
Connie Booth
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Acting Credits
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. ...
Known For
Filmography

The Cancellation Of Fawlty Towers
2025

Fawlty Towers: 50 Years of Laughs
2023
as Self

Michael Palin: A Life on Screen
2018

A Good Day to Die, Hoka Hey
2017
as Polly Sherman (archive footage)

A Life on Screen
2014
as Self

Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
2009
as Self / Polly Sherman

Fawlty Towers Revisited
2005
as Herself
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005
as Polly Sherman (archive footage) (uncredited)

Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
2004
as Self

The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 1
2004
as Self (archive footage)

The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 3
2004
as Self (archive footage)

The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 2
2004
as Self (archive footage)

Monty Python: From Spam to Sperm
1999
as Self

The Monty Python Story
1999
as Self

The Buccaneers
1995
as Jackie March

Faith
1994
as Pat Harbinson

Leon the Pig Farmer
1993
as Yvonne Chadwick

American Friends
1991
as Caroline Hartley

Smack and Thistle
1991
as Ms Kane

For the Greater Good
1991
as Naomi Balliol
The World of Eddie Weary
1990
as Madge

Hawks
1988
as Nurse Javis

High Spirits
1988
as Marge

The Return of Sherlock Holmes
1987
as Violet Morstan

84 Charing Cross Road
1987
as The Lady from Delaware

Rocket to the Moon
1986
as Belle Stark

Past Caring
1986
as Linda

Worlds Beyond
1986
as Betty Hewart

Nairobi Affair
1984
as Mrs. Gardner

The Hound of the Baskervilles
1983
as Laura Lyons

The Deadly Game
1982
as Helen Trapp

The Story of Ruth
1982
as Ruth Baker

American Playhouse
1982
as Belle Stark

Bergerac
1981
as Monica McLeod

Little Lord Fauntleroy
1980
as Mrs. Errol

Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
1980
as Sylva Bassington-ffrench

Worzel Gummidge
1979
as Aunt Sally II
Thank You, Comrades
1978
as Annie

The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It
1977
as Mrs. Hudson / Francine Moriarty

Spaghetti Two-Step
1977
as Sheila

The Mermaid Frolics
1977
as Various

The Secret Policeman's Ball
1976
as Self

Dickens of London
1976
as Sophie

Monty Python and the Holy Grail
1975
as The Witch

The After Dinner Game
1975
as Lee-Ann Good

84 Charing Cross Road
1975
as Ginny

Fawlty Towers
1975
as Polly Sherman

Romance with a Double Bass
1974
as Princess Costanza

Is This a Record?
1973
as Various

Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus
1972
as Various Characters

And Now for Something Completely Different
1971
as Best Girl
Film '72
1971
as Self

Play for Today
1970
as Lee-Ann Good

Play for Today
1970
as Ginny

How to Irritate People
1969
as Various

Monty Python's Flying Circus
1969
as Various

Monty Python's Flying Circus
1969
as Second Juror

ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as Libby