Connie Sawyer

Connie Sawyer

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, with John Wayne), a role in Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969), Mrs. Levi in The Man in the Glass Booth (1975, with Max von Sydow), a heavenly customer in Oh, God! (1977, with Goldie Hawn), Gitel in And Justice for All (1979, with Al Pacino), a Documentary Couple in When Harry Met Sally... (1989, with Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan), the woman who steals Jim Carrey's wallet in Dumb and Dumber (1994), a role in Out of Sight (1998, with George Clooney and Steve Martin), Faye Belogus in Pineapple Express (2008, with Seth Rogen and James Franco), and Nana Bebe in Lovesick (2014, with Matt LeBlanc). On television she appeared in Seinfeld (1989), Will & Grace, ER (2006), The Office (2005), How I Met Your Mother (2007), 2 Broke Girls (2012), and Ray Donovan (2013, as James Woods's mother), with earlier credits in The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970, 1975), Hawaii Five-O, Dynasty (1981), Murder, She Wrote (1986, 1991), Home Improvement (1991), and Archie Bunker's Place (1979).
    Known for
    Acting
    Place of birth
    Pueblo, Colorado, USA
    Birthday
    27 November 1912
The Last of the Secret Agents?
The Last of the Secret Agents?
4.2
Pineapple Express
Pineapple Express
6.635
The President's Mistress
The President's Mistress
6.8
A Hole in the Head
A Hole in the Head
6.2
Far from Home
Far from Home
5.5
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
6.3
The Way West
The Way West
6.1
The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them
The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them
5.6
Sunset over Mulholland Drive
Sunset over Mulholland Drive
5.3
A Bell for Adano
A Bell for Adano
0
That's Adequate
That's Adequate
4.1
Something's Gotta Give
Something's Gotta Give
6.624
Ada
Ada
6.5
Five Desperate Women
Five Desperate Women
6
Blue Desert
Blue Desert
3.8
The Strangers in 7A
The Strangers in 7A
6.3
Troupers
0
Little Ladies of the Night
Little Ladies of the Night
4.2
True Grit
True Grit
7.321
For Pete's Sake
For Pete's Sake
7.5
Abandoned and Deceived
Abandoned and Deceived
7.3
Majority Rule
Majority Rule
6
The End of Innocence
The End of Innocence
5
Lovesick
Lovesick
5
Evil Roy Slade
Evil Roy Slade
6.3
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story
5.8
The Rosebud Beach Hotel
The Rosebud Beach Hotel
4.5
When Harry Met Sally...
When Harry Met Sally...
7.408
View from the Top
View from the Top
5.6
It Came from Outer Space II
It Came from Outer Space II
3.9
Dumb and Dumber
Dumb and Dumber
6.667
Showfolk
Showfolk
8
Promised Land
6
Roseanne and Tom: Behind the Scenes
Roseanne and Tom: Behind the Scenes
9
The Bait
The Bait
6.5
Hot Chili
Hot Chili
3.7
Fast Break
Fast Break
5.6
...And Justice for All
...And Justice for All
7.1
The Man in the Glass Booth
The Man in the Glass Booth
6.15
Oh, God!
Oh, God!
6.4
Nights in White Satin
Nights in White Satin
4.5
Out of Sight
Out of Sight
6.679
Do You Remember Love
Do You Remember Love
10
Relative Strangers
Relative Strangers
5.3
Scorpion Spring
Scorpion Spring
6.417
Due Date
Due Date
6.391
The Bonfire of the Vanities
The Bonfire of the Vanities
5.609