Isabel Sanford Gets An Emmy Award! 

Now THAT Was An Acceptance Speech.

She looked absolutely STUNNING!!!

Weezie, you are sorely missed.

She waited almost her entire career for this level of acclaim, literally.

The thing that stands out to me is that she's accepting the award on behalf of EVERYBODY connected to the show...nothing about how she deserved it, but putting the focus on everyone. Not only classy, but true and beautiful humility, a trait so, so rare.

Best Acceptance Speech Ever. She was so on point. At last. She had been nominated so long and so many times she got so used to losing. She ate some cheese and then they called her name. So funny. Loved Her Voice.

I met her during the Jefferson's "Moving on up" tour, Los Angeles, 1994 ( even Rosa Parks and Della Reese attended). "Weezy" was as warm, genuine, pretty and charming as the sitcom. Awesome lady, awesome actress, great loss.

The Jefffersons ran for 11 seasons and was a Sunday night staple. Definitely deserved More Emmy Award recognition

One of the true legends! I only wish Sherman and Marla receieved emmys for their roles. Just a phenomenal cast The Jeffersons had all around.

Weezy deserved this award, hands down. She was truly gifted. RIP Isabel Sanford.

What a BEAUTIFUL WOMAN!!!!!

she looks absolutely beautiful

Happy birthday Isabel Sanford Rest in Peace (1917-2004)

Rest in peace beautiful Lady, you made alot of people smile.

Isabel was the funniest woman on the planet during her time. It is a downright shame that the cast of "The Jeffersons" only had one Emmy Award in its run entire on television.

She was 64 here. She was _definitely_ the living proof that black don't crack!!! RIP Ms. Sanford. ⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘

Great speech. I thought she was chewing gum, but she said it was a piece of cheese. Hilarious!

What a classy lady!

Did she only win once?? She was BRILLIANT in everything she had played.

Love her voice!!!!

Weezy was 64 and looking damn fine! I loved her on The Jeffersons since she always made sense and had to control George all those years. Come on Sony, get off your ass and release the rest of The Jeffersons. We've been waiting four years now.

THIS is a classic legendary actress right here! RIP Miss Isabel Sanford! You will NEVER be forgotten!

RIP Mrs. Jefferson!

So glad she won this award. RIP ISABEL SANFORD. She was so funny. Loved her! I watch my DVD Jeffersons collection on the regular.

Isabel was so funny and gracious accepting her well deserved award.. eating cheese .. so funny..now they give emmys to anyone and everyone... she was a funny lady!

There were some incredibly talented actresses starring in TV comedies in the 1970s: Jean Stapleton (All in the Family), Mary Tyler Moore (Mary Tyler Moore), Bea Arthur (Maude), and Isabel Sanford (The Jeffersons). She was right up there with the best of them. I'm glad she finally won a well-deserved Emmy in 1981. It's tough to think of anybody on TV today, male or female, who is half as funny as she was.

she was so cute

Just to think Isabelle would be over 100 yrs. Rip!

I LOVE ISABEL,SHE WAS MY TV MOM R.I.P.ISABEL

She was terrific, I loved that show. I was very young watching this as I grew up, and it never really crossed my mind that it was an almost all black cast. I didn't care, it was the quality of the show. Too bad "Mother Jefferson" didn't get a supporting Emmy.

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE Ms Isabel Sanford...she favored my Beautiful Maternal Grandmother of whom left us for Heaven in 1969...watching her portray the role of Mrs. Louise Mills "Weezy" Jefferson was like watching Grandma on TV of whom I miss her to this day...Ms. Sanford was a great Actress...she and Sherman Helmsley had wonderful chemistry as The Jeffersons. ♥♥

I hadn't seen her outside of playing a character before. What a lovely, funny and gracious woman she was. Thanks for posting this! :-)

We Love you Isabel Sanford. May you rest in peace.

Now THIS is class, grace and style! ❤️

a very iconic role, well-deserved honor

"See I waited so long all my humility is just gone" 😂😂 R.I.P. Marla Gibbs said that y on the set everybody called her the Queen!!

Best speech ever. That series was snubbed and snubbed hard.

I love Isabel Sanford.... The Jefferson's is one of my fav shows.... and I also have to say that one of the best pieces of acting is only about a minute long, but it's the scene in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner of Isabel Sanford confronting Sidney Poiter... RIP Isabel Sanford...

Thank you to the poster of this video, other than this Emmy, Isabel is among a lot of people who never really got the recognition they truly deserved,she was truly a Gem in the acting world and is sorely missed.

Brilliant! She was a Class Act that leaves us so many great memories. Thank you!

great lady, i used to love how grand she was on the jeffersons, in a time when there were so few graceful black role models on tv.

Well deserved. Isabel played weezy for 15 years !

Thanks for you comment, I'm sure her family members appreciate it.

She was FLAWLESS

Her gown was absolutely beautiful.

was isabel the first african-american to win best lead actress? love her!

beautiful woman indeed and great actress

Wasn't Isabel the first African-American to win an Emmy for a comedy (leading role)?

