Isabel Sanford
Birthday:
29 August 1917, New York City, New York, USA
Birth Name:
Eloise Gwendolyn Sanford
Height:
160 cm
Isabel Sanford was a Broadway actress for over thirty years before moving to Hollywood. She made numerous guest appearances on TV, including a stint as a supporting cast member on The Carol Burnett Show (1967). Until her passing, Isabel continued to act frequently, most recently in a series of commercials for Old Navy stores with The Jeffersons (19...
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Isabel Sanford was a Broadway actress for over thirty years before moving to Hollywood. She made numerous guest appearances on TV, including a stint as a supporting cast member on The Carol Burnett Show (1967). Until her passing, Isabel continued to act frequently, most recently in a series of commercials for Old Navy stores with The Jeffersons (1975) co-star, Sherman Hemsley. She made several commercials for Nick-at-Nite as well when the cable channel premiered The Jeffersons (1975). Show less «
On receiving her Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, she said: Here with stars in my eyes - something that I dreamed about when I was 9 year...Show more »
On receiving her Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, she said: Here with stars in my eyes - something that I dreamed about when I was 9 years old. There are others that deserve it, but let everybody get their own. Show less «
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 goi...Show more »
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! Show less «
In 1996, she said: I watched the first episode of that, and I didn't like it. I didn't like the background. I didn't like the way they dress...Show more »
In 1996, she said: I watched the first episode of that, and I didn't like it. I didn't like the background. I didn't like the way they dressed. I didn't like the way Archie Bunker talked about black people. But I decided to watch the next episode anyway to see if I could determine why they would allow this trash to be on the air, and I found myself falling down laughing. Show less «
I was very comfortable having a steady job on a hit show, and who knew in The Jeffersons (1975) would catch on?
I was very comfortable having a steady job on a hit show, and who knew in The Jeffersons (1975) would catch on?
Who never wanted any credit or any publicity for her philanthropy and regularly turned down invitations to be publicly recognized for her su...Show more »
Who never wanted any credit or any publicity for her philanthropy and regularly turned down invitations to be publicly recognized for her support, she said: Use the money to do the research, to do the work, to help people, I don't give to be thanked. I give because I want to help. Show less «
On the only child who was born on August 29, after Josephine's other children had passed away, she said: I was the only child born to Joseph...Show more »
On the only child who was born on August 29, after Josephine's other children had passed away, she said: 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. As for me, I was both strong and healthy, and, if you believed the rumors, I wasn't too bright. Show less «
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 deman...Show more »
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. Show less «
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