Isabel Sanford
Isabel Sanford
Isabel Sanfordwas 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 Familyand The Jeffersons. In 1981, she became the second black American actress to win a Primetime Emmy Award, and the first to win for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth29 August 1917
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
I was very comfortable having a steady job on a hit show, and who knew if 'The Jeffersons' would catch on?
I wasn't young, I wasn't pretty, and I was a black woman looking for success in a business where those attributes were certainly not in demand in the 1960s.
If there's anything in life you consider worthwhile achieving - go for it. I was told many times to forget show business - I had nothing going for me. But I pursued it, anyway. Voila!
I was the only child born to Josephine Perry that survived. Mama had six other children before me, and all had passed very quickly and very young, all succumbing to a combination of illness and disease and the lack of strength to fight off both.