Connie Booth

Constance "Connie" Booth (born 2 December 1940) is an American writer and actress, known for appearances on British television and particularly for her portrayal of Polly Sherman in the popular 1970s television show Fawlty Towers, which she co-wrote with her then husband John Cleese. In 1995, she quit acting and worked as a psychotherapist until her retirement. Booth was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, on December 2, 1940. Her father was a Wall Street stockbroker and her mother was an actress. The family later moved to New York State. Booth entered acting and worked as a Broadway understudy and waitress. She met John Cleese while he was working in New York City; they married on February 20, 1968. Booth secured parts in episodes of Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969–74) and in the Python films And Now for Something Completely Different (1971) and Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975, as a woman accused of being a witch). She also appeared in How to Irritate People (1968), a pre-Monty Python film starring Cleese and other future Monty Python members; a short film titled Romance with a Double Bass (1974) which Cleese adapted from a short story by Anton Chekhov; and The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It (1977), Cleese's Sherlock Holmes spoof, as Mrs. Hudson Booth and Cleese co-wrote and co-starred in Fawlty Towers (1975 and 1979), in which she played waitress and chambermaid Polly. For thirty years Booth declined to talk about the show until she agreed to participate in a documentary about the series for the digital channel Gold in 2009. Booth played various roles on British television, including Sophie in Dickens of London (1976), Mrs. Errol in a BBC adaptation of Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980) and Miss March in a dramatisation of Edith Wharton's The Buccaneers (1995). She also starred in the lead role of a drama called The Story of Ruth (1981), in which she played the role of the schizophrenic daughter of an abusive father. In 1994, she played a supporting role in "The Culex Experiment", an episode of the children's science fiction TV series The Tomorrow People. Booth also had a stage career, primarily in the London theatre, appearing in 10 productions from the mid-1970s through the mid-1990s, notably starring with John Mills in the 1983–1984 West End production of Little Lies at Wyndham's Theatre

Nacimiento: 1940-12-02, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Valoración en CMNetwork Actors: 3,6 de 5

En CMNetwork Actors

Monty Python and the Holy Grail como The Witch

Conocido por

Los caballeros de la mesa cuadrada y sus locos seguidores (1975) — The Witch
Hotel Fawlty (1975) — Polly Sherman
Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969) — Various / Second Juror
Se armó la gorda (1971) — Best Girl
El pequeño Lord (1980) — Mrs. Errol
La carta final (1987) — The Lady from Delaware
El hotel de los fantasmas (1988) — Marge
How to Irritate People (1969) — Various

Filmografía

The Funny Blokes of British Comedy (2005) — Polly Sherman (archive footage) (sin acreditar)
Las bucaneras (1995) — Jackie March
Faith (1994) — Pat Harbinson
Leon (Leon the Pig Farmer) (1993) — Yvonne Chadwick
Smack and Thistle (1991) — Ms Kane
American Friends (1991) — Caroline Hartley
For the Greater Good (1991) — Naomi Balliol
The World of Eddie Weary (1990) — Madge
El hotel de los fantasmas (1988) — Marge
Jóvenes halcones (1988) — Nurse Javis
La carta final (1987) — The Lady from Delaware
El regreso de Sherlock Holmes (1987) — Violet Morstan
Past Caring (1986) — Linda
Worlds Beyond (1986) — Betty Hewart
Rocket to the Moon (1986) — Belle Stark
Nairobi Affair (1984) — Mrs. Gardner
El perro de los Baskerville (1983) — Laura Lyons
The Deadly Game (1982) — Helen Trapp
The Story of Ruth (1982) — Ruth Baker
American Playhouse (1982) — Belle Stark
Bergerac (1981) — Monica McLeod
El pequeño Lord (1980) — Mrs. Errol
Agatha Christie: Trayectoria de bumeran (1980) — Sylva Bassington-ffrench
Worzel Gummidge (1979) — Aunt Sally II
Thank You, Comrades (1978) — Annie
The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It (1977) — Mrs. Hudson / Francine Moriarty
The Mermaid Frolics (1977) — Various
Spaghetti Two-Step (1977) — Sheila
Dickens of London (1976) — Sophie
84 Charing Cross Road (1975) — Ginny
Hotel Fawlty (1975) — Polly Sherman
Los caballeros de la mesa cuadrada y sus locos seguidores (1975) — The Witch
The After Dinner Game (1975) — Lee-Ann Good
Romance with a Double Bass (1974) — Princess Costanza
Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus (1972) — Various Characters
Se armó la gorda (1971) — Best Girl
Play for Today (1970) — Lee-Ann Good / Ginny
Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969) — Various / Second Juror
How to Irritate People (1969) — Various
ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969) — Libby