Rosanna Carter
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Rosanna Carter was an American television, stage and film actress, of Bahamian extraction, and the sister of Esther Rolle and Estelle Evans. [1] She was born in Florida. During the Harlem Renaissance, she acted at New Lafayette Theater as one of the Lafayette Players [2]. She acted in The Brother from Another Planet, a well-reviewed 1984 film described as a science fiction fairy tale with a slavery plot.
[edit] Awards
Carter received an AUDELCO award in 1977 for her work as a supporting actress in the play, Unfinished Women [3]. She was nominated for an Emmy Award as Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series in I'll Fly Away in 1993, [4] losing to Elaine Stritch who performed in Law & Order [5].
[edit] References
- ^ IMDB Biography for Esther Rolle
- ^ A Sourcebook on African-American Performance: Plays, People, Movements, Annemarie Bean, 1999
- ^ Public Theater Awards 1956-2006
- ^ IMDB Awards for Rosanna Carter
- ^ IMDB Emmy Awards: 1993
