Biography
Connie Sawyer (born Rosie Cohen; November 27, 1912 β January 21, 2018) 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 at age 105, she was the oldest working actress in Hollywood, with a career spanning 85 years, and was the oldest member of the Screen Actors Guild and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In September 2017, Sawyer self-published an autobiography, I Never Wanted to Be a Star β and I Wasn't, describing her life in Hollywood.
Filmography
all 94
TV Shows 52
Movies 42
self 3
Self
Sunset over Mulholland Drive (2019)
Movie
Herself
Showfolk (2014)
Movie
Oldest Woman in the World
New Girl (2011)
TV
6.07
Elderly Lady
2 Broke Girls (2011)
TV
5.77
Shopper
Up All Night (2011)
TV
6
Troupers (2011)
Movie
Faye Belogus
Pineapple Express (2008)
Movie
5.78
Old Lady
Relative Strangers (2006)
Movie
Old Lady
How I Met Your Mother (2005)
TV
7.09
Nana
The Office (2005)
TV
7.64
June
Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide (2004)
TV
8.5
Hazel
Promised Land (2004)
Movie
Lady in Market
Something's Gotta Give (2003)
Movie
5.5
Grandma Stewart
View from the Top (2003)
Movie
8
Louise's Mother
8 Simple Rules... for Dating My Teenage Daughter (2002)
TV
5
Old Woman
The Michael Richards Show (2000)
TV
Old Lady
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
TV
6.33
Mrs. Yudelson
Becker (1998)
TV
Old Woman
Will & Grace (1998)
TV
6.33
Aunt Pearl
That '70s Show (1998)
TV
6.14
Old Elevator Lady
Out of Sight (1998)
Movie
6.25
Mrs. Otis
It Came from Outer Space II (1995)
Movie
Winifred
Sliders (1995)
TV
5.67
Rose
Abandoned and Deceived (1995)
Movie
Old Woman
Unhappily Ever After (1995)
TV
Elderly Lady
Dumb and Dumber (1994)
Movie
5.93
Motel Clerk
Roseanne and Tom: A Hollywood Marriage (1994)
Movie
Kathy Brennan / Second Old Lady
ER (1994)
TV
5.44
Boy Meets World (1993)
TV
5.72
Waitress from Hell
The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them (1992)
Movie
Mary
Majority Rule (1992)
Movie
Old Lady
Home Improvement (1991)
TV
7
Elderly Lady 1
Blue Desert (1991)
Movie
Grandma
The End of Innocence (1990)
Movie
Rita
True Colors (1990)
TV
Dream On (1990)
TV
6
Documentary Couple
When Harry Met Sally... (1989)
Movie
5.8
Old Woman
Seinfeld (1989)
TV
5.99
Viney Hunt
Far from Home (1989)
Movie
Mrs. Duke Thorpe
That's Adequate (1989)
Movie
Jake and the Fatman (1987)
TV
Martha the Bag Lady
Nights in White Satin (1987)
Movie
Matlock (1986)
TV
6
227 (1985)
TV
6
Mrs. Houston
Hot Chili (1985)
Movie
Joan
Do You Remember Love (1985)
Movie
Old Woman
V (1984)
TV
Just Our Luck (1983)
TV
Hill Street Blues (1981)
TV
6
Dynasty (1981)
TV
3
Hotel Manager
My Champion (1981)
Movie
Gitel
...And Justice for All (1979)
Movie
6
Archie Bunker's Place (1979)
TV
Mom
Fast Break (1979)
Movie
Cleaning Lady
The President's Mistress (1978)
Movie
Mrs. Green
Oh, God! (1977)
Movie
4.75
Big Hawaii (1977)
TV
Female Guard (uncredited)
Little Ladies of the Night (1977)
Movie
Laverne & Shirley (1976)
TV
5
Nurse / Manager
Starsky & Hutch (1975)
TV
10
Mrs. Levi
The Man in the Glass Booth (1975)
Movie
Mrs. Fornechefsky
The Rockford Files (1974)
TV
7
Good Times (1974)
TV
10
Landlady / Mary Benson
Kojak (1973)
TV
6
Bus Passenger
The Bait (1973)
Movie
Manager
Barnaby Jones (1973)
TV
4.75
Mrs. Layton
The Strangers in 7A (1972)
Movie
The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
TV
6.86
The Rookies (1972)
TV
Aggie Potter
Evil Roy Slade (1972)
Movie
Mrs. Goodbody / Gossipy Woman
McMillan and Wife (1971)
TV
1
Mrs. Brown
Five Desperate Women (1971)
Movie
Mrs. McNab
All in the Family (1971)
TV
6.8
Waitress (uncredited)
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969)
Movie
Talkative Woman at Hanging (uncredited)
True Grit (1969)
Movie
3.5
Sylvia Heller / Dr. Whitewood
Hawaii Five-O (1968)
TV
5.45
Laura Sofina
A Bell for Adano (1967)
Movie
Mrs. McBee
The Way West (1967)
Movie
CBS Playhouse (1966)
TV
For Pete's Sake (1966)
Movie
Love on a Rooftop (1966)
TV
Florence (uncredited)
The Last of the Secret Agents? (1966)
Movie
LaVerne / Landlady / Coat Seller
The F.B.I. (1965)
TV
Mrs. Ball
The Fugitive (1963)
TV
3.5
Gladys
Dr. Kildare (1961)
TV
6
Alice Sweet
Ada (1961)
Movie
Peter Loves Mary (1960)
TV
Ms. Blanchard
The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
TV
6
Miss Wexler
A Hole in the Head (1959)
Movie
The Donna Reed Show (1958)
TV
6
Summer Playhouse (1954)
TV
Woman in Blue Feathers
The Red Skelton Show (1951)
TV
Self
The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950)
TV
Mrs. McCall
Studio One (1948)
TV
Ratings
Average 6.27
Based on 4.33 Million movie and tv ratings over time
1948
1972
1984
1973
2019
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Information
Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1912-11-27
Deathday2018-01-22 (105 years old)
Birth NameRosie Cohen
Birth PlacePueblo, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsRosie Cohen, Constance Sawyer
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