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{{Infobox person
| image = Rosalind_Cash1970.png
| image_size = 253px
| caption = Cash in 1971.
| birth_date = {{birth date|1938|12|31}}
| birth_place = [[Atlantic City, New Jersey]], U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1995|10|31|1938|12|31}}
| death_place = [[Los Angeles, California]], U.S.
| death_cause = [[Cancer]]
|nationality = [[United States|American]]
| occupation = [[Actress]], [[Singer]]
| education = [[Atlantic City High School]]<br>[[City College of New York]]
| yearsactive = 1971–1995
}}
'''Rosalind Cash''' (December 31, 1938{{spaced ndash}}October 31, 1995) was an [[United States|American]] singer and actress. Her best known film role is as [[Charlton Heston]]'s character's love interest Lisa, in the 1971 science fiction film, ''[[The Omega Man]]''. To [[soap opera]] audiences, she is best remembered as [[Mary Mae Ward]] on ''[[General Hospital]]'' from 1994 to 1995.
 
==Early life and education==
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]].<ref name=NYTObit>Gussow, Mel. [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE0D71639F930A35752C1A963958260 "Rosalind Cash, 56, at Home on Stage and Screen"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', November 3, 1995. Accessed December 3, 2007.</ref> Her older brother, Col. John A. Cash, enjoyed a long illustrious career with the [[United States Army]], serving in the Defense Intelligence Agency.{{Citation needed|date=April 2008}} He died in 1998 and is buried in [[Arlington National Cemetery]].<ref>[http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/jacash.htm John Anthony Cash, Sr.] at the Arlington National Cemetery website</ref> Cash graduated with honours from [[Atlantic City High School]] in 1956. She attended [[City College of New York]]. Her career extended to theater, television, film and recording.
==Career==
 
==Career==
 
===Theater===
Cash appeared in the 1962 revival of ''[[Fiorello!]]'' and was an original member of the [[Negro Ensemble Company]], founded in 1968. In 1973, she played the role of [[Goneril]] in ''[[King Lear]]'' at the [[New York Shakespeare Festival]] alongside [[James Earl Jones]]'s Lear.
 
===Television===
Cash appeared on the New York area television show ''[[Callback!]]'' which featured musical director [[Barry Manilow]]. The episode Cash was featured on was filmed on Monday evening March 31, 1969 at the Village Gate in New York City. The episode aired on Saturday, April 19, 1969 at 3:30 p. m. on CBS. Cash performed "God Bless The Child" on the show, but sadly no recordings have yet to turn up. Her other television credits include ''[[The Cosby Show]]'', ''[[What's Happening!!]]'', ''[[A Different World]]'', ''[[Good Times]]'', ''[[The Mary Tyler Moore Show]]'', ''[[Kojak]]'', ''[[Barney Miller]]'', ''[[Benson (TV series)|Benson]]'', ''[[Police Woman (TV series)|Police Woman]]'', ''[[Family Ties]]'', ''[[Head of the Class]]'', and many others. Cash was nominated for an [[Emmy Award]] for her work on the [[Public Broadcasting Service]] production of ''Go Tell it on the Mountain''. She had an amusing cameo on ''[[The Golden Girls]]'', playing Dorothy's future daughter-in-law. In 1996, she was posthumously nominated for an [[Daytime Emmy Award|Emmy Award]], [[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series]], for her role on ''General Hospital''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Emmy nominations for daytime announced| date= April 6, 1996|work=[[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]]|agency= Associated Press}}</ref> Also, she was Nonnie Sweet in the episode of ''[[L.A. Law]]'' titled "Auld L'Anxiety."
 
===Film===
Cash's films included ''[[Klute]]'' (1971), ''[[The New Centurions]]'' (1972) with [[George C. Scott]], ''[[Uptown Saturday Night]]'' (1974) with [[Sidney Poitier]], and ''[[Wrong Is Right]]'' (1982). In 1995, she appeared in ''[[Tales from the Hood]]'', her last film appearance.
 
===Recording===
Cash supplied the voices of ''[[Sesame Street]]'' [[Muppet]] [[Roosevelt Franklin]]'s mother and sister, Mary Frances, on the 1970 record album ''The Year of Roosevelt Franklin, Gordon's Friend from Sesame Street'' alongside [[Matt Robinson (actor)|Matt Robinson]]'s voiceovers for Roosevelt and his brother, Baby Ray, and friend, A.B. Cito.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIjBNJgloqo Roosevelt Franklin - Keep On Trying - YouTube]</ref>
 
==Death==
Cash died of [[cancer]] on October 31, 1995 at [[Cedars-Sinai Medical Center]] in Los Angeles.<ref name="NYTObit" />
 
==Filmography==
* ''Circle of Pain'' (1996) (TV)
* ''[[Tales from the Hood]]'' (1995) .... Dr. Cushing
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* ''[[The Omega Man]]'' (1971) .... Lisa
* ''[[Klute]]'' (1971) .... Pat
 
==References==
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==External links==
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