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Connie Booth
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Booth in 1968
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| Born | December 2, 1940 Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
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| Occupation | Writer, actress, psychotherapist |
| Years active | 1968–1995 |
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| Children | 1 |
| Relatives | Bert Lahr (father-in-law), Ed Solomon (former-son-in-law) |
Connie Booth (born December 2, 1940) is an American actress and writer. She is well-known for her work on British TV shows and movies. One of her most famous roles was playing Polly Sherman in the show Fawlty Towers. She also helped write this popular show with her former husband, John Cleese. After 1995, she stopped acting. She then became a psychotherapist and worked in that field until she retired.
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Connie Booth's Early Life
Connie Booth was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, on December 2, 1940. Her father worked on Wall Street as a stockbroker. Her mother was an actress. Later, her family moved to New York State. Connie started acting and worked as an understudy on Broadway. She also worked as a waitress.
She met John Cleese when he was working in New York City. They got married on February 20, 1968.
Her Acting Career
Connie Booth got many roles in popular British TV shows and films. She appeared in episodes of Monty Python's Flying Circus from 1969 to 1974. She was also in the Python films And Now for Something Completely Different (1971) and Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975). In Holy Grail, she played a woman accused of being a witch.
She also appeared in How to Irritate People (1968). This was a film made before Monty Python, starring John Cleese. She was in a short film called Romance with a Double Bass (1974). She also played Mrs. Hudson in The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It (1977). This was a funny Sherlock Holmes movie by John Cleese.
Booth and Cleese worked together to write and star in Fawlty Towers. This show aired in 1975 and 1979. Connie played Polly, a waitress and chambermaid. For many years, she didn't talk about the show. But in 2009, she took part in a documentary about it.
Connie also played different characters on British television. She was Sophie in Dickens of London (1976). She played Mrs. Errol in Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980). She was also Miss March in The Buccaneers (1995). In 1994, she had a role in The Tomorrow People. This was a science fiction TV series for children.
Connie Booth also performed on stage in London. She was in about 10 plays from the mid-1970s to the mid-1990s. A notable role was with John Mills in Little Lies (1983–1984).
Becoming a Psychotherapist
Connie Booth decided to stop acting in 1995. She studied for five years at the University of London. After her studies, she started a new career. She became a psychotherapist. A psychotherapist helps people with their thoughts and feelings. She was registered with the British Psychoanalytic Council.
Connie Booth's Family Life
In 1971, Connie Booth and John Cleese had a daughter named Cynthia. Cynthia also became an actress. She appeared with her father in movies like A Fish Called Wanda and Fierce Creatures. Connie and John Cleese divorced in 1978. Even after their divorce, they finished writing the second series of Fawlty Towers together. Their daughter Cynthia married screenwriter Ed Solomon in 1995.
Connie Booth married John Lahr in 2000. He was a writer and a drama critic for The New Yorker magazine. They live in North London.
