Isabel Sanford Quotes

United States, Actress
August 29, 1917 – July, 9, 2004.

Isabel Sanford (born Eloise Gwendolyn 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 black American actress to win a Primetime Emmy Award, and the first to win for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.

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.

Isabel Sanford
- Child
- Fight
- Disease
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.

Isabel Sanford
- Business
- Success
- Black

I was very comfortable having a steady job on a hit show, and who knew if 'The Jeffersons' would catch on?

Isabel Sanford
- Job
- Catch
- Steady
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!

Isabel Sanford