Isabel Sanford

Isabel Sanford (born Eloise Gwendolyn Sanford; August 29, 1917 – July 9, 2004) 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 so far, the only African-American actress to win for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. Description above from the Wikipedia article Isabel Sanford, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)

A couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter brings home a fiancé who is black.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stanley Kramer
CAST:  Spencer Tracy  •  Sidney Poitier  •  Katharine Hepburn  •  Katharine Houghton

A couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter brings home a fiancé who is black.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stanley Kramer
CAST:  Spencer Tracy  •  Sidney Poitier  •  Katharine Hepburn  •  Katharine Houghton

Lady Sings the Blues (1972)

Chronicles the rise and fall of legendary blues singer Billie Holiday. Her late childhood, stint as a prostitute, early tours, marriages and drug addiction are featured.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney J. Furie
CAST:  Diana Ross  •  Billy Dee Williams  •  Richard Pryor  •  James T. Callahan

Chronicles the rise and fall of legendary blues singer Billie Holiday. Her late childhood, stint as a prostitute, early tours, marriages and drug addiction are featured.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney J. Furie
CAST:  Diana Ross  •  Billy Dee Williams  •  Richard Pryor  •  James T. Callahan

Love at the First Bite (1979)

Dracula and Renefield relocate to 70's era New York in search of Cindy Sondheim, the reincarnation of Dracula's one true love, Mina Harker. "Trouble adjusting" is a wild understatement for the Count as he battles Cindy's psychiatrist, Jeffrey Rosenberg, a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stan Dragoti
CAST:  George Hamilton  •  Susan Saint James  •  Richard Benjamin  •  Dick Shawn

Dracula and Renefield relocate to 70's era New York in search of Cindy Sondheim, the reincarnation of Dracula's one true love, Mina Harker. "Trouble adjusting" is a wild understatement for the Count as he battles Cindy's psychiatrist, Jeffrey Rosenberg, a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stan Dragoti
CAST:  George Hamilton  •  Susan Saint James  •  Richard Benjamin  •  Dick Shawn

Sprung (1997)

Two pairs of best friends - Montel & Clyde and Brandy & Adina meet at the party, where Clyde makes Adina think he is very rich and gets her into bed the same evening. When Adina finds out that she's been fooled, she becomes Clyde's worst enemy. Meanwhile ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rusty Cundieff
CAST:  Tisha Campbell  •  Paula Jai Parker  •  John Witherspoon  •  Joe Torry

Two pairs of best friends - Montel & Clyde and Brandy & Adina meet at the party, where Clyde makes Adina think he is very rich and gets her into bed the same evening. When Adina finds out that she's been fooled, she becomes Clyde's worst enemy. Meanwhile ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rusty Cundieff
CAST:  Tisha Campbell  •  Paula Jai Parker  •  John Witherspoon  •  Joe Torry

Up the Sandbox (1972)

A young wife and mother, bored with day-to-day life in New York City and neglected by her husband, slips into increasingly outrageous fantasies: her mother breaking into the apartment, an explorer's demonstration of tribal fertility music at a party causing strange ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Irvin Kershner
CAST:  Barbra Streisand  •  David Selby  •  Ariane Heller  •  Jacobo Morales

A young wife and mother, bored with day-to-day life in New York City and neglected by her husband, slips into increasingly outrageous fantasies: her mother breaking into the apartment, an explorer's demonstration of tribal fertility music at a party causing strange ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Irvin Kershner
CAST:  Barbra Streisand  •  David Selby  •  Ariane Heller  •  Jacobo Morales

Original Gangstas (1996)

A violent street gang, the Rebels, rule the streets of Gary, Indiana. The Rebels shoot Marvin Bookman, a store-keeper, for giving the police information about a drive-by shooting they committed. Marvin's son, former NFL star John who created the Rebels, returns to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Larry Cohen
CAST:  Fred Williamson  •  Pam Grier  •  Jim Brown  •  Paul Winfield

