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Esther Rolle was already used to controversy by the time 'Good Times' aired.

When 'Maude' debuted in 1972, there was an uproar when executive producer Norman Lear cast a black woman in the role of the maid - it was time to bury these stereotypes, not create a new generation of them, critics complained. But Lear was looking for a character that could provide a credible counterpoint to Bea Arthur's 'loveable' liberal, someone of color that could comment on timely racial conflicts.

When Rolle signed to do 'Good Times', Lear didn't dare cast another black woman as Maude's maid, so the part went to acclaimed British actress Hermoine Baddeley.

Esther Rolle won an Emmy for her role in the TV movie "The Summer Of My German Soldier" in 1978, and won acclaim in 1979 for her dramatic turn in the television adaptation of Maya Angelou's classic "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings".

She passed away in 1999, leaving her career memorabilia (including an Emmy and her 'Good Times' scripts) to the African-American Research Library in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida