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Isabel Sanford

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Isabel Sanford

Aug 29, 1917 – Jul 9, 200459 titles 24 movies · 35 TV
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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.

Also known as

Isabell Sanford · Eloise Sanford · Eloise Gwendolyn Sanford

Born

Aug 29, 1917 – Jul 9, 2004

New York City, New York, USA

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

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Career timeline

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1964 2 title(s)

1967 1 title(s)

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1969 3 title(s)

1970 2 title(s)

1971 1 title(s)

1972 8 title(s)

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1984 1 title(s)

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2000 1 title(s)