A violent street gang, the Rebels, rule the streets of Gary, Indiana. The Rebels shoot Marvin Bookman, a store-keeper, for giving the police information about a drive-by shooting they committed. Marvin's son, former NFL star John who created the Rebels, returns to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Larry Cohen
CAST:  Fred Williamson  •  Pam Grier  •  Jim Brown  •  Paul Winfield

Jane Austen's Mafia! (1998)

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Takeoff on the Godfather with the son of a mafia king taking over for his dying father.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jim Abrahams
CAST:  Jay Mohr  •  Billy Burke  •  Christina Applegate  •  Pamela Gidley

Takeoff on the Godfather with the son of a mafia king taking over for his dying father.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jim Abrahams
CAST:  Jay Mohr  •  Billy Burke  •  Christina Applegate  •  Pamela Gidley

Pendulum (1969)

On the evening of his decoration for bringing a murderer to justice, Washington DC Police Captain Frank Matthews' wife, and her lover are murdered in bed. Jailed as the prime suspect, with the aforementioned murderer released on a technicality Matthews escapes in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Schaefer
CAST:  George Peppard  •  Jean Seberg  •  Richard Kiley  •  Charles McGraw

On the evening of his decoration for bringing a murderer to justice, Washington DC Police Captain Frank Matthews' wife, and her lover are murdered in bed. Jailed as the prime suspect, with the aforementioned murderer released on a technicality Matthews escapes in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Schaefer
CAST:  George Peppard  •  Jean Seberg  •  Richard Kiley  •  Charles McGraw

Night of 100 Stars (1982)

The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City Music Hall. The event, for which ticket-buyers payed up to $1,000 a seat (tax-deductible as a contribution to the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Clark Jones
CAST:  Jane Alexander  •  Peter Allen  •  Lauren Bacall  •  Steve Allen

The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City Music Hall. The event, for which ticket-buyers payed up to $1,000 a seat (tax-deductible as a contribution to the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Clark Jones
CAST:  Jane Alexander  •  Peter Allen  •  Lauren Bacall  •  Steve Allen

South Beach (1993)

Former NFL star Mack Derringer now works as a private detective. Someone is out to get Derringer and his ex-wife. Can Derringer put the pieces of this deadly puzzle together before its too late?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fred Williamson  •  Alain Zaloum
CAST:  Fred Williamson  •  Peter Fonda  •  Gary Busey  •  Robert Forster

Former NFL star Mack Derringer now works as a private detective. Someone is out to get Derringer and his ex-wife. Can Derringer put the pieces of this deadly puzzle together before its too late?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fred Williamson  •  Alain Zaloum
CAST:  Fred Williamson  •  Peter Fonda  •  Gary Busey  •  Robert Forster

The Young Runaways (1968)

Three unhappy teenagers run away from home, only to discover living on their own isn't as idyllic as they imagined.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arthur Dreifuss
CAST:  Brooke Bundy  •  Kevin Coughlin  •  Patty McCormack  •  Lloyd Bochner

Three unhappy teenagers run away from home, only to discover living on their own isn't as idyllic as they imagined.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arthur Dreifuss
CAST:  Brooke Bundy  •  Kevin Coughlin  •  Patty McCormack  •  Lloyd Bochner

Jackie's Back! (1999)

A British documentarian profiles washed-up diva Jackie Washington as she prepares for her comeback concert.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Townsend
CAST:  Jenifer Lewis  •  Tim Curry  •  Tangie Ambrose  •  Whoopi Goldberg

A British documentarian profiles washed-up diva Jackie Washington as she prepares for her comeback concert.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Townsend
CAST:  Jenifer Lewis  •  Tim Curry  •  Tangie Ambrose  •  Whoopi Goldberg

The Comic (1969)

An account of the rise and fall of a silent film comic, Billy Bright. The movie begins with his funeral, as he speaks from beyond the grave in a bitter tone about his fate, and takes us through his fame, as he ruins it with womanizing and drink, and his fall, as a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carl Reiner
CAST:  Dick Van Dyke  •  Michele Lee  •  Mickey Rooney  •  Cornel Wilde

An account of the rise and fall of a silent film comic, Billy Bright. The movie begins with his funeral, as he speaks from beyond the grave in a bitter tone about his fate, and takes us through his fame, as he ruins it with womanizing and drink, and his fall, as a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carl Reiner
CAST:  Dick Van Dyke  •  Michele Lee  •  Mickey Rooney  •  Cornel Wilde

