Connie Sawyer
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Connie Sawyer (born Rosie Cohen, November 27, 1912, in Pueblo, Colorado; died January 21, 2018, in Woodland Hills, California) was an American stage, film, and television actress of Romanian-Jewish descent, affectionately nicknamed "The Clown Princess of Comedy." She grew up in Oakland, California, began performing in vaudeville as a child, and appeared on variety television in the late 1940s and 1950s. Her first film role came at age 46 as Miss Wexler in Frank Capra's A Hole in the Head (1959, with Frank Sinatra and Edward G. Robinson), a part she had originated on Broadway. Over her nine-decade career she accumulated more than 140 credits and was still working past the age of 100, appearing on NCIS: Los Angeles (2013) and opposite Zooey Deschanel in New Girl (2014). Her most notable film credits include Mrs. McBee in The Way West (1967), a Woman at the Hanging in True Grit (1969, with John Wayne), a role in Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969), Mrs. Levi in The Man in the Glass Booth (1975, with Max von Sydow), a heavenly customer in Oh, God! (1977, with Goldie Hawn), Gitel in And Justice for All (1979, with Al Pacino), a Documentary Couple in When Harry Met Sally... (1989, with Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan), the woman who steals Jim Carrey's wallet in Dumb and Dumber (1994), a role in Out of Sight (1998, with George Clooney and Steve Martin), Faye Belogus in Pineapple Express (2008, with Seth Rogen and James Franco), and Nana Bebe in Lovesick (2014, with Matt LeBlanc). On television she appeared in Seinfeld (1989), Will & Grace, ER (2006), The Office (2005), How I Met Your Mother (2007), 2 Broke Girls (2012), and Ray Donovan (2013, as James Woods's mother), with earlier credits in The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970, 1975), Hawaii Five-O, Dynasty (1981), Murder, She Wrote (1986, 1991), Home Improvement (1991), and Archie Bunker's Place (1979).
Known for
Credits
Dumb and Dumber (1994)
as Elderly Lady
Due Date (2010)
as Elderly Airport Passenger (uncredited)
When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
as Documentary Couple
Something's Gotta Give (2003)
as Lady in Market
Pineapple Express (2008)
as Faye Belogus
True Grit (1969)
as Talkative Woman at Hanging (uncredited)
Out of Sight (1998)
as Old Elevator Lady
...And Justice for All (1979)
as Gitel
Scorpion Spring (1996)
as Diner Waitress
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969)
as Waitress (uncredited)
View from the Top (2003)
as Grandma Stewart
Troupers (2011)
Actor
The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
as Ruskin Family Member
The Way West (1967)
as Mrs. McBee
Hot Chili (1985)
as Mrs. Houston
Relative Strangers (2006)
as Old Lady
Far from Home (1989)
as Viney Hunt
Oh, God! (1977)
as Mrs. Green
A Hole in the Head (1959)
as Miss Wexler
Evil Roy Slade (1972)
as Aggie Potter
The Man in the Glass Booth (1975)
as Mrs. Levi
Lovesick (2014)
as Bebe
Little Ladies of the Night (1977)
as Female Guard (uncredited)
It Came from Outer Space II (1995)
as Mrs. Otis
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story (1992)
as Elderly Woman
The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them (1992)
as Waitress from Hell
The President's Mistress (1978)
as Cleaning Lady
Fast Break (1979)
as Mom
The Rosebud Beach Hotel (1984)
as Carlotta
A Bell for Adano (1967)
as Laura Sofina
That's Adequate (1989)
as Mrs. Duke Thorpe
Roseanne and Tom: Behind the Scenes (1994)
as Motel Clerk
The Bait (1973)
as Bus Passenger
Blue Desert (1991)
as Elderly Lady 1
Do You Remember Love (1985)
as Joan
The Last of the Secret Agents? (1966)
as Florence (uncredited)
The End of Innocence (1990)
as Grandma
Nights in White Satin (1987)
as Martha the Bag Lady
Ada (1961)
as Alice Sweet
Majority Rule (1992)
as Mary
For Pete's Sake (1966)
Actor
The Strangers in 7A (1972)
as Mrs. Layton
Five Desperate Women (1971)
as Mrs. Brown
Sunset over Mulholland Drive (2019)
as Self
Abandoned and Deceived (1995)
as Rose
Promised Land (2004)
as Hazel
Showfolk (2014)
as Herself