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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.
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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.
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Tales from the Hood
as Dr. Cushing (segment "Hard Core Convert")
A Dangerous Affair
as Dr. Robertson
You Must Remember This
as Janet Mickens
Death Spa
as Sgt. Stone
From a Whisper to a Scream
as Snakewoman
The Mighty Pawns
as Mrs. Robinson
The Joy That Kills
as Maggie
Black Hollywood
as Self
Go Tell It on the Mountain
as Aunt Florence
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
as John Emdall
Just an Overnight Guest
Special Bulletin
as Frieda Barton
Keeping On
as Anne Traylor
Sister, Sister
as Freida Lovejoy Burton
Wrong Is Right
as Mrs. Ford
A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion
as Petronia
Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde
as Dr. Billie Worth
The Class Of Miss MacMichael
as Una Ferrar
Death Drug
as Doctor
A Killing Affair
as Beverly York
The Monkey Hustle
as Mama
Cornbread, Earl and Me
as Sarah Robinson
Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
as Adele
Amazing Grace
as Creola Waters
Uptown Saturday Night
as Sarah Jackson
King Lear
as Goneril
The All-American Boy
as Poppy
Hickey & Boggs
as Nyona
Melinda
as Terry Davis
The New Centurions
as Lorrie
The Omega Man
as Lisa
Klute
as Pat (uncredited)