Connie Sawyer
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 27, 1912
- Died
- January 22, 2018 (aged 105)
- Birthplace
- Pueblo, Colorado, USA
Biography
Connie Sawyer (born Rosie Cohen, November 27, 1912, in Pueblo, Colorado; died January 21, 2018, in Woodland Hills, California) was an American stage, film, and television actress of Romanian-Jewish descent, affectionately nicknamed "The Clown Princess of Comedy." She grew up in Oakland, California, began performing in vaudeville as a child, and appeared on variety television in the late 1940s and 1950s. Her first film role came at age 46 as Miss Wexler in Frank Capra's A Hole in the Head (1959, with Frank Sinatra and Edward G. Robinson), a part she had originated on Broadway. Over her nine-decade career she accumulated more than 140 credits and was still working past the age of 100, appearing on NCIS: Los Angeles (2013) and opposite Zooey Deschanel in New Girl (2014). Her most notable film credits include Mrs. McBee in The Way West (1967), a Woman at the Hanging in True Grit (1969, with John Wayne), a role in Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969), Mrs. Levi in The Man in the Glass Booth (1975, with Max von Sydow), a heavenly customer in Oh, God! (1977, with Goldie Hawn), Gitel in And Justice for All (1979, with Al Pacino), a Documentary Couple in When Harry Met Sally... (1989, with Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan), the woman who steals Jim Carrey's wallet in Dumb and Dumber (1994), a role in Out of Sight (1998, with George Clooney and Steve Martin), Faye Belogus in Pineapple Express (2008, with Seth Rogen and James Franco), and Nana Bebe in Lovesick (2014, with Matt LeBlanc). On television she appeared in Seinfeld (1989), Will & Grace, ER (2006), The Office (2005), How I Met Your Mother (2007), 2 Broke Girls (2012), and Ray Donovan (2013, as James Woods's mother), with earlier credits in The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970, 1975), Hawaii Five-O, Dynasty (1981), Murder, She Wrote (1986, 1991), Home Improvement (1991), and Archie Bunker's Place (1979).
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Filmography
Sunset over Mulholland Drive
Movie · as Self
Lovesick
Movie · as Bebe
Showfolk
Movie · as Herself
Troupers
Movie
2 Broke Girls
TV · as Elderly Lady · 1 ep
New Girl
TV · as Oldest Woman in the World · 1 ep
Up All Night
TV · as Shopper · 1 ep
Due Date
Movie · as Elderly Airport Passenger (uncredited)
NCIS: Los Angeles
TV · as Ida · 1 ep
Pineapple Express
Movie · as Faye Belogus
Relative Strangers
Movie · as Old Lady
How I Met Your Mother
TV · as Old Lady · 1 ep
The Office
TV · as Nana · 1 ep
Promised Land
Movie · as Hazel
Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide
TV · as June · 1 ep
Something's Gotta Give
Movie · as Lady in Market
View from the Top
Movie · as Grandma Stewart
8 Simple Rules
TV · as Louise's Mother · 1 ep
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV · as Old Lady · 1 ep
The Michael Richards Show
TV · as Old Woman · 1 ep
Girlfriends
TV · as Martha · 1 ep
Out of Sight
Movie · as Old Elevator Lady
That '70s Show
TV · as Aunt Pearl · 1 ep
Becker
TV · as Mrs. Yudelson · 3 eps
Will & Grace
TV · as Old Woman · 1 ep
L.A. Doctors
TV · as Mrs. Connor · 1 ep
Veronica's Closet
TV · as Margaret · 1 ep
Scorpion Spring
Movie · as Diner Waitress
Abandoned and Deceived
Movie · as Rose
It Came from Outer Space II
Movie · as Mrs. Otis
Unhappily Ever After
TV · as Old Woman · 1 ep
Sliders
TV · as Winifred · 1 ep
Dumb and Dumber
Movie · as Elderly Lady
Roseanne and Tom: Behind the Scenes
Movie · as Motel Clerk
ER
TV · as Kathy Brennan, Second Old Lady · 1 ep
Boy Meets World
TV · as Foofie · 2 eps
Dave's World
TV · as Mrs. Bondurant · 1 ep
The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them
Movie · as Waitress from Hell
Majority Rule
Movie · as Mary
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story
Movie · as Elderly Woman
Blue Desert
Movie · as Elderly Lady 1
Home Improvement
TV · as Old Lady · 1 ep
The End of Innocence
Movie · as Grandma
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Movie · as Ruskin Family Member
True Colors
TV · as Rita · 1 ep
Dream On
TV · as Aunt Ruth · 1 ep
Far from Home
Movie · as Viney Hunt
That's Adequate
Movie · as Mrs. Duke Thorpe
When Harry Met Sally...
