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 black actress to win a Primetime Emmy Award, and the first and, to date, the only black actress to win for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.
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Eloise Gwendolyn Sanford 29 August 1917 Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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Died |
9 July 2004 (aged 86) Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Zodiac | Virgo |
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