Isabel Sanford

Isabel Sanford 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.

29 August 1917

Born on the same birth day (29 August): Aki Yashiro • Alfred Shaw • Arnold Koller • Carsten Fischer • Charles Grandison Finney • Hajime Isayama • Herb Simpson • Herbert Meier • Hyacinth (Bichurin) • Kevin Kaesviharn • Kim Ku • Kumi Tanioka • Richard Angelo • Temple Grandin • Timothy Shriver • Volkan Arslan

Born in the same month (August 1917): Barbara Cooney • Caspar Weinberger • Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia • Leonid Hurwicz • Les Elgart • Matt Christopher • Mel Ferrer • Oliver Crawford • Peanuts Lowrey • Robert Mitchum • Roque Cordero