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Isabel Sanford

1917 - 2004

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Eloise Gwendolyn "Isabel" 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 the first African-American actress to win for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Isabel Sanford is the 5,854th most popular actor (up from 7,390th in 2019), the 9,084th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,901st in 2019) and the 2,693rd most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Isabel Sanford ranks 5,854 out of 13,578. Before her are Kenneth More, Lori Loughlin, Carl Ebert, Jang Hye-jin, Michael Rosenbaum, and Rokurō Naya. After her are Jenna Ortega, Giuliana Calandra, Bill Camp, Juliano Mer-Khamis, Hilarie Burton, and Rosy Varte.

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Among people born in 1917, Isabel Sanford ranks 295. Before her are Alice Pearce, Tony Cliff, Lassi Parkkinen, Pavel Solovyov, Pyotr Demichev, and Barbara Burke. After her are Francis Parker Yockey, Barbro Kollberg, June Foray, Gwendolyn Brooks, Reidar Liaklev, and Jo Stafford. Among people deceased in 2004, Isabel Sanford ranks 270. Before her are Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy, Germano de Figueiredo, Ugo Ferrante, Jiří Weiss, David Reimer, and Zurab Sakandelidze. After her are Sylvi Saimo, Victor Argo, Yasutomi Nishizuka, Alexey Korneyev, Robert Pastorelli, and Custódio Pinto.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Isabel Sanford ranks 9,086 out of 20,380. Before her are Dan Coats (1943), Dexter Jackson (1969), Michael Rosenbaum (1972), Elmo Zumwalt (1920), Charlie Byrd (1925), and Samuel P. Bush (1863). After her are Vince Boryla (1927), Stan Brakhage (1933), James Stockdale (1923), Jenna Ortega (2002), Tommy Lee Wallace (1949), and Florence Ballard (1943).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Isabel Sanford ranks 2,694. Before her are Jon Seda (1970), Maggie McNamara (1928), Blossom Rock (1895), Timothy Bottoms (1951), Lori Loughlin (1964), and Michael Rosenbaum (1972). After her are Jenna Ortega (2002), Bill Camp (1961), Hilarie Burton (1982), James Michael Tyler (1962), Frank Whaley (1963), and Chris Ellis (1956).

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