Actor

Rosanna Carter

September 29, 1918 · Rolle Town, Bahamas

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.

Notable work

7.3
Law & Order (1990)
as Old Woman and as Mrs. Hemmerick
7
The Cosby Show (1984)
as Rosanna
6
She-Devil (1989)
as Judge Brown

Often works with

Sam Waterston
2 titles together
Law & Order, American Playhouse
Phylicia Rashād
2 titles together
The Cosby Show, Hallelujah
Deon Richmond
2 titles together
The Cosby Show, Hallelujah
Clarice Taylor
2 titles together
The Cosby Show, Wedding Band
Bill Cobbs
2 titles together
The Brother from Another Planet, Carolina Skeletons
Barton Heyman
2 titles together
Night of the Juggler, American Playhouse

Full filmography · 12

Hallelujah
as Minnie
1993
Carolina Skeletons
as Mother Bragg
1991
She-Devil
as Judge Brown
19896
A Gathering of Old Men
as Beulah
1987
Tales of the Unknown South
as "Ashes"
1984
The Brother from Another Planet
as West Indian Woman
19846.7
See China and Die
as Maid (uncredited)
1981
Night of the Juggler
as Old Woman
19806.8
Wedding Band
cast
1974