Connie Booth

Acting · Born 1940-12-02 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

Biography

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…

Filmography

• Monty Python and the Holy Grail as The Witch
• Little Lord Fauntleroy as Mrs. Errol
• And Now for Something Completely Different as Best Girl
• 84 Charing Cross Road as The Lady from Delaware
• The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It as Mrs. Hudson / Francine Moriarty
• Romance with a Double Bass as Princess Costanza
• Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball? as Self
• How to Irritate People as Various
• Is This a Record? as Various
• Leon the Pig Farmer as Yvonne Chadwick

TV

• Monty Python's Flying Circus as Various
• Fawlty Towers as Polly Sherman
• Monty Python's Flying Circus as Second Juror
• Bergerac as Monica McLeod
• The Secret Policeman's Ball as Self
• The Buccaneers as Jackie March
• Faith as Pat Harbinson
• A Life on Screen as Self
• Play for Today as Lee-Ann Good
• Worzel Gummidge as Aunt Sally II