Movie · as Documentary Couple
Seinfeld
TV · as Old Woman · 1 ep
Murphy Brown
TV · as Woman on Elevator · 1 ep
Nights in White Satin
Movie · as Martha the Bag Lady
Jake and the Fatman
TV · as Helen · 1 ep
Matlock
TV · as Mrs. Kowalski · 1 ep
Hot Chili
Movie · as Mrs. Houston
Do You Remember Love
Movie · as Joan
227
TV · 1 ep
The Rosebud Beach Hotel
Movie · as Carlotta
V
TV · as Old Woman · 1 ep
Murder, She Wrote
TV · as Ethel, Elderly Lady · 1 ep
Just Our Luck
TV · 1 ep
Silver Spoons
TV · as Miss Bushmill · 1 ep
Dynasty
TV · 1 ep
Hill Street Blues
TV · as Bag Lady, Tessie · 1 ep
Fast Break
Movie · as Mom
...And Justice for All
Movie · as Gitel
Archie Bunker's Place
TV · 1 ep
The President's Mistress
Movie · as Cleaning Lady
Little Ladies of the Night
Movie · as Female Guard (uncredited)
Oh, God!
Movie · as Mrs. Green
Big Hawaii
TV · 1 ep
Lou Grant
TV · as Woman · 1 ep
Laverne & Shirley
TV · 1 ep
Delvecchio
TV · as Judge Olsen · 1 ep
The Man in the Glass Booth
Movie · as Mrs. Levi
Starsky & Hutch
TV · as Nurse, Manager · 1 ep
Welcome Back, Kotter
TV · as Aunt Josephine · 1 ep
The Rockford Files
TV · as Mrs. Fornechefsky · 1 ep
Good Times
TV · as Personnel Woman · 1 ep
The Bait
Movie · as Bus Passenger
Kojak
TV · as Landlady, Mary Benson · 1 ep
Barnaby Jones
TV · as Manager · 1 ep
Doc Elliot
TV · as Mags Brimble · 1 ep
The Strangers in 7A
Movie · as Mrs. Layton
Evil Roy Slade
Movie · as Aggie Potter
The Rookies
TV · 1 ep
The Streets of San Francisco
TV · as Woman Driver, Mrs. Rubens · 1 ep
Five Desperate Women
Movie · as Mrs. Brown
All in the Family
TV · as Mrs. McNab · 2 eps
McMillan & Wife
TV · as Mrs. Goodbody, Gossipy Woman · 1 ep
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
TV · as The Neighbor · 1 ep
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
Movie · as Waitress (uncredited)
True Grit
Movie · as Talkative Woman at Hanging (uncredited)
Hawaii Five-O
TV · as Sylvia Heller, Dr. Whitewood · 1 ep
The Name of the Game
TV · as Mable · 1 ep
The Way West
Movie · as Mrs. McBee
A Bell for Adano
Movie · as Laura Sofina
The Last of the Secret Agents?
Movie · as Florence (uncredited)
For Pete's Sake
Movie
Love on a Rooftop
TV · as Woman · 1 ep
CBS Playhouse
TV · as Smoker Woman · 1 ep
The F.B.I.
TV · as LaVerne, Coat Seller, Landlady, Housekeeper · 1 ep
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
TV · as Mabel · 1 ep
The Fugitive
TV · as Mrs. Ball · 1 ep
Stoney Burke
TV · as Liz · 1 ep
Ada
Movie · as Alice Sweet
Dr. Kildare
TV · as Gladys · 1 ep
The Andy Griffith Show
TV · as Ms. Blanchard · 1 ep
Peter Loves Mary
TV · as Mrs. Brady · 1 ep
A Hole in the Head
Movie · as Miss Wexler
Bonanza
TV · as Mrs. Lewis · 1 ep
The Donna Reed Show
TV · as Mrs. Lubner · 1 ep
Summer Playhouse
TV · 1 ep
The Red Skelton Show
TV · as Woman in Blue Feathers · 1 ep
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Studio One
TV · as Mrs. McCall · 1 ep