Acting
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).
Filmography
Sunset over Mulholland Drive
Film · 2019
Lovesick
Film · 2014
Showfolk
Film · 2014
2 Broke Girls
Series · 2011
New Girl
Series · 2011
Up All Night
Series · 2011
Due Date
Film · 2010
NCIS: Los Angeles
Series · 2009
Pineapple Express
Film · 2008
Relative Strangers
Film · 2006
How I Met Your Mother
Series · 2005
The Office
Series · 2005
Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide
Series · 2004
Something's Gotta Give
Film · 2003
View from the Top
Film · 2003
8 Simple Rules
Series · 2002
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Series · 2000
The Michael Richards Show
Series · 2000
Girlfriends
Series · 2000
Out of Sight
Film · 1998
That '70s Show
Series · 1998
Becker
Series · 1998
Will & Grace
Series · 1998
L.A. Doctors
Series · 1998
Veronica's Closet
Series · 1997
Scorpion Spring
Film · 1996
Abandoned and Deceived
Film · 1995
It Came from Outer Space II
Film · 1995
Unhappily Ever After
Series · 1995
Sliders
Series · 1995
Dumb and Dumber
Film · 1994
Roseanne and Tom: Behind the Scenes
Film · 1994
ER
Series · 1994
ER
Series · 1994
Boy Meets World
Series · 1993
Dave's World
Series · 1993
The Opposite Sex and How to Live with Them
Film · 1992
Majority Rule
Film · 1992
Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story
Film · 1992
Blue Desert
Film · 1991
Home Improvement
Series · 1991
The End of Innocence
Film · 1990
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Film · 1990
True Colors
Series · 1990
Dream On
Series · 1990
Far from Home
Film · 1989
That's Adequate
Film · 1989
When Harry Met Sally...
Film · 1989
Seinfeld
Series · 1989
Murphy Brown
Series · 1988
Nights in White Satin
Film · 1987
Jake and the Fatman
Series · 1987
Matlock
Series · 1986
Hot Chili
Film · 1985
Do You Remember Love
Film · 1985
227
Series · 1985
The Rosebud Beach Hotel
Film · 1984
V
Series · 1984
Murder, She Wrote
Series · 1984
Murder, She Wrote
Series · 1984
Just Our Luck
Series · 1983
Silver Spoons
Series · 1982
Dynasty
Series · 1981
Hill Street Blues
Series · 1981
Hill Street Blues
Series · 1981
Fast Break
Film · 1979
...And Justice for All
Film · 1979
Archie Bunker's Place
Series · 1979
The President's Mistress
Film · 1978
Little Ladies of the Night
Film · 1977
Oh, God!
Film · 1977
Big Hawaii
Series · 1977
Lou Grant
Series · 1977
Laverne & Shirley
Series · 1976
Delvecchio
Series · 1976
Delvecchio
Series · 1976
The Man in the Glass Booth
Film · 1975
Starsky & Hutch
Series · 1975
Starsky & Hutch
Series · 1975
Welcome Back, Kotter
Series · 1975
The Rockford Files
Series · 1974
Good Times
Series · 1974
The Bait
Film · 1973
Kojak
Series · 1973
Barnaby Jones
Series · 1973
Kojak
Series · 1973
Doc Elliot
Series · 1973
The Strangers in 7A
Film · 1972
Evil Roy Slade
Film · 1972
The Rookies
Series · 1972
The Streets of San Francisco
Series · 1972
The Streets of San Francisco
Series · 1972
Five Desperate Women
Film · 1971
All in the Family
Series · 1971
McMillan & Wife
Series · 1971
McMillan & Wife
Series · 1971
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Series · 1970
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
Film · 1969
True Grit
Film · 1969
Hawaii Five-O
Series · 1969
Hawaii Five-O
Series · 1969
The Name of the Game
Series · 1968
The Way West
Film · 1967
A Bell for Adano
Film · 1967
The Last of the Secret Agents?
Film · 1966
For Pete's Sake
Film · 1966
Love on a Rooftop
Series · 1966
The F.B.I.
Series · 1965
The F.B.I.
Series · 1965
The F.B.I.
Series · 1965
The F.B.I.
Series · 1965
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
Series · 1965
The Fugitive
Series · 1963
Stoney Burke
Series · 1962
Ada
Film · 1961
Dr. Kildare
Series · 1961
The Andy Griffith Show
Series · 1960
Peter Loves Mary
Series · 1960
A Hole in the Head
Film · 1959
Bonanza
Series · 1959
The Donna Reed Show
Series · 1958
The Red Skelton Show
Series · 1951
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Series · 1950
Studio One
Series · 1948