Isabel Sanford
Birthday
1917/08/29
Day of death
2004/07/09 (86 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also know as
Isabell Sanford, Eloise Sanford, Eloise Gwendolyn 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...Read more
Acting
(1967) Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
as Tillie
(1972) Lady Sings the Blues
as The Madame
(1974) The Photographer
as Mrs. Slade
(1980) The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
as Self
(1979) Love at First Bite
as Judge R. Thomas
(2000) Click Three Times
as Dorothy
(1972) Hickey & Boggs
as Nyona's Mother
(1993) South Beach
as Mama
(1970) The Red, White, and Black
as Isabel Taylor
(1968) The Young Runaways
as Sarah
(1972) The New Centurions
as Wilma
(1996) Original Gangstas
as Gracie Bookman
(1980) Desperate Moves
as Dottie Butz
(1972) Stand Up and Be Counted
as Beverly
(1989) Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog
as Joanna
(1972) Up the Sandbox
as Maria
(1969) Pendulum
as Effie
(1997) Sprung
as Sista #1
(1969) The Comic
as Woman
(1972) The Great Man's Whiskers
as Ella
(1998) Jane Austen's Mafia!
as Louise Jefferson (uncredited)
(1982) Night of 100 Stars
as Self
(1999) Jackie's Back!
as Miss Krumes (Jackie's Play Mama)
(1995) In the House
as ---
(1992) The Ben Stiller Show
as ---
(1989) The Simpsons
as Isabel Sanford (voice)
(1977) The Love Boat
as Tanya
(1990) The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
as Louise Jefferson
(1971) All in the Family
as Louise Jefferson
(1975) The Jeffersons
as Louise Jefferson
(1995) Cybill
as ---
(1976) Donny & Marie
as Self
(1968) The Mod Squad
as ---
(1999) The Parkers
as ---
(1973) Kojak
as Grace
(1993) Living Single
as ---
(1964) Bewitched
as ---
(1993) Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
as Margaret Duffy
(1997) Pepper Ann
as ---
(1984) Crazy like a Fox
as Car Rental Receptionist
(1978) Vega$
as ---
(1972) Temperatures Rising
as ---
(1964) Daniel Boone
as Maybelle
(1987) The Great American Quiz Show
as ---
(1974) Tony Orlando and Dawn
as Self
(1973) The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
as Self
(1993) Intimate Portrait
as Self
(1983) This Is Your Life
as Self
(1983) Reading Rainbow
as Herself - Narrator (voice)
(1997) Pepper Ann
as Bernice (voice)
(1997) Teen Angel
as Laurie
(1996) The Steve Harvey Show
as Mother Hightower
(1971) All in the Family
as Mrs. Jefferson
(1990) Dream On
as Judge Isabel Kohner
(1969) Love, American Style
as Mrs. Jones
(1970) The Mary Tyler Moore Show
as Mrs. Wilson
(1992) Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
as Judge