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Connie Booth

Known For
Acting

Known Credits
57

Gender
Female

Birthday
December 2, 1940 (85 years old)

Place of Birth
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

Connie Booth

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 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

Known For

Acting

2025The Cancellation Of Fawlty Towersas
2023Fawlty Towers: 50 Years of Laughsas Self
2018Michael Palin: A Life on Screenas
2017A Good Day to Die, Hoka Heyas Polly Sherman (archive footage)
2014A Life on Screenas Self
2009Fawlty Towers: Re-Openedas Self / Polly Sherman
2005Fawlty Towers Revisitedas Herself
2005The Funny Blokes of British Comedyas Polly Sherman (archive footage) (uncredited)
2004Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?as Self
2004The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 1as Self (archive footage)
2004The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 2as Self (archive footage)
2004The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 3as Self (archive footage)
1999The Monty Python Storyas Self
1999Monty Python: From Spam to Spermas Self
1995The Buccaneersas Jackie March
1994Faithas Pat Harbinson
1993Leon the Pig Farmeras Yvonne Chadwick
1991Smack and Thistleas Ms Kane
1991American Friendsas Caroline Hartley
1991For the Greater Goodas Naomi Balliol
1990The World of Eddie Wearyas Madge
1988High Spiritsas Marge
1988Hawksas Nurse Javis
198784 Charing Cross Roadas The Lady from Delaware
1987The Return of Sherlock Holmesas Violet Morstan
1986Past Caringas Linda
1986Worlds Beyondas Betty Hewart
1986Rocket to the Moonas Belle Stark
1984Nairobi Affairas Mrs. Gardner
1983The Hound of the Baskervillesas Laura Lyons
1982The Deadly Gameas Helen Trapp
1982The Story of Ruthas Ruth Baker
1982American Playhouseas Belle Stark
1981Bergeracas Monica McLeod
1980Little Lord Fauntleroyas Mrs. Errol
1980Why Didn't They Ask Evans?as Sylva Bassington-ffrench
1979Worzel Gummidgeas Aunt Sally II
1978Thank You, Comradesas Annie
1977The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know Itas Mrs. Hudson / Francine Moriarty
1977The Mermaid Frolicsas Various
1977Spaghetti Two-Stepas Sheila
1976Dickens of Londonas Sophie
1976The Secret Policeman's Ballas Self
197584 Charing Cross Roadas Ginny
1975Fawlty Towersas Polly Sherman
1975Monty Python and the Holy Grailas The Witch
1975The After Dinner Gameas Lee-Ann Good
1974Romance with a Double Bassas Princess Costanza
1973Is This a Record?as Various
1972Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkusas Various Characters
1971And Now for Something Completely Differentas Best Girl
1970Play for Todayas Ginny
1970Play for Todayas Lee-Ann Good
1969Monty Python's Flying Circusas Second Juror
1969Monty Python's Flying Circusas Various
1969How to Irritate Peopleas Various
1969ITV Saturday Night Theatreas Libby

Production

1978Snavely...Creator
1975Fawlty Towers...Creator
1975Fawlty Towers...Writer
1974Romance with a Double Bass...Adaptation