Isabel Sanford Net Worth

Isabel Sanford's Quotes

• On receiving her Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, she said: Here with stars in my eyes - something that I dreamed about when I was 9 years old. There are others that deserve it, but let everybody get their own.
• 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!
• In 1996, she said: I watched the first episode of that, and I didn't like it. I didn't like the background. I didn't like the way they dressed. I didn't like the way Archie Bunker talked about black people. But I decided to watch the next episode anyway to see if I could determine why they would allow this trash to be on the air, and I found myself falling down laughing.
• I was very comfortable having a steady job on a hit show, and who knew in The Jeffersons (1975) would catch on?
• Who never wanted any credit or any publicity for her philanthropy and regularly turned down invitations to be publicly recognized for her support, she said: Use the money to do the research, to do the work, to help people, I don't give to be thanked. I give because I want to help.

Interesting Facts about Isabel Sanford

1. Her son Sanford K. Sanford and daughter Pamela Ruff appeared in her profile episode of Intimate Portrait (1990) on the Lifetime cable television network. Has another son named William Eric.
2. Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7080 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on January 15, 2004. She was joined at the ceremony by about 300 excited fans, family members and friends, including All in the Family (1971) and The Jeffersons (1975) creator Norman Lear and Marla Gibbs, who played the Jeffersons' maid Florence.
3. She played the same character (Louise Jefferson) on four different series and one film: All in the Family (1971), The Jeffersons (1975), Roseanne (1988), The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990) and Jane Austen's Mafia! (1998).
4. First African-American woman to receive the Emmy Award for "Best Actress in a Comedy" for her work on The Jeffersons (1975).
5. Cast in the recurring role of Louise Jefferson on All in the Family (1971) by series creator Norman Lear who remembered her from a stage production of "The Amen Corner".
6. Joined the American Negro Theatre in Harlem following her graduation from high school. Also was a member of the theatre company The Star Players down the road.
7. Had a daughter and two sons by her marriage to William "Sonny" Richmond, a housepainter. She gave up her career to raise her family but moved to Los Angeles with her children after her estranged husband drowned in 1960.
8. Once performed comedy as a teen at the Apollo Theatre's amateur night.
9. The youngest of seven children and the only one to survive infancy.
10. Was over twenty years older than her The Jeffersons (1975) co-star Sherman Hemsley who played her husband on the series.
11. Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume 7, 2003-2005, pages 490-492. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2007. Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume 7, 2003-2005, pages. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2007.
12. Cousin of Dorothy Butts.
13. She was last seen, before her passing, at the TV Land Awards with her The Jeffersons (1975) co-star, Sherman Hemsley, accepting the award for the most eccentric television couple.
14. Best known by the public for her role as Louise Jefferson on the situation comedies All in the Family (1971) and The Jeffersons (1975).
15. Isabel Sanford passed away on July 9, 2004, less than two months away from what would have been her 87th birthday on August 29.
16. Following her death, she was interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills) in Los Angeles, California.
17. Friends with Marla Gibbs, Carroll O'Connor, Robert Guillaume, and Barbara Billingsley.
18. The fictional date of Judgement Day from Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) occurred on her 60th birthday.
19. She was a lifelong Democrat.
20. She is referenced in the Will Smith song "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It".