Add this page to:

Facebook Twitter Digg MySpace Newsvine Reddit Google Yahoo Delicious Stumbleupon

Known for:	Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Love at First Bite, Lady Sings the Blues
Birth name:	Eloise Gwendolyn Sanford
Birthday:	29 August 1917, New York, New York, USA

Her son, Sanford K. Sanford, and her daughter, Pamela, appeared on her "Intimate Portrait" on Lifetime. Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She was joined at the ceremony by about 300 fans, family members and friends, including "All in the Family" and "Jeffersons" creator Norman Lear and Marla Gibbs, who played the Jeffersons' maid Florence. Played the same character, Louise 'Weezy' Mills Jefferson, on five different TV series: Jane Austen's Mafia! (1998), "The Jeffersons, (1975), "All in the Family" (1971) "Roseanne (1988) and "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, (1990). First African-American actress to win the Emmy award for "Best Actress in a Comedy" for her work on "The Jeffersons." She was the first African American Woman to win an Emmy Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series in 1981. Discovered for "All in the Family" by Norman Lear who remembered her from a stage production of "The Amen Corner." Joined the American Negro Theatre in Harlem following her graduation from high school. Also was a member of the theatre company The Star Players down the road. Had a daughter and two sons by her marriage to William "Sonny" Richmond, a housepainter. She gave up her career to raise her family but moved to Los Angeles in 1960 with her children after the marriage fell apart to renew her acting career. Once performed comedy as a teen at the Apollo Theatre's amateur night. The youngest of seven children and the only one to survive infancy. Was over twenty years older than her The Jeffersons co-star Sherman Hemsley who played her husband on the series.

Site: tvguide.com ? Site type: multicelebrity site:

Description: Isabel Sanford Episodes, TV Listings, News, Photos and More » tvguide.com: Isabel Sanford

Site: Imdb.com ? Site type: multicelebrity site:

Description: Celebrity Main Details » imdb.com: Isabel Sanford