Acting

Rosanna Carter

Born September 29, 1918 · Rolle Town, Bahamas

Died December 30, 2016 · aged 98

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 …

Known For

She-Devil

She-Devil · 1989

A cunning and resourceful housewife vows revenge on her husband when he begins an affair with a wealthy romance novelist.

The Brother from Another Planet

The Brother from Another Planet · 1984

The Brother from Another Planet

MovieComedyScience Fiction

A mute alien with the appearance of a black human is chased by outer-space bounty hunters through the streets of Harlem.

Night of the Juggler

Night of the Juggler · 1980

Night of the Juggler

MovieActionCrime

When a twisted psychotic kidnaps a young girl, mistaking her for the daughter of a wealthy developer, her father, a hardened ex-cop, doggedly hunts them through New York's seamy streets.

Carolina Skeletons

Carolina Skeletons · 1991

Carolina Skeletons

MovieThrillerTV Movie

After a long time in the army, an Afro-American soldier returns to his hometown, where, years ago, his brother was executed for the rape and murder of two white girls. The commando believes his brother to have been innocent and seeks a proof for that, but there are some people in the town who will stop at nothing to hide the secrets of their past...

A Gathering of Old Men

A Gathering of Old Men · 1987

A Gathering of Old Men

MovieDramaTV Movie

A group of elderly Black men on a Louisiana plantation gather to claim responsibility for the murder of a violent white farmer to protect the young Black man who actually killed him.

See China and Die

See China and Die · 1981

See China and Die

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.

Tales of the Unknown South

Tales of the Unknown South · 1984

Tales of the Unknown South

MovieDramaDocumentary

Trilogy of films about race and culture in the Deep South from the end of World War I to the civil rights protests of the 1960's. All three stories deal with fear and isolation, and the role of faith in the lives of those who venture alone into what is unknown around them.

Wedding Band

Wedding Band · 1974

MovieDramaTV Movie

A drama which examines the enduring nature of love between a white man and a black woman in 1918 South Carolina.

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She-Devil

She-Devil · 1989

A cunning and resourceful housewife vows revenge on her husband when he begins an affair with a wealthy romance novelist.

Judge Brown

The Brother from Another Planet

The Brother from Another Planet · 1984

The Brother from Another Planet

MovieComedyScience Fiction

A mute alien with the appearance of a black human is chased by outer-space bounty hunters through the streets of Harlem.

West Indian Woman

Night of the Juggler

Night of the Juggler · 1980

Night of the Juggler

MovieActionCrime

When a twisted psychotic kidnaps a young girl, mistaking her for the daughter of a wealthy developer, her father, a hardened ex-cop, doggedly hunts them through New York's seamy streets.

Old Woman

Carolina Skeletons

Carolina Skeletons · 1991

Carolina Skeletons

MovieThrillerTV Movie

After a long time in the army, an Afro-American soldier returns to his hometown, where, years ago, his brother was executed for the rape and murder of two white girls. The commando believes his brother to have been innocent and seeks a proof for that, but there are some people in the town who will stop at nothing to hide the secrets of their past...

Mother Bragg

A Gathering of Old Men

A Gathering of Old Men · 1987

A Gathering of Old Men

MovieDramaTV Movie

A group of elderly Black men on a Louisiana plantation gather to claim responsibility for the murder of a violent white farmer to protect the young Black man who actually killed him.

Beulah

See China and Die

See China and Die · 1981

See China and Die

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.

Maid (uncredited)

Tales of the Unknown South

Tales of the Unknown South · 1984

Tales of the Unknown South

MovieDramaDocumentary

Trilogy of films about race and culture in the Deep South from the end of World War I to the civil rights protests of the 1960's. All three stories deal with fear and isolation, and the role of faith in the lives of those who venture alone into what is unknown around them.

"Ashes"

Wedding Band

Wedding Band · 1974

MovieDramaTV Movie

A drama which examines the enduring nature of love between a white man and a black woman in 1918 South Carolina.

Law & Order

Law & Order · 1990

SeriesCrimeDrama

In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.

Old Woman

The Cosby Show

The Cosby Show · 1984

SeriesComedyFamily

The Cosby Show is an American television situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, which aired for eight seasons on NBC from September 20, 1984 until April 30, 1992. The show focuses on the Huxtable family, an upper middle-class African-American family living in Brooklyn, New York.

Rosanna

American Playhouse

American Playhouse · 1982

American Playhouse

SeriesDramaComedy

American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.

Mrs. Gorney