"We were very happy. We were a very happy set." George (Sherman Hemsley) and Louise (Isabel Sanford) in their deluxe apartment in the sky. Credit: Everett Collection Gibbs says that Sherman ...

One by one, the cast members learned about the cancellation in unexpected ways: -Isabel Sanford, who portrayed Jefferson family matriarch Louise “Weezy” Jefferson and was the first Black ...

Jefferson, Isabel Sanford as Louise Jefferson, Zara Cully as Mother Olivia Jefferson, Berlinda Tolbert as Jenny Willis Jefferson, Ned Wertimer as Ralph the Doorman, Franklin Cover and Roxie Roker ...