

Directing