esther rolle
Esther Rolle, dancer, singer, and TV & theater actress. She was perhaps best known for her portrayal of Florida Evans on Good Times, providing one of the most memorable scenes on Black televison, when she dropped a glass bowl on the floor and uttered: "Damn, damn, DAMN!" She also acted in Maude and the films Rosewood and The Learning Tree. She was a member and later director of Asadata Dafora's dance troupe, Shogolo Oloba (later renamed the Federal Theater African Dance Troupe). R.I.P.