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  1. Mar 14, 2021 · 2 min read. They were one of the most popular 1970s’ and ’80s TV couples: Louise and George Jefferson, played by Isabel Sanford and Sherman Hemsley. Spun off from All in the Family, the...

  2. Aug 23, 2022 · Both Isabel Sanford and Sherman Hemsley started in the theater, and made Broadway debuts prior to appearing on "All in the Family." According to the African-American Registry, Isabel...

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  3. Feb 28, 2023 · Played by Isabel Sanford and Sherman Hemsley, the Jefferson couple came from the sitcom All in the Family. They launched their own successful TV show, The Jeffersons. The sitcom worked so...

  4. Mar 6, 2024 · Played by Sherman Hemsley, with Isabel Sanford as Louise, the sitcom tackled taboo subjects such as racism, gun control, alcoholism and more timely topics laced with humor. Lear had commented once that The Jeffersons presented positive role models in an authentic and non-preachy way.

  5. Sanford later reprised her role as Louise Jefferson in a touring company of The Real Live Jeffersons stage show in the mid-1990s alongside Sherman Hemsley. She and Hemsley also made a cameo appearance in the film Sprung, and guest-starred in The Parkers, Mafia!, and two episodes of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.

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  7. The Jeffersons: Created by Norman Lear, Don Nicholl, Michael Ross, Bernard West. With Isabel Sanford, Sherman Hemsley, Roxie Roker, Franklin Cover. A nouveau riche, African-American family who move into a luxury apartment building develop close, if occasionally fractious, relationships with other tenants.

  8. Jul 6, 2022 · Isabel Sanford and Sherman Hemsley at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium for the Emmys in 1981. (Ron Galella / Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images) By Daron James. July 6, 2022 6 AM PT....