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name: "Estelle Evans"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 October 1906"
died: "20 July 1985"
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# Estelle Evans

Actor. Born 1 October 1906 in Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas. Died 20 July 1985.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 October 1906, Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas
- **Died:** 20 July 1985

## Biography

Estelle Evans (née Rolle) was a Bahamian-American actress. Born on 1 October 1906 in the Bahamas, she moved to the United States with her family and later studied drama at Hunter College and the American Negro Theater in New York. She worked as a teacher before pursuing acting.

Evans appeared in films including *The Quiet One* (1948), *To Kill a Mockingbird* (1962) as Calpurnia, and *The Learning Tree* (1969), for which she received the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture. She also had roles in television series such as *The Jeffersons* (1975) and *Good Times* (1975), and was the sister of actresses Esther Rolle and Rosanna Carter. She died on 20 July 1985 in New York City.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *To Kill a Mockingbird* (1962), Fi1m 84, as Calpurnia — [page](https://film.one/film/to-kill-a-mockingbird.md)

## Also known for

- *The Jeffersons* (1975)
- *Good Times* (1974)

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