Rosalind Cash
Acting • Born 1938-12-31 – Died 1995-10-31
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
59 credits
Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
Movie • 1975
Adele
A Killing Affair
Movie • 1977
Beverly York
The Omega Man
Movie • 1971
Lisa
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
Movie • 1984
John Emdall
Wrong Is Right
Movie • 1982
Mrs. Ford
Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde
Movie • 1979
Dr. Billie Worth
Death Spa
Movie • 1988
Sgt. Stone
Keeping On
Movie • 1983
Anne Traylor
Cornbread, Earl and Me
Movie • 1975
Sarah Robinson
From a Whisper to a Scream
Movie • 1987
Snakewoman
Special Bulletin
Movie • 1983
Frieda Barton
Amazing Grace
Movie • 1974
Creola Waters
The Monkey Hustle
Movie • 1976
Mama
Hickey & Boggs
Movie • 1972
Nyona
The Class Of Miss MacMichael
Movie • 1979
Una Ferrar
Melinda
Movie • 1972
Terry Davis
The New Centurions
Movie • 1972
Lorrie
A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion
Movie • 1982
Petronia
The Joy That Kills
Movie • 1985
Maggie
Just an Overnight Guest
Movie • 1983
Tales from the Hood
Movie • 1995
Dr. Cushing (segment "Hard Core Convert")
Death Drug
Movie • 1978
Doctor
The Mighty Pawns
Movie • 1987
Mrs. Robinson
A Dangerous Affair
Movie • 1995
Dr. Robertson
Sister, Sister
Movie • 1982
Freida Lovejoy Burton
The All-American Boy
Movie • 1973
Poppy
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Movie • 1984
Aunt Florence
Uptown Saturday Night
Movie • 1974
Sarah Jackson
King Lear
Movie • 1974
Goneril
Black Hollywood
Movie • 1984
Self
Klute
Movie • 1971
Pat
You Must Remember This
Movie • 1992
Janet Mickens
L.A. Law
TV • 1986
Nonnie Sweet
A Different World
TV • 1987
Dean Hughes
Family Ties
TV • 1982
Maya Thompson
Hardcastle and McCormick
TV • 1983
Good Times
TV • 1974
thirtysomething
TV • 1987
Trapper John, M.D.
TV • 1979
Starsky & Hutch
TV • 1975
The Golden Girls
TV • 1985
Lorraine
What's Happening!!
TV • 1976
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
TV • 1990
Mrs. Bassin
The Cosby Show
TV • 1984
Dr. Hughes
Knight Rider
TV • 1982
Harana
Hill Street Blues
TV • 1981
Knots Landing
TV • 1979
Witness
Kojak
TV • 1973
Mrs. Moore
Cagney & Lacey
TV • 1982
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
TV • 1993
Judge Angela Diggs
Harry O
TV • 1974
Police Woman
TV • 1974
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
TV • 1980
Jenny Hammond
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
TV • 1970
Enid Berringer
Roc
TV • 1991
Margaret
The Sophisticated Gents
TV • 1981
Christine Jackson
Barney Miller
TV • 1975
Carolyn Slade
Great Performances
TV • 1971
Goneril
Falcon Crest
TV • 1981
Judge Nora Milbourn