About
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,...
Known for
CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationSeries • 2000
The OfficeSeries • 2005
GirlfriendsSeries • 2000
NCIS: Los AngelesSeries • 2009
SeinfeldSeries • 1989
How I Met Your MotherSeries • 2005
2 Broke GirlsSeries • 2011
ERSeries • 1994
BonanzaSeries • 1959
That '70s ShowSeries • 1998
New GirlSeries • 2011
Will & GraceSeries • 1998
The Andy Griffith ShowSeries • 1960
Murder, She WroteSeries • 1984
The FugitiveSeries • 1963
Hawaii Five-OSeries • 1969
DynastySeries • 1981
Hill Street BluesSeries • 1981
Home ImprovementSeries • 1991
The Rockford FilesSeries • 1974
Dr. KildareSeries • 1961
MatlockSeries • 1986
SlidersSeries • 1995
Studio OneSeries • 1948