Actor

Isabel Sanford

1967–present1917–2004DramaComedyCrimeThriller

Chronicler of the Human Condition

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Known For

24 acting credits

as Tillie

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

as Tillie

1967

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

Filmography

2000Click Three TimesDorothy9.0 1999Jackie's Back!Miss Krumes (Jackie's Play Mama)6.9 1998Jane Austen's Mafia!Louise Jefferson (uncredited)5.5 1997SprungSista #15.5 1996Original GangstasGracie Bookman5.7 1993South BeachMama

About

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.

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