Estelle Evans

Acting

Estelle Evans

Born October 1, 1906 · Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas

Died July 20, 1985 · aged 78

Estelle Rolle Evans was a Bahamian American stage and screen actress.

Known For

To Kill a MockingbirdTo Kill a Mockingbird · 1962
To Kill a Mockingbird
★ 8.01962
MovieDrama
Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their time with their friend Dill and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. When Atticus, their widowed father and a respected lawyer, defends a black man named Tom Robinson against fabricated rape charges, the trial and tangent events expose the children to evils of racism and stereotyping.
The ClairvoyantThe Clairvoyant · 1982
The Clairvoyant
★ 5.61982
MovieThrillerHorror
Two uneasy friends, a police officer and a TV talk show host, each pursue the mysterious "handcuff killer" with the aid of an artist who sees - and draws - the killer's crimes before they're committed.
A Piece of the ActionA Piece of the Action · 1977
A Piece of the Action
★ 5.81977
MovieComedyCrime
How does retired cop Joshua Burke (James Earl Jones) get two career criminals, Manny Durrell (Sidney Poitier) and Dave Anderson (Bill Cosby), to follow the straight and narrow? Con them into helping juvenile delinquents turn over a new leaf. But how? Burke has never been able to nail the duo, but he uses what he knows of their seedy past to blackmail them into volunteering.
The Learning TreeThe Learning Tree · 1969
The Learning Tree
★ 6.81969
MovieDrama
The story, set in Kansas during the 1920's, covers less than a year in the life of a black teenager, and documents the veritable deluge of events which force him into sudden manhood. The family relationships and enmities, the fears, frustrations and ambitions of the black teenager in small-town America are explored with a strong statement about human values.
See China and DieSee China and Die · 1981
See China and Die
★ 8.01981
MovieHorrorDrama
A maid who reads detective stories finds herself embroiled in a real-life mystery involving her dead boss and a mysterious statue he brought back from China.
Hollow ImageHollow Image · 1979
Hollow Image
★ 5.71979
MovieDramaTV Movie
A black New York career girl, who has made it big in the fashion world, is torn between her new life "downtown" and her roots in Harlem with an old boyfriend still living there.
The Quiet OneThe Quiet One · 1948
The Quiet One
★ 5.41948
MovieDramaDocumentary
A documentary account of the rehabilitation at the Wiltwyck School of an emotionally disturbed black boy who is unwanted, misunderstood, and inwardly tortured.
Daddy-Long-LegsDaddy-Long-Legs · 1919
Daddy-Long-Legs
★ 6.71919
MovieDramaComedy
Wealthy Jarvis Pendleton acts as benefactor for orphan Judy Abbott, anonymously sponsoring her in her boarding school. But as she grows up, he finds himself falling in love with her, and she with him, though she does not know that the man she has fallen for is her benefactor.

Filmography

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Harlem TheaterHarlem Theater · 1969
Harlem Theater
★ 7.01969
MovieDocumentary
HARLEM, USA: in the aftermath of Martin Luther King’s murder, German filmmaker Klaus Wildenhahn turned his 16mm camera on the New Lafayette Theatre as its players rehearsed scenes, ran public workshops and conducted exercises in uptown Manhattan. New Lafayette (or NLT) had been founded by actor-director Robert Macbeth the previous year, with the aim of producing theater for black people, by black people, to reflect the experiences and vernacular of the Harlem community. Within the Black Arts Movement, NLT would become a significant institution: it published the journal Black Theatre, and employed a host of talents – including the Black Panthers’ Minister of Culture, Ed Bullins, and the great pianist Junior Mance, both of whom appear in Wildenhahn’s film as resident collaborators.