Isabel Sanford
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 29, 1917, New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- July 9, 2004
- Movies
- 24
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 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 | Every Little Crook and Nanny | Unsuccessful Applicant |
| 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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