Montrose Hagins (June 12, 1917 – October 24, 2012)[citation needed] was an American television actress and former schoolteacher. Hagins either starred or had been a guest on many popular television shows such as: Seinfeld, Roc, 227, The Golden Girls, Sister, Sister, The Hughleys, The Jamie Foxx Show, What's Happening Now, The Sinbad Show, Touched by an Angel, and The Famous Jett Jackson. She also became the replacement for Rosetta LeNoire as Leola Henderson-Forbes in the final season on Amen. Her television credits also include more guest spots on shows such as: E/R, Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, Hunter, Malcolm & Eddie, and Moesha. She also had a recurring role in Homefront, a series set in post-World War II Ohio.

Montrose Hagins
Born
Annie Montrose Hagins

(1917-06-12)June 12, 1917
DiedOctober 24, 2012(2012-10-24) (aged 95)
Resting placeGreen Hills Memorial Park
Occupation(s)Television actress, educator
Years active1986–2003

Hagins, who was one of five siblings, was the daughter of an Episcopal minister. Prior to becoming an actress, Hagins, who was a longtime friend of fellow veteran African-American character actresses Rosetta LeNoire (of ABC-TV's Family Matters) and Esther Rolle (better known to TV sitcom viewers as Florida Evans of CBS-TV's Good Times TV series fame), was a 4th grade teacher at Williams Elementary School and a member of St. Augustine's Episcopal Church in Gary, Indiana. She also was a board member for St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital. She also was a staunch liberal Democrat and African American Rights Activist.

She retired from acting in 2005, and then spending the last years of her life living in an antique farmhouse in Pennsylvania. Hagins reportedly owned four homes which consisted of a summer and fall house in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, as well as two homes in Rancho Palos Verdes, California and a home in her hometown of Charlotte, North Carolina. She is buried at Green Hills Memorial Park in Rancho Palos Verdes, California.

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1986 Critters Organist
1988 Critters 2: The Main Course Farm Woman
1988 Coming to America Grandma Jenks
1989 Say Anything... Bess
1992 Ruby Cairo Fergus Groupie
1995 Return to Two Moon Junction Ruth
1996 Shiloh Mrs. McCallister
1997 The Relic Chanting Woman
2003 Bringing Down the House Charlene's Neighbor (final film role)
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