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Connie Sawyer was an American stage, film, and television actress, affectionately nicknamed "The Clown Princess of Comedy". She had over 140 film and television credits to her name, but was best known for her appearances in Pineapple Express, Dumb and Dumber, and When Harry Met Sally.... At the time of her death, she was the oldest working actress in Hollywood, with a career spanning an impressive 85 years and was the oldest member of the Screen Actors Guild and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Birth Name
Rosie Cohen
Born
Wednesday, 27 November 1912
Died
Monday, 22 January 2018
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Sunset Over Mulholland Drive | Self | 2019 |
| Will & Grace | Old Woman | 2017 |
| Showfolk | Herself / Self | 2014 |
| Lovesick | Nana Bebe | 2014 |
| Ray Donovan | Old Lady Sullivan / Mrs. Sullivan | 2013 |
| New Girl | Oldest Woman in the World | 2011 |
| 2 Broke Girls | Elderly Lady | 2011 |
| Up All Night | Shopper | 2011 |
| Troupers | Self | 2011 |
| Due Date | Elderly Airport Passenger | 2010 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Sunset Over Mulholland Drive | Self | 2019 |
| Will & Grace | Old Woman | 2017 |
| Showfolk | Herself / Self | 2014 |
| Lovesick | Nana Bebe | 2014 |
| Ray Donovan | Old Lady Sullivan / Mrs. Sullivan | 2013 |
| New Girl | Oldest Woman in the World | 2011 |
| 2 Broke Girls | Elderly Lady | 2011 |
| Up All Night | Shopper | 2011 |
| Troupers | Self | 2011 |
| Due Date | Elderly Airport Passenger | 2010 |
| NCIS: Los Angeles | Ida | 2009 |
| Hawthorne | Fleming's Mom | 2009 |
| Worst Week | Grandma Ruth | 2008 |
| Pineapple Express | Faye Belogus | 2008 |
| Tell Me You Love Me | Aunt Rose | 2007 |
| Kiss the Bride | Aunt Minnie | 2007 |
| Relative Strangers | Old Lady | 2006 |
| How I Met Your Mother | Old Lady | 2005 |
| The Office | Nana | 2005 |
| Complete Guide to Guys | Senior Wife | 2005 |
| Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide | June | 2004 |
| Significant Others | Neighbor of Ethan & Eleanor | 2004 |
| Something's Gotta Give | Lady in Market | 2003 |
| View from the Top | Grandma Stewart | 2003 |
| The Trip | Barbara Baxter | 2002 |
| Bram and Alice | Sadie | 2002 |
| 8 Simple Rules | Louise's Mother | 2002 |
| The Beast | Tati Cohen | 2001 |
| The Michael Richards Show | Old woman | 2000 |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Old Lady | 2000 |
| Girlfriends | Martha | 2000 |
| Where's Marlowe? | Skip's Mom | 1999 |
| Becker | Mrs. Yudelson | 1998 |
| L.A. Doctors | Mrs. Connor | 1998 |
| Will & Grace | Old Woman | 1998 |
| That '70s Show | Aunt Pearl | 1998 |
| Out of Sight | Old Elevator Lady | 1998 |
| Style & Substance | Elderly Woman | 1998 |
| Veronica's Closet | Margaret | 1997 |
| Scorpion Spring | Diner Waitress | 1996 |
| It Came from Outer Space II | Mrs. Otis | 1995 |
| The Jeff Foxworthy Show | Nun | 1995 |
| Sliders | Winifred | 1995 |
| Abandoned and Deceived | Rose | 1995 |
| Unhappily Ever After | Old Woman | 1995 |
| Get Smart | Agent 0 / Old woman | 1995 |
| Dumb and Dumber | Elderly Lady | 1994 |
| ER | Second Old Lady / Kathy Brennan | 1994 |
| Boy Meets World | Foofie | 1993 |
| Dave's World | Mrs. Bondurant | 1993 |
| The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them | Waitress from Hell | 1992 |
| Home Improvement | Old Lady | 1991 |
| Nurses | Mrs. DeAngelis | 1991 |
| The New WKRP in Cincinnati | Darlene Kravitz | 1991 |
| Blue Desert | Elderly Lady 1 | 1991 |
| The Bonfire of the Vanities | Ruskin Family Member | 1990 |
| The End of Innocence | Grandma | 1990 |
| True Colors | Rita | 1990 |
| Dream On | Aunt Ruth | 1990 |
| The People Next Door | Esther | 1989 |
