Actor
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. Descripti ...

Known For
Acting
2000 -- Click Three Times | Dorothy
1999 -- Jackie's Back! | Miss Krumes (Jackie's Play Mama)
1998 -- Jane Austen's Mafia! | Louise Jefferson (uncredited)
1997 -- Sprung | Sista #1
1996 -- Original Gangstas | Gracie Bookman
1993 -- South Beach | Mama
1989 -- Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog | Joanna
1982 -- Night of 100 Stars | Self
1980 -- The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's | Self
1980 -- Desperate Moves | Dottie Butz
1979 -- Love at First Bite | Judge R. Thomas
1974 -- The Photographer | Mrs. Slade
1972 -- Up the Sandbox | Maria
1972 -- Lady Sings the Blues | The Madame
1972 -- Hickey & Boggs | Nyona's Mother
1972 -- The New Centurions | Wilma
1972 -- The Great Man's Whiskers | Ella
1972 -- Stand Up and Be Counted | Beverly
1970 -- The Red, White, and Black | Isabel Taylor
1969 -- The Comic | Woman
1969 -- Pendulum | Effie
1968 -- The Young Runaways | Sarah
1967 -- Guess Who's Coming to Dinner | Tillie
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