Jamaican filmmaker, photographer and actress, Esther Anderson was born on August 4, 1946, in Highgate, St Mary, Jamaica. She had roles in a number of early 1960s British television shows, including Dixon of Dock Green and The Avengers. She played roles in movies such as Henry Levin’s Genghis Khan for Columbia Pictures, Robert Freeman’s The Touchables for Twentieth Century Fox, Ted Kotcheff’s Two Gentlemen Sharing, Jerry Lewis’s One More Time for United Artists, and Sidney Poitier’s A Warm December for First Artists. In this film, her role of an African princess won her a NAACP Image Award for Best Actress in 1973. Her film-making credits includes the recent the film “Bob Marley: The Making of a Legend” .
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A true role model and pioneer in the field of acting, filmmaking and activism. ESTER ANDERSON. JAMAICANS are proud of you and we honor your commitment and the stance you’ve taken in your life to make the world a better place for all of us. In the true spirit of BOB MARLEY.