| When Harry Met Sally... | Documentary Couple | 1989 |
| Seinfeld | Old Woman | 1989 |
| Far from Home | Viney Hunt | 1989 |
| Murphy Brown | Woman on Elevator | 1988 |
| In the Heat of the Night | Hannah | 1988 |
| Jake and the Fatman | Helen | 1987 |
| Nights in White Satin | Martha / Martha the Bag Lady | 1987 |
| Matlock | Mrs. Kowalski | 1986 |
| 227 | Louise | 1985 |
| Hot Chili | Mrs. Houston | 1985 |
| Do You Remember Love | Joan | 1985 |
| The Rosebud Beach Hotel | Carlotta | 1984 |
| V | Old Woman | 1984 |
| Murder, She Wrote | Ethel / Elderly Lady | 1984 |
| Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac | Josie Keefer | 1984 |
| Legmen | Mrs. Yehudi | 1984 |
| Webster | Irene | 1983 |
| Silver Spoons | Miss Bushmill | 1982 |
| Hill Street Blues | Bag Lady / Tessie | 1981 |
| Dynasty | Apartment Manager | 1981 |
| And Justice for All | Gitel | 1979 |
| Archie Bunker's Place | Rose 'Mama' Klein / Mama Klein | 1979 |
| Fast Break | Mom | 1979 |
| Foul Play | Screaming Lady | 1978 |
| The President's Mistress | Cleaning Lady | 1978 |
| Oh, God! | Mrs. Green | 1977 |
| Lou Grant | Woman | 1977 |
| ABC Weekend Specials | Miss Hughes | 1977 |
| Little Ladies of the Night | Female Guard | 1977 |
| Visions | Mrs. Kaiser | 1976 |
| Delvecchio | Judge Olsen | 1976 |
| Family | Woman #2 / Woman | 1976 |
| Laverne & Shirley | Mother Pike | 1976 |
| Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman | Landlady | 1976 |
| Welcome Back, Kotter | Aunt Josephine | 1975 |
| Barbary Coast | Old Lady | 1975 |
| Starsky and Hutch | Nurse / Manager | 1975 |
| The Man in the Glass Booth | Mrs. Levi | 1975 |
| The Rockford Files | Mrs. Fornechefsky | 1974 |
| Good Times | Personnel Woman | 1974 |
| Kojak | Landlady / Mary Benson | 1973 |
| The Bait | Bus Passenger | 1973 |
| Doc Elliot | Mags Brimble | 1973 |
| Barnaby Jones | Manager | 1973 |
| The Strangers in 7A | Mrs Layton / Mrs. Layton | 1972 |
| The Streets of San Francisco | Mrs. Rubens / Woman Driver | 1972 |
| The Rookies | Mrs. Alpert | 1972 |
| Evil Roy Slade | Aggie Potter | 1972 |
| Five Desperate Women | Mrs. Brown | 1971 |
| McMillan & Wife | Mrs. Goodbody / Gossipy Woman | 1971 |
| All in the Family | Mrs. McNab | 1971 |
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show | The Neighbor | 1970 |
| Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice | Waitress | 1969 |
| Room 222 | Mrs. Wertz | 1969 |
| My World and Welcome to It | The Sniper | 1969 |
| True Grit | Talkative Woman at Hanging | 1969 |
| The Name of the Game | Mable | 1968 |
| Hawaii Five-O | Sylvia Heller / Dr. Whitewood | 1968 |
| The Way West | Mrs. McBee | 1967 |
| CBS Playhouse | Smoker Woman | 1967 |
| For Pete's Sake! | 1966 | |
| Love on a Rooftop | Woman | 1966 |
| The Last of the Secret Agents? | Florence | 1966 |
| The F.B.I. | LaVerne / Landlady / Housekeeper / Coat Seller | 1965 |
| Please Don't Eat the Daisies | Mabel | 1965 |
| The Fugitive | Mrs. Ball | 1963 |
| Stoney Burke | Liz | 1962 |
| Dr. Kildare | Gladys | 1961 |
| Ada | Alice Sweet | 1961 |
| Peter Loves Mary | Mrs. Brady | 1960 |
| The Andy Griffith Show | Miss Blanchard | 1960 |
| The Tom Ewell Show | Mrs. Clyde | 1960 |
| Bonanza | Mrs. Lewis | 1959 |
| A Hole in the Head | Miss Wexler | 1959 |
| The Donna Reed Show | Mrs. Lubner | 1958 |
| The Jackie Gleason Show | Self - Comedy Vocalist / Self - Guest Comedy Vocalist | 1952 |
| The Red Skelton Hour | Woman in Blue Feathers | 1951 |
| The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self - Actress | 1950 |
| The Saturday Night Revue with Jack Carter | Self | 1950 |
| Cavalcade of Bands | Herself | 1950 |
| The Arrow Show | Self - Actress | 1948 |
| Studio One | Mrs. McCall | 1948 |
| The Milton Berle Show | Self | 1948 |