I'm here again cause Quinta won her second Emmy and her first in these category 43 years since this clip aired. #RIPIsabelSanford

Thank you for all the laughs.

Beautiful and classy lady gets what she deserves, thank God.

All this time I never knew she won an emmy.. OMG.. Love it

she was a treasure. still is really .

She deserved it!!! She was an amazing actress and the show was phenomenal. She also worked her way to the top the right way. Norman Lear was also a genius. He hired her after seeing her act on broadway. She also has a star on Hollywood. Rip Weezy. You are so missed. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

She was a wonderful comedic and dramatic actress, and quite a lady. So few still have her level of grace and dignity.

She looked great. Loved her personality.

OMG she was so funny there as she was on the show:)

TOTALLY ICONIC !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I still watch it in 2024❤❤❤

A great actress she was. R.I.P. Ms. Sanford.

I just LOVE her voice.

i loved her in guess whos coming to dinner,where she plaid the housemaid of katherine hepburn and spencer tracy.so funny.a great actress.a happy new year from germany

I really love the Jeffersons. I have the complete series on dvd. It is hard to believe in real life Isabel and Sherman were 21 years apart. The last time they appeared together was at one of the TV LAND awards and Sherman had to help Isabel on stage. At that time, she was using a walker and not in good health. It was very painful to watch.

Oh Mrs Jefferson looks so pretty and classy and to me she was an award winner in every episode of the Jeffersons I watched💝 May God bless the legend Isabel Sanford s soul💐✝️🌺

A beautiful lady that is well-deserved an Emmy; finally!!! 😊😊❤❤

she is so classy yesssssssssssss

Love her so much. The work you left behind will always be remembered, viewed and enjoyed by generations!

Classy lady and funny funny..she made me laugh for years n years..xo and miss her.. so glad I have dvd of the jeffersons

That dress was gorgeous!!! She is beautiful and comical!!!

Class. All the way. She was the way it should have been all along. So many were never recognized.

One of the best tv shows of all times . They don’t make tv shows like that these day . A Tv show you can look at 40 plus years later and still laugh. I still Watch the reruns of the Jeffersons on a daily basis and laugh constantly like it’s my first time watching it …. Wow and that dress she had on was absolutely gorgeous RIP Weezy .😊

Amazing casting on that show... Weezy, we miss you... R.I.P. sweet lady...

Rest well Baby. your work on earth is done!

I remember this telecast, but Sanford's first two words upon winning her Emmy I remember most of all.

I LOVE her. She was a beautiful person inside and out. Love her New York accent too!

This went to prove what a humble, beautiful, and immensely talented person Isabel Sanford was. It is sad that she never really had a sitcom second wind after The Jeffersons ended. I mean in the way that Marla Gibbs had with 227, and Sherman Hemsley had with Amen. Sanford very well deserved one of those.

She was great. The entire cast of "The Jeffersons" was great.

Yay! LEAD ACTRESS.. Belated Congrats Ms Sanford! RIP.

She will always be fabulous.

That was a great speech. She's a natural comic.

Just a brilliant actress, miss her!

She was an amazing woman! Funny, funny, funny! May she rest in peace. She had such a pretty smile.

RIP Miss Isabel Sanford.

Also, the only other black women to be nominated in that category have been Diahann Carroll for "Julia," Nell Carter for "Gimme a Break" and Phylicia Rashad for "The Cosby Show." Jackee Harry's win for "227" made her the only black woman to win supporting for a comedy series. None have won lead for a drama series, but four have won supporting: Gail Fisher for "Mannix," Alfre Woodard for "Hill Street Blues," Madge Sinclair for "Gabriel's Fire," and Mary Alice for "I'll Fly Away."

I loved her, what a great actress! Rip dear aka Louise Jefferson/ weezy.

Isabelle Sanford was such a regular in our home when I was a child. We all loved her work. She was always so classy and beautiful. I was so sad to hear she had passed. There's nobody like her!

An award that The Queen truly deserved.

I remember coming home from school back in the late 70s /I couldn't wait to see the Jeffersons /It was a great show in a perfect decade /Times have certainly changed /It's hard to find a good show like this on television anymore / But at least I have memories to last the rest of my life /I miss the more simple times 📺

Loved her in Guess who's coming to dinner

The textbook definition of class, humor and style. She had it all. Fabulous dress, hair and make up....just style/fashion and taste. Funny, warm and a woman you wanted to be friends with the moment we met her on 'All In The Family'.

Isabel's mannerisms and facial expressions here remind me so much of Lucy!

Wit, intellect, style, class....one of a kind. Total class

Beautiful, classy and regal. Rest well, Isabel "Weezy" Sanford. 💖

She had so much style even in the show

@Tritano You are so welcome! It was my pleasure. I received the video from her son.

One of my favourite actress of all time ❤❤

She was a national treasure. The elegance and intelligence (and humor!) she brought to Louise was unforgettable.

Lol i love it shes funny love her dress beautiful woman rip miss u

A true tv legend!

"A cast that can't be beat," is the truest words spoken about the Jefferson cast. I love sitcoms, but no one has ever touched this cast. Please release the final four episodes and forget about the reboot.