Connie Sawyer

Connie Sawyer Biography

Connie Sawyer, born Rosie Cohen (born November 27, 1912), is an American actress. She was born in Pueblo, Colorado.

Born in 1912 into a Jewish family, her early career included working as a stand-up comedian and nightclub performer. Sawyer's first television appearances were in The Milton Berle Show, The Colgate Comedy Hour and The Jackie Gleason Show in the late 1940s. In 1959 she was cast in the comedy film A Hole in the Head alongside stars like Frank Sinatra, Edward G. Robinson and Eleanor Parker.

She continued to appear regularly in various films and television shows, having over 100 credits to her name. These include The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Rockford Files, Hawaii Five-O, Dynasty, When Harry Met Sally..., Murder, She Wrote, Home Improvement, Seinfeld, Boy Meets World, Will & Grace, That '70s Show, 8 Simple Rules, ER, How I Met Your Mother and The Office.

In 2012 Sawyer, at the age of 99, was one of the oldest members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. She turned 100 in November 2012.

Filmography

The Jackie Gleason Show (2 episodes, 1954)
A Hole in the Head (1959) - Miss Wexler
The Andy Griffith Show (1 episode, 1968) - Mrs. Blanchard
Hawaii Five-O (2 episodes, 1974-1979)
The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1 episode, 1975)
Starsky and Hutch (2 episodes, 1977-1978)
The Rockford Files (1 episode, 1978)
Archie Bunker's Place (2 episodes, 1979)
Dynasty (1 episode, 1982)
When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
Murder, She Wrote (2 episodes, 1986-1991)
In the Heat of the Night (1 episode, 1990)
Dumb and Dumber (1994) - elderly lady
Home Improvement (1 episode, 1995) - old lady
Seinfeld (1 episode, 1997) - old lady
Boy Meets World (2 episodes, 1998) - Foofie
Becker (3 episodes, 1999) - Mrs. Yudelson
ER (2 episodes, 1999-2006)
Will & Grace (1 episode, 2000) - old lady
That '70s Show (1 episode, 2000) - Aunt Pearl
8 Simple Rules (1 episode, 2003)
How I Met Your Mother (2007, 1 episode) - old lady
Pineapple Express (2009) - Faye Belogus
The Office (1 episode, 2009) - Nana
2 Broke Girls (1 episode, 2013) - elderly lady

Connie Sawyer

Connie Sawyer Biography

Filmography

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