Florida Evans (born 1929) was the supporting character on the sitcom Maude and the lead character in its spin-off, Good Times. She was the hard-working mother of the Evans family. She first appeared as Maude and Walter's housekeeper on Maude (1972–1974), but later she quit to be a housewife, which she was when Good Times began (1974–1977, 1978–1979). Florida Evans was portrayed by Emmy Award-winning actress Esther Rolle.
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Florida Evans (born 1929) was the supporting character on the sitcom Maude and the lead character in its spin-off, Good Times. She was the hard-working mother of the Evans family. She first appeared as Maude and Walter's housekeeper on Maude (1972–1974), but later she quit to be a housewife, which she was when Good Times began (1974–1977, 1978–1979). Florida Evans was portrayed by Emmy Award-winning actress Esther Rolle.
Florida was born in Tuskegee, Alabama on August 4, 1929. Originally, her character had worked for Maude and Walter Findlay, who lived in Tuckahoe, New York, while appearing on Maude. Maude was somewhat her foil, but Florida got along wonderfully with Walter and especially Carol, whom she called "honey". At first her background was that she was from Harlem, and married to Henry Evans, and would commute from Harlem to Tuckahoe to work at Maude's house.
However, Florida's background was rewritten when Good Times began, with the character now having spent most of her life...
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