Isabel Sanford
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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.
Known for
Credits
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
as Tillie
Love at First Bite (1979)
as Judge R. Thomas
Jane Austen's Mafia! (1998)
as Louise Jefferson (uncredited)
The New Centurions (1972)
as Wilma
Night of 100 Stars (1982)
as Self
Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
as The Madame
Hickey & Boggs (1972)
as Nyona's Mother
The Comic (1969)
as Woman
Original Gangstas (1996)
as Gracie Bookman
Sprung (1997)
as Sista #1
Up the Sandbox (1972)
as Maria
Jackie's Back! (1999)
as Miss Krumes (Jackie's Play Mama)
Pendulum (1969)
as Effie
Click Three Times (2000)
as Dorothy
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's (1980)
as Self
South Beach (1993)
as Mama
Stand Up and Be Counted (1972)
as Beverly
The Great Man's Whiskers (1972)
as Ella
The Young Runaways (1968)
as Sarah
Every Little Crook and Nanny (1972)
as Unsuccessful Applicant
Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog (1989)
as Joanna
The Photographer (1974)
as Mrs. Slade
The Red, White, and Black (1970)
as Isabel Taylor
Desperate Moves (1980)
as Dottie Butz