Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

August 29, 1917

Died

July 9, 2004 (86 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

Isabell Sanford
Eloise Sanford
Eloise Gwendolyn Sanford

IMDb Profile

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.