Howard Rollins
Howard Rollins
Balitmore-born Howard Rollins studied theater in his time at Towson (when it was Towson State College). He appeared in a numver of shows including Christopher Columbus, Dance of Death, and the Twelfth Night. He dropped out of TSC in 1970 to star in the PBS soap opera Our Street. He made his film debut in Ragtime, for whihc he received a nomination for Best Supporting Actor at the 1982 Oscars. In 1996, he unfortunately passed away at the young age of 46.
He is mentioned as one of the students remembered by Whitney J. LeBlanc in an interview with Allyn Lawrence for the Unearthing Towson’s History Project.
Balitmore-born Howard Rollins studied theater in his time at Towson (when it was Towson State College). He appeared in a numver of shows including Christopher Columbus, Dance of Death, and the Twelfth Night. He dropped out of TSC in 1970 to star in the PBS soap opera Our Street. He made his film debut in Ragtime, for whihc he received a nomination for Best Supporting Actor at the 1982 Oscars. In 1996, he unfortunately passed away at the young age of 46.
He is mentioned as one of the students remembered by Whitney J. LeBlanc in an interview with Allyn Lawrence for the Unearthing Towson’s History Project.
This wiki entry was created in collaboration with Ryan Taylor, a summer 2023 intern in Towson University’s Special Collections and University Archives department, and student at Notre Dame Preparatory high school in Towson, Maryland. If you have feedback on the content, please contact us through email (scua@towson.edu).
This wiki entry was created in collaboration with Ryan Taylor, a summer 2023 intern in Towson University’s Special Collections and University Archives department, and student at Notre Dame Preparatory high school in Towson, Maryland. If you have feedback on the content, please contact us through email (scua@towson.edu).