The New Centurions (1972)

An idealistic rookie cop joins the LAPD to make ends meet while finishing law school, and is indoctrinated by a seasoned veteran. As time goes on, he loses his ambitions and family as police work becomes his entire life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Fleischer
CAST:  George C. Scott  •  Erik Estrada  •  Stacy Keach  •  Jane Alexander

An idealistic rookie cop joins the LAPD to make ends meet while finishing law school, and is indoctrinated by a seasoned veteran. As time goes on, he loses his ambitions and family as police work becomes his entire life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Fleischer
CAST:  George C. Scott  •  Erik Estrada  •  Stacy Keach  •  Jane Alexander

Desperate Moves (1980)

A naive young man from rural Oregon travels to San Francisco to pursue his big city dreams.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ovidio G. Assonitis
CAST:  Steve Tracy  •  Eddie Deezen  •  Isabel Sanford  •  Paul Benedict

A naive young man from rural Oregon travels to San Francisco to pursue his big city dreams.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ovidio G. Assonitis
CAST:  Steve Tracy  •  Eddie Deezen  •  Isabel Sanford  •  Paul Benedict

Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog (1989)

A socially isolated and extremely shy Los Angeles painter finds his dream girl in the form of a struggling actress and finds himself at last finding the confidence to exhibit his work in this off-beat romantic comedy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul S. Parco
CAST:  Jon Gries  •  Lisa Zane  •  Christopher Maher  •  Sal Lopez

A socially isolated and extremely shy Los Angeles painter finds his dream girl in the form of a struggling actress and finds himself at last finding the confidence to exhibit his work in this off-beat romantic comedy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul S. Parco
CAST:  Jon Gries  •  Lisa Zane  •  Christopher Maher  •  Sal Lopez

The Red, White, and Black (1970)

Told by a U.S. Army colonel and his wife, this vintage Western set in post-Civil War Texas chronicles the exploits of the all-black 10th cavalry regiment, which was formed in 1871. Cesar Romero plays the unit's commander.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John "Bud" Cardos
CAST:  Robert DoQui  •  Isaac Fields  •  Barbara Hale  •  Rafer Johnson

Told by a U.S. Army colonel and his wife, this vintage Western set in post-Civil War Texas chronicles the exploits of the all-black 10th cavalry regiment, which was formed in 1871. Cesar Romero plays the unit's commander.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John "Bud" Cardos
CAST:  Robert DoQui  •  Isaac Fields  •  Barbara Hale  •  Rafer Johnson

Hickey & Boggs (1972)

Two veteran private eyes trigger a criminal reign of terror with their search for a missing girl.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Culp
CAST:  Bill Cosby  •  Robert Culp  •  Rosalind Cash  •  Lou Frizzell

Two veteran private eyes trigger a criminal reign of terror with their search for a missing girl.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Culp
CAST:  Bill Cosby  •  Robert Culp  •  Rosalind Cash  •  Lou Frizzell

The Photographer (1974)

A murder story with a comedic twist. A famous photographer uses his models for more than taking pictures. He needs them as victims to satisfy his blood-lust. Each murder becomes more bizarre than the next.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Byron Hillman
CAST:  Michael Callan  •  Barbara Nichols  •  Harold J. Stone  •  Edward Andrews

A murder story with a comedic twist. A famous photographer uses his models for more than taking pictures. He needs them as victims to satisfy his blood-lust. Each murder becomes more bizarre than the next.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Byron Hillman
CAST:  Michael Callan  •  Barbara Nichols  •  Harold J. Stone  •  Edward Andrews

The Great Man's Whiskers (1972)

A young girl writes to President Abraham Lincoln to advise him to grow a beard.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philip Leacock
CAST:  Dean Jones  •  Ann Sothern  •  Dennis Weaver  •  John McGiver

A young girl writes to President Abraham Lincoln to advise him to grow a beard.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Philip Leacock
CAST:  Dean Jones  •  Ann Sothern  •  Dennis Weaver  •  John McGiver