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): Betty Lynn • Byron G. Harlan • Charalampos Xanthopoulos • Charlie Pickering • Darnell Hillman • David B. Hill • García Álvarez de Toledo y Osorio • Henry Gage (soldier) • Jimmy C. Newman • Kumi Tanioka • Kyle Cook • Lucero (entertainer) • Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony • Michael P. Kube-McDowell • Stijn Devolder • William Friedkin • Yakhouba Diawara

Born in the same month (August 1917): Barbara Cooney • Caspar Weinberger • Ebba Haslund • Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia • Jack Lynch • Leonid Hurwicz • Les Elgart • Robert Mitchum • Roque Cordero • Wah Chang • Óscar Romero