Isabel Sanford (Performer) | Playbill

Isabel Sanford

Performer

The native New Yorker was the first black woman to win an Emmy Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series, in 1981. "The Jeffersons" (1975-1985) told of a black Queens family that moved up to rich, white East Side of Manhattan, "to a dee-luxe apartment in the sky," as the theme song went.

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  • Also Known As: Isabell Sanford
  • Born: Aug 29, 1917 in New York, NY, USA
  • Death: Jul 09, 2004 in Los Angeles, CA, USA

Roles (1)

Pb Listing Placeholder BROADWAY V4 The Amen Corner
Opened April 15, 1965
  • as Sister Moore (Original)
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