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): Charlotte Ritchie • Geoff Whitehorn • Grzegorz Ciechowski • Jean-Baptiste Colbert • Jon Dahl Tomasson • Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony • Ramón Díaz • Simon Thurley • Wyomia Tyus

Born in the same month (August 1917): Barbara Cooney • Denis Healey • Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia • Jack Lynch • John Fitch (racing driver) • Leonid Hurwicz • Les Elgart • Matt Christopher • Mel Ferrer • Peanuts Lowrey • Robert Mitchum • Sid Gordon • Wah Chang