Rosalind Cash
Born: 1938-12-31 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
Died: 1995-10-31
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Rosalind Cash (December 31, 1938 – October 31, 1995) was an American singer and actress, whose best known film role was as Charlton Heston's character's love interest Lisa, in the 1971 science fiction cult classic, The Omega Man. To soap audiences, she is probably best remembered as Mary Mae Ward on General Hospital from 1994–1995. Cash was the second of four children. Her siblings were John (1936–1998), Robert, and Helen. All were born and raised in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Her older brother, Col. John A. Cash, enjoyed a long illustrious career with the United States Army. He died in 1998 and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Rosalind Cash graduated with honours from Atlantic City High School in 1956. She attended City College of New York and was an original member of the Negro Ensemble Company founded in 1968. Her career extended to stage, screen, and television. Her films included Klute (1971), The New Centurions (1972) with George C. Scott, Uptown Saturday Night (1974) with Sydney Poitier, and Wrong Is Right (1982). In 1995, she appeared in Tales from the Hood which marks her last film appearance during her lifetime. Cash was nominated for an Emmy Award for her work on the Public Broadcasting Service production of Go Tell it on the Mountain and in 1973 appeared as Goneril with James Earl Jones' Lear at the New York Shakespeare Festival. She died of cancer on October 31, 1995, at the age of 56. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rosalind Cash, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
1995
- Tales from the Hood as Dr. Cushing (segment "Hard Core Convert")
- A Dangerous Affair as Dr. Robertson
1993
- Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman as Judge Angela Diggs
1992
- You Must Remember This as Janet Mickens
1991
- Roc as Margaret
1990
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air as Mrs. Bassin
1988
- Death Spa as Sgt. Stone
1987
- A Different World as Dean Hughes
- thirtysomething
- From a Whisper to a Scream as Snakewoman
- The Mighty Pawns as Mrs. Robinson
1986
- L.A. Law as Nonnie Sweet
1985
- The Golden Girls as Lorraine
- The Joy That Kills as Maggie
1984
- The Cosby Show as Dr. Hughes
- The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension as John Emdall
- Go Tell It on the Mountain as Aunt Florence
- Black Hollywood as Self
1983
- Hardcastle and McCormick
- Special Bulletin as Frieda Barton
- Keeping On as Anne Traylor
- Just an Overnight Guest
1982
- Knight Rider as Harana
- Family Ties as Maya Thompson
- Cagney & Lacey
- Wrong Is Right as Mrs. Ford
- A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion as Petronia
- Sister, Sister as Freida Lovejoy Burton
1981
- Falcon Crest as Judge Nora Milbourn
- Hill Street Blues
- The Sophisticated Gents as Christine Jackson
1980
- Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones as Jenny Hammond
1979
- Knots Landing as Witness
- Trapper John, M.D.
- Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde as Dr. Billie Worth
1978
- Death Drug as Doctor
- The Class Of Miss MacMichael as Una Ferrar
1977
- A Killing Affair as Beverly York
1976
- What's Happening!! as Loretta
- The Monkey Hustle as Mama
1975
- Barney Miller as Carolyn Slade
- Starsky & Hutch
- Cornbread, Earl and Me as Sarah Robinson
- Ceremonies in Dark Old Men as Adele
1974
- Police Woman
- Good Times
- Harry O
- Uptown Saturday Night as Sarah Jackson
- Amazing Grace as Creola Waters
- King Lear as Goneril
1973
- Kojak as Mrs. Moore
- The All-American Boy as Poppy
1972
- The New Centurions as Lorrie
- Hickey & Boggs as Nyona
- Melinda as Terry Davis
1971
- Great Performances as Goneril
- Klute as Pat (uncredited)
- The Omega Man as Lisa
1970
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Enid Berringer