SHORT TAKES : Rolle Recovering From Accident

Actress Esther Rolle is recovering at home in Los Angeles, sifting through script offers and thanking friends for their support one month after being seriously injured in an auto accident, a spokeswoman says.

“She’s doing so much better,” Michelle Marx said Wednesday after visiting the 69-year-old Miss Rolle.

The actress was a passenger in a car that rolled over on a highway Aug. 12, killing a 70-year-old Texas woman. Miss Rolle suffered cuts on her head and face, broken ribs and a bruised heart. She left the hospital Saturday.

“She’s sitting up, but her ribs are still very painful. You can’t laugh. No sneezing allowed,” Marx said. “It takes six weeks to six months with ribs. She seems to be a quick healer, though.”

Miss Rolle’s credits include the TV series “Good Times” and the movie “Driving Miss Daisy.”