Rosetta LeNoire

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Rosetta LeNoire (born Rosetta Olive Burton on August 8, 1911, New York City - died on March 17, 2002, Englewood, New Jersey) was an American stage, screen, and television actress and Broadway producer and casting agent.

As a young girl, LeNoire suffered from rickets, which her godfather Bill "Bojangles" Robinson helped her overcome by teaching her to dance. LeNoire made her acting debut in a 1939 production of The Hot Mikado, starring Robinson (wherein she played a Japanese!). She also appeared onstage, mostly as a singer and dancer, in Bassa Moona, Marching with Jimmy, Janie, Decision, Three's a Family, Destry Rides Again, The Bible Salesman and Double Entry.

LeNoire is best known to modern audiences for her work in television. She had regular roles on the series Gimme a Break! and Amen, and is best known for her role as Estelle Winslow on Family Matters.

In her later years, LeNoire suffered from diabetes and died from complications of the disease on March 17, 2002, at the age of 90, while staying at the Actors' Fund Nursing and Retirement Home in Englewood, New Jersey.