Home People Esther Rolle Esther Rolle movies Esther Rolle movies Esther Rolle Movies (22) Down in the Delta (1998) As Annie Sinclair. She was 78 years old Rosewood (1997) As Aunt Sarah. She was 76 years old My Fellow Americans (1996) As Rita. She was 76 years old How to Make an American Quilt (1995) As Aunt Pauline. She was 74 years old Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West (1995) As Clara Brown. She was 74 years old To Dance with the White Dog (1993) As Neelie. She was 73 years old Message from Nam (1993) As Queenie / Elizabeth McQueen. She was 72 years old House of Cards (1993) As Adelle. She was 72 years old Color Adjustment (1992) As Herself. She was 71 years old Cape Fear (1991) As Woman Watching Cady Get Out from Under the Car (uncredited). She was 71 years old Age-Old Friends (1989) As Mrs. Baker. She was 69 years old Driving Miss Daisy (1989) As Idella. She was 69 years old The Mighty Quinn (1989) As Ubu Pearl. She was 68 years old A Raisin in the Sun (1989) As Lena 'Mama' Younger. She was 68 years old Ethnic Notions (1986) As Narrator. She was 66 years old See China and Die (1981) As Momma Sykes. She was 61 years old I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979) As Momma. She was 58 years old Summer of My German Soldier (1978) As Ruth. She was 57 years old Cleopatra Jones (1973) As Mrs. Johnson. She was 52 years old Don't Play Us Cheap (1973) She was 52 years old Up the Down Staircase (1967) As Teacher. She was 46 years old Nothing But a Man (1964) As Church Woman. She was 43 years old