Rosalind Cash

• Born — 31 December 1938 • Birthplace — Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. • Died — 31 October 1995 • Place of death — Los Angeles, California, U.S. • Occupation — Actress • Education — City College of New York • Years Active — 1962–1995

Cash was the second of four children born in Atlantic City, New Jersey, to John O. Cash Sr., a clerk, and Martha Elizabeth Cash. Her siblings were John Jr., Robert, and Helen. Cash graduated with honors from Atlantic City High School in 1956. After high school, Cash attended City College of New York. Her career extended to theater, television, film, and recording.

Cash appeared in the 1962 revival of Fiorello! and was an original member of the Negro Ensemble Company, founded in 1968. In 1973, Cash played the role of Goneril in King Lear at the New York Shakespeare Festival alongside James Earl Jones's Lear. Cash appeared on the New York-area television show Callback!, which featured musical director Barry Manilow. The episode on which Cash was featured was filmed on March 31, 1969, at the Village Gate in New York City. The episode aired on Saturday, April 19, 1969 at 3:30 pm on CBS. Cash performed "God Bless the Child" on the show. No recordings of the performance are known to exist. Her other television credits include The Cosby Show, What's Happening!!, A Different World, Good Times, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Frank's Place, Kojak, Barney Miller, Benson, Roc, Police Woman, Family Ties, Head of the Class, The Golden Girls, and L.A. Law. Cash was nominated for an Emmy Award for her work on the Public Broadcasting Service production of Go Tell It on the Mountain. In 1996, she was posthumously nominated for an Emmy Award, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, for her role on General Hospital. Cash's films included Omega Man (1971), Klute (1971), The New Centurions (1972) with George C. Scott and Stacy Keach, Uptown Saturday Night (1974) with Bill Cosby and Sidney Poitier, and Wrong Is Right (1982). In 1995, she appeared in Tales from the Hood, her last film appearance. Cash supplied the voices of Sesame Street Muppet Roosevelt Franklin's mother and his sister, Mary Frances, on the 1970 record album The Year of Roosevelt Franklin, Gordon's Friend from Sesame Street alongside Matt Robinson's voices for Roosevelt and his brother, Baby Ray, and friend, A.B. Cito.

Cash never married nor had children. She died of cancer on October 31, 1995, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, aged 56.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1961 — The Hustler — Waitress — Uncredited • 1971 — Klute — Pat • 1971 — The Omega Man — Lisa • 1972 — The New Centurions (also known as Precinct 45: Los Angeles Police) — Lorrie • 1972 — Melinda — Terry Davis • 1972 — Hickey & Boggs — Nyona • 1973 — The All-American Boy — Poppy • 1974 — King Lear (TV series) — Goneril • 1974 — Uptown Saturday Night — Sarah Jackson • 1974 — Amazing Grace — Creola Waters • 1975 — Ceremonies in Dark Old Men — Adele — TV movie • 1975 — Cornbread, Earl and Me (also known as Hit the Open Man) — Sarah Robinson • 1976 — Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde (also released as Dr. Black and Mr. White; The Watts Monster) — Dr. Billie Worth • 1976 — The Monkey Hu$tle — Mama • 1974 — The Mary Tyler Moore Show (episode "A Girl Like Mary") — Enid Berringer — TV • 1976 — Good Times — Jessica Bishop — TV series • 1976–1977 — What's Happening!! — Loretta — TV series • 1977 — Starsky & Hutch (Episode: "The Crying Child") — Sgt. Sheila Peterson — TV • 1977 — A Killing Affair (also known as Behind the Badge) — Beverly York — TV movie • 1978 — The Class of Miss MacMichael — Una Ferrar • 1978 — Death Drug — Doctor • 1978 — Barney Miller (episode "Dog Days") — Carol Slade — TV • 1979 — Flashpoint — – — TV movie • 1980 — Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (also known as The Mad Messiah) — Jenny Hammond — TV movie • 1981 — Benson (Episode: "Rainbow's End") — Elizabeth — TV • 1981 — The Sophisticated Gents — Christine Jackson — TV series • 1981 — Keeping On — TV movie • 1982 — Wrong Is Right (also known as The Man with the Deadly Lens) — Mrs. Ford • 1982 — Sister, Sister — Freida Lovejoy-Burton — TV movie • 1983 — Special Bulletin — Frieda Barton — TV movie • 1983 — This Is the Life — Herself — TV series • 1983 — Just an Overnight Guest — TV short • 1984 — The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension — John Emdall • 1985 — Go Tell It on the Mountain — Florence — TV movie • 1986 — Knight Rider (episode "Voo Doo Knight") — Harana — TV • 1986 — The Cosby Show (Episode: "Denise Gets a D") — Dr. Hughes — TV • 1987 — Mighty Pawns — Mrs. Robinson — TV movie • 1987 — From a Whisper to a Scream — Snake Woman • 1987 — Highway to Heaven (episode "A Song of Songs") — Ellie Livingston — TV • 1988 — The Golden Girls (episode "Mixed Blessings") — Lorraine — TV • 1988 — Death Spa (also known as Witch Bitch) — Sgt. Stone • 1989 — Forced March • 1989 — Family Ties (two-part episode "All in the Neighborhood") — Maya Thompson — TV • 1989 — A Different World (episodes "To Have and Have Not" and "Under One Roof") — Dean Hughes — TV • 1992 — You Must Remember This (also known as Wonderworks: You Must Remember This) — Janet Mickens — TV movie • 1992 — The Second Coming — Short • 1993 — The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air — Mrs. Bassin — TV series • 1994–1995 — General Hospital — Mary Mae Ward — TV series • 1995 — A Dangerous Affair — Dr. Robertson — TV movie • 1995 — Tales from the Hood — Dr. Cushing • 1996 — Circle of Pain — Final film role; TV movie, released posthumously