Olivia Cole
Olivia Carlena Cole (November 26, 1942 – January 19, 2018) was an American actress, best known for her Emmy Award-winning role in the 1977 miniseries Roots.
Acted in
First Sunday
2008
as Momma T
Christy
1994
Brewster Place
1990
as Miss Sophie
The Women of Brewster Place
1989
as Miss Sophie
Big Shots
1987
as Mrs. Newton
L.A. Law
1986
as Judge Julie McFarlane
North and South
1985
as Maum Sally
Go Tell It on the Mountain
1985
as Elizabeth
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Melinda Coop
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Yvette Dauphin
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Callie Coleman
Something About Amelia
1984
as Ruth Walters
Report to Murphy
1982
Some Kind of Hero
1982
as Jesse
Mistress of Paradise
1981
as Victorine
Fly Away Home
1981
as Sarah Brookford
Children of Divorce
1980
as Betty Williams
The Sky Is Gray
1980
as Octavia
Backstairs at the White House
1979
as Maggie Rogers
Coming Home
1978
as Corrine
Heroes
1977
as Jane Adcox
Rafferty
1977
Szysznyk
1977
Roots
1977
as Mathilda
Police Woman
1974