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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 ...
Sherman Alexander Hemsley (February 1, 1938 – July 24, 2012) was an American actor. He was known for his roles as George Jefferson on the CBS television series All in the Family (1973–1975; 1978) and The Jeffersons (1975–1985), Deacon Ernest Frye on the NBC series Amen (1986–1991), and B. P. Richfield on the ABC series Dinosaurs.
Front: Sally Struthers, Rob Reiner (1973) Cast of The Jeffersons, clockwise from top: Mike Evans, Sherman Hemsley, and Isabel Sanford (1975) Michael Jonas Evans (November 3, 1949 – December 14, 2006) was an American actor and TV writer, best known as Lionel Jefferson on both All in the Family and The Jeffersons.
Played by: Isabel Sanford. The fact that Louise has to put up with George’s antics is challenging enough, but she still proves to be a wise and confident mother who puts her family first.
Cast of The Jeffersons, clockwise from top: Mike Evans, Sherman Hemsley, and Isabel Sanford (1975). During the January 11, 1975 episode of All in the Family, titled "The Jeffersons Move Up", Edith Bunker gave a tearful good-bye to her neighbor Louise Jefferson as her husband George, their son Lionel, and she moved from a working-class section of Queens, New York, into the luxurious Colby East ...
Quinta Brunson took home an Emmy on Monday for best actress in a comedy series, becoming the first Black actress to win the category since 1981 when “The Jeffersons” star Isabel Sanford won.
Louise Jefferson is a character, portrayed by Emmy Award -winning actress Isabel Sanford, who appeared first in a supporting role on the television series All in the Family [1] and was one of the main characters in its spinoff series, The Jeffersons. [2] The role lasted from 1971 to 1985, from her debut on All in the Family through the final ...
Before Brunson, Isabel Sanford was the first and only Black woman to win the lead comedy actress award. She took home the golden statue in 1981 for her role as Louise Jefferson in CBS' "The ...