Guess she is REALLY movin' on up now.
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'Jeffersons' Actress Isabel Sanford Dies
Monday, July 12, 2004
LOS ANGELES — Actress Isabel Sanford (search) has died of natural causes in a Los Angeles hospital.
Her longtime manager reports the Emmy award-winning star of the long-running "The Jeffersons" television series died Friday in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
Sanford began playing "Weezie" Jefferson in the "All in the Family" series in 1971. "The Jeffersons" followed for 11 seasons.
Sanford played Tillie the housekeeper in the 1967 film, "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner." (search)
Earlier this year, Sanford was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
At the time, the native New Yorker said she was honored to have her own star. As Sanford put it, "Here with stars in my eyes -- something that I dreamed about when I was nine years old. There are others that deserve it, but let everybody get their own."