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Estelle Evans is a Actor Bahaméenne born on 1 october 1906

Estelle Evans

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Birth name Estelle Rolle
Nationality Bahamas
Birth 1 october 1906
Death 20 july 1985 (at 78 years) at New York City (USA)

Estelle Rolle Evans, (October 1, 1906-July 20, 1985), was a Bahamian American actress during the 20th century. Some of her most famous appearances were in the movies The Quiet One, (1948), To Kill a Mockingbird, (1962), and The Learning Tree, (1969).

Evans was the sister of actresses Rosanna Carter and Esther Rolle.

Biography

Installée aux États-Unis, Estelle Evans y joue au théâtre notamment à Broadway et Off-Broadway (New York), entre 1947 et 1973.

Au cinéma, elle contribue à cinq films américains, le premier — semi-documentaire — étant The Quiet One de Sidney Meyers (1948). Son deuxième film est Du silence et des ombres de Robert Mulligan (1962, avec Gregory Peck et Brock Peters), suivi par Les Sentiers de la violence de Gordon Parks (1969, avec Kyle Johnson et Dana Elcar). Son dernier film est Un tueur dans la ville d'Armand Mastroianni (1982, avec Perry King et Kenneth McMillan).

À la télévision américaine, elle apparaît dans trois séries, en 1963 (Naked City, un épisode) puis en 1975 (deux séries, dont The Jeffersons, un épisode).

S'ajoutent deux téléfilms en 1981 et 1984.

Estelle Evans est la sœur des deux actrices Rosanna Carter (1908-2001) et Esther Rolle (1920-1998).

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Filmography of Estelle Evans (8 films)

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Actress

The Clairvoyant, 1h33
Directed by Maurice Elvey, Armand Mastroianni
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror, Crime
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Perry King, Fay Wray, Claude Rains, Elizabeth Kemp, Jane Baxter, Mary Clare
Roles Francine
Rating55% 2.7548952.7548952.7548952.7548952.754895
After the body of murdered woman is found, nude and handcuffed, floating down the Hudson River in New York, a string of murders occur by an unseen serial killer who kills men by handcuffing them before killing them. Mac, a TV talk-show host, and Larry, a police detective, team up to try to find the killer and seek help from Virna, a clairvayant young artist, who draws visions of the murders before they happen. As Mac and Larry try to establish a connection between the victims and the first female victim, who may have been sexually involved all of the male victims, Virna's further visions begin to point to her as the next victim as she unknowingly closes in on the killer's identity.
See China and Die, 1h40
Directed by Larry Cohen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Actors Esther Elizabeth Rolle, Kene Holliday, Frank Converse, Paul Dooley, Andrew Duggan, Laurence Luckinbill
Roles 1st Maid
Rating65% 3.2688953.2688953.2688953.2688953.268895
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.
A Piece of the Action, 2h15
Directed by Sidney Poitier
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Themes Buddy films, Heist films
Actors Bill Cosby, Sidney Poitier, James Earl Jones, Denise Nicholas, Hope Clarke, Tracy Reed
Roles Alberta Ballard
Rating63% 3.195573.195573.195573.195573.19557
Dave Anderson et Manny Durrell sont deux voleurs sournoises de grande classe qui n'a jamais été pris. Joshua Burke est un détective à la retraite qui a suffisamment de preuves sur la deux d'entre eux pour les mettre derrière les barreaux. Au lieu de cela, il propose de maintenir son silence si les escrocs vont aller tout droit et ne travailler à un centre de jeunesse pour les délinquants. Dans un premier temps, les escrocs sont réticents et ne voulant pas (et sont donc les enfants). Comme le temps passe, ils gagnent la confiance et l'admiration des enfants et ils commencent à apprécier le travail. Tout va bien jusqu'à ce que quelqu'un du passé leur dit qu'ils ont à faire un dernier hold-up .
The Learning Tree, 1h47
Directed by Gordon Parks
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Estelle Evans, Dana Elcar, Kevin Hagen, Malcolm Atterbury, Richard Ward, Russell Thorson
Roles Sarah
Rating71% 3.5931653.5931653.5931653.5931653.593165
Newt Winger (Kyle Johnson) is an African-American teenager living in rural Kansas in the late 1920s and early 1930s. He generally confronts the prejudices of the era with pride and an even temper, unlike his hot-headed friend Marcus Savage (Alex Clarke). As circumstances slowly pull Newt and Marcus further apart, Newt witnesses a murder – one committed by Marcus' father Booker (Richard Ward).
To Kill a Mockingbird, 2h9
Directed by Robert Mulligan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about families, Films about racism
Actors Gregory Peck, Mary Badham, John Megna, Phillip Alford, Robert Duvall, Alice Ghostley
Roles Calpurnia
Rating82% 4.14884.14884.14884.14884.1488
The film's young protagonists, Jean Louise "Scout" Finch (Mary Badham) and her brother Jeremy Atticus "Jem" Finch (Phillip Alford), live in the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama, during the 1930s. The story covers three years, during which Scout and Jem undergo changes in their lives. They begin as innocent children, who spend their days happily playing games with each other and spying on Arthur "Boo" Radley (Robert Duvall), who has not been seen for many years by anybody as a result of never leaving his house and about whom many rumors circulate. Their widowed father, Atticus (Gregory Peck), is a town lawyer and has a strong belief that all people are to be treated fairly, to turn the other cheek, and to stand for what you believe. He also allows his children to call him by his first name. Early in the film, the children see their father accept hickory nuts, and other produce, from Mr. Cunningham (Crahan Denton) for legal work because the client has no money. Through their father's work as a lawyer, Scout and Jem begin to learn of the racism and evil in their town, aggravated by poverty; they mature quickly as they are exposed to it.
The Quiet One, 1h5
Directed by Sidney Meyers
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Documentary
Themes Films about children, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Films about disabilities
Actors Gary Merrill, Estelle Evans, Sidney Meyers
Roles The mother
Rating64% 3.238423.238423.238423.238423.23842
Donald Peters, un petit noir, erre dans les quartiers noirs à la recherche de l'affection qui lui manque. Non désiré, incompris et en proie à des tourments intérieurs, il a tôt fait de verser dans la délinquance. Incarcéré dans l'école de réadaptation pour inadaptés sociaux de Wiltwyck School, il s'y reconstruira peu à peu.
Daddy-Long-Legs, 1h25
Directed by Marshall Neilan, Alfred E. Green
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Mary Pickford, Mahlon Hamilton, Wharton James, Marshall Neilan, Milla Davenport, Fred Huntley
Roles (uncredited)
Rating65% 3.2956853.2956853.2956853.2956853.295685
A police officer finds a baby in a trash can, and Mrs. Lippett, the cruel matron at an orphanage where children are made to work, names her "Jerusha Abbott" (she picks "Abbott" out of a phone book and gets "Jerusha" from a tombstone). The orphan, who comes to be called Judy, does what she can to stand up for the younger children, frequently clashing with both Mrs. Lippett and the cold hearted trustees. At one point she leads a rebellion against being served prunes with every meal and at another, steals a doll from a selfish rich girl to lend to a dying orphan.