Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
60
Gender
Female
Birthday
1917-08-29
Day of Death
2004-07-09 (87 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
Isabell Sanford
Eloise Sanford
Eloise Gwendolyn Sanford
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Isabel Sanford, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
