- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- December 2, 1940
- Place of Birth
- Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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, a…
Filmography
movieThe Cancellation Of Fawlty Towers
2025
movieFawlty Towers: 50 Years of Laughs
2023 · Self
movieMichael Palin: A Life on Screen
2018
movieA Good Day to Die, Hoka Hey
2017 · Polly Sherman (archive footage)
tvA Life on Screen
2014 · Self
movieFawlty Towers: Re-Opened
2009 · Self / Polly Sherman
movieFawlty Towers Revisited
2005 · Herself
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
movieThe Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005 · Polly Sherman (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieRemember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
2004 · Self
movieThe Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 3
2004 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 2
2004 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 1
2004 · Self (archive footage)
movieMonty Python: From Spam to Sperm
1999 · Self
movieThe Monty Python Story
1999 · Self
tvThe Buccaneers
1995 · Jackie March
tvFaith
1994 · Pat Harbinson
movieLeon the Pig Farmer
1993 · Yvonne Chadwick
movieSmack and Thistle
1991 · Ms Kane
movieAmerican Friends
1991 · Caroline Hartley
tvFor the Greater Good
1991 · Naomi Balliol
The World of Eddie Weary
movieThe World of Eddie Weary
1990 · Madge
movieHigh Spirits
1988 · Marge
movieHawks
1988 · Nurse Javis
movie84 Charing Cross Road
1987 · The Lady from Delaware
movieThe Return of Sherlock Holmes
1987 · Violet Morstan
moviePast Caring
1986 · Linda
tvWorlds Beyond
1986 · Betty Hewart
movieRocket to the Moon
1986 · Belle Stark
movieNairobi Affair
1984 · Mrs. Gardner
movieThe Hound of the Baskervilles
1983 · Laura Lyons
movieThe Deadly Game
1982 · Helen Trapp
movieThe Story of Ruth
1982 · Ruth Baker
tvAmerican Playhouse
1982 · Belle Stark
tvBergerac
1981 · Monica McLeod
movieLittle Lord Fauntleroy
1980 · Mrs. Errol
movieWhy Didn't They Ask Evans?
1980 · Sylva Bassington-ffrench
tvWorzel Gummidge
1979 · Aunt Sally II
Thank You, Comrades
movieThank You, Comrades
1978 · Annie
movieSnavely
1978 · Creator
movieThe Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It
1977 · Mrs. Hudson / Francine Moriarty
movieThe Mermaid Frolics
1977 · Various
movieSpaghetti Two-Step
1977 · Sheila
tvDickens of London
1976 · Sophie
tvThe Secret Policeman's Ball
1976 · Self
movie84 Charing Cross Road
1975 · Ginny
tvFawlty Towers
1975 · Polly Sherman, Writer, Creator
movieMonty Python and the Holy Grail
1975 · The Witch
movieThe After Dinner Game
1975 · Lee-Ann Good
movieRomance with a Double Bass
1974 · Princess Costanza, Adaptation
movieIs This a Record?
1973 · Various
tvMonty Python's Fliegender Zirkus
1972 · Various Characters
movieAnd Now for Something Completely Different
1971 · Best Girl
tvPlay for Today
1970 · Lee-Ann Good, Ginny
tvMonty Python's Flying Circus
1969 · Various, Second Juror
movieHow to Irritate People
1969 · Various
tvITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969 · Libby