Isabel Sanford
Born August 29, 1917 · New York City, New York, USA
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.
Notable Appearances
Movies
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Jane Austen's Mafia!
Night of 100 Stars
Stand Up and Be Counted
Lady Sings the Blues
Original Gangstas
Love at First Bite
Hickey & Boggs
The New Centurions
Up the Sandbox
Jackie's Back!
Sprung
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog
Every Little Crook and Nanny
The Great Man's Whiskers
The Comic
The Young Runaways
Pendulum
Click Three Times
South Beach
Desperate Moves
The Red, White, and Black
The Photographer
TV Shows
Love, American Style
Bewitched
Daniel Boone
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Pepper Ann
Intimate Portrait
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
All in the Family
Kojak
Reading Rainbow
The Steve Harvey Show
Cybill
The Jeffersons
Living Single
Dream On
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
The Parkers
Vega$
Crazy like a Fox
The Mod Squad
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Donny & Marie
Temperatures Rising
