Isabel Sanford

Isabel Sanford

Birthday: 1917-08-29

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA

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.

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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

A couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter brings home a fiancé who is black....

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Lady Sings the Blues
Lady Sings the Blues

Chronicles the rise and fall of legendary blues singer Billie Holiday, beginning with her traumatic ...

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The Photographer
The Photographer

A murder story with a comedic twist. A famous photographer uses his models for more than taking pict...

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The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's

A look back at the people, events, music, and trends of the 1970s....

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Love at First Bite
Love at First Bite

Dracula and Renfield relocate to '70s era New York in search of Cindy Sondheim, the reincarnation of...

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Click Three Times
Click Three Times

A mentally challenged young woman (Kelly Boczek) discovers a bag lady (Isabel Sanford) hiding in her...

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Hickey & Boggs
Hickey & Boggs

Two veteran private eyes trigger a criminal reign of terror with their search for a missing girl. | ...

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South Beach
South Beach

Former NFL star Mack Derringer now works as a private detective. Someone is out to get Derringer a...

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The Red, White, and Black
The Red, White, and Black

Told by a U.S. Army colonel and his wife, this vintage Western set in post-Civil War Texas chronicle...

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The Young Runaways
The Young Runaways

Three unhappy teenagers run away from home, only to discover living on their own isn't as idyllic as...

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The New Centurions
The New Centurions

An idealistic rookie cop joins the LAPD to make ends meet while finishing law school, and is indoctr...

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Original Gangstas
Original Gangstas

The Rebels rule the streets of Gary, Indiana. They shoot storekeeper Marvin Bookman for giving the p...

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Desperate Moves
Desperate Moves

A naive young man from rural Oregon travels to San Francisco to pursue his big city dreams....

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Stand Up and Be Counted
Stand Up and Be Counted

Sheila is a newspaper reporter who returns to her home town in order to write an article about the p...

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Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog
Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog

A socially isolated and extremely shy Los Angeles painter finds his dream girl in the form of a stru...

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Up the Sandbox
Up the Sandbox

Bored with day-to-day life in New York City and neglected by her husband, a young wife and mother sl...

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Pendulum
Pendulum

On the evening of his decoration for bringing a murderer to justice, Washington DC Police Captain Fr...

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Sprung
Sprung

Two pairs of best friends - Montel & Clyde and Brandy & Adina meet at the party, where Clyde...

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The Comic
The Comic

An account of the rise and fall of a silent film comic, Billy Bright. The movie begins with his fune...

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The Great Man's Whiskers
The Great Man's Whiskers

A young girl writes to President Abraham Lincoln to advise him to grow a beard....

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Jane Austen's Mafia!
Jane Austen's Mafia!

After growing up poor in Salmonella, Vincenzo Cortino installs himself as the preeminent, if bumblin...

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Night of 100 Stars
Night of 100 Stars

The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place ...

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Jackie's Back!
Jackie's Back!

A British documentarian profiles washed-up diva Jackie Washington as she prepares for her comeback c...

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Every Little Crook and Nanny
Every Little Crook and Nanny

An Englishwoman turns nanny and kidnaps the son of an Italian gangster who took over her dancing sch...

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