Isabel Sanford

Birthday: 8/29/1917
Deathday: 7/9/2004
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Fame for: Acting
Also known 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Isabel Sanford, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.