Sanford, whose late mother played Louise "Weezy" Jefferson on the long-running CBS sitcom CBS via Getty Isabel Sanford personified royalty. For 11 seasons on The Jeffersons, Sanford — who died ...

Isabel Sanford, the first black woman to win an Emmy for best actress in a comedy series for her co-starring role in “The Jeffersons,” has died. She was 86. Sanford died of natural causes ...