Isabel Sanford

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1917-08-29 (87 years old)

Deathday

2004-07-09

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Isabel Sanford

Biography

Isabel Sanford (born Eloise Gwendolyn Sanford; August 29, 1917 – July 9, 2004) was an American stage, film, and television actress and comedian best known for her role as Louise "Weezy" Mills Jefferson on the CBS sitcoms All in the Family (1971–1975) and The Jeffersons (1975–1985). In 1981, she became the second African-American actress to win a Primetime Emmy Award after Gail Fisher, and so far, the only African-American actress to win for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. Description above from the Wikipedia article Isabel Sanford, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

1972

1974

The Photographer

as Mrs. Slade

1979

Love at First Bite

as Judge R. Thomas

2000

1972

Hickey & Boggs

as Nyona's Mother

1993

1970

1968

1972

1996

Original Gangstas

as Gracie Bookman

1980

Desperate Moves

as Dottie Butz

1972

1969

Pendulum

as Effie

1997

Sprung

as Sista #1

1969

The Comic

as Woman

1998

Jane Austen's Mafia!

as Louise Jefferson (uncredited)

1999

Jackie's Back!

as Miss Krumes (Jackie's Play Mama)

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