Rosalind Cash

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 Hestons characters 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 19941995 Cash was the second of four children Her siblings were John 19361998 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia