Montrose Hagins

Montrose Hagins (June 12, 1917 – October 24, 2012)[citation needed] was an American television actress and former schoolteacher.

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.

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 retired from acting in 2005, and then spending the last years of her life living in an antique farmhouse in Pennsylvania.