Connie Booth
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| Connie Booth | |
 Connie Booth (left) in Fawlty Towers |
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| Birth name | Constance Booth |
| Born | 1944 Indianapolis, United States |
| Spouse(s) | John Cleese, 1968-78, John Lahr |
| Notable roles | Polly Sherman in Fawlty Towers |
Constance Booth (known as Connie), born 1944 in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, is an American writer and actress best known for her appearances on British television, and particularly for her work with John Cleese.
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Booth's father was a Wall Street magnate, and her mother was an actress. They had moved from rural Indiana to New Rochelle, New York, USA, and from an early stage it became clear that their daughter was suited to life on the stage. After performing in high school productions, Booth went on to study drama in New York City, where she worked as a waitress. At the end of the 1960s she met the English actor, John Cleese, whom she later married.
Through her connection with Cleese, Booth secured parts in a few Monty Python episodes and in the Python's And Now for Something Completely Different. She made her first appearance on British television in 1968, and appeared regularly in the British television series Monty Python's Flying Circus. She also appeared in Monty Python and the Holy Grail as the woman accused of being a witch.
Booth co-wrote with Cleese, and co-starred (as the maid Polly), in the series Fawlty Towers (1975-79), which is considered one of the greatest British sit-coms. She also appeared in a short film titled Romance with a Double Bass, adapted by Cleese from a short story by Anton Chekhov.
Booth and Cleese were married from 20 February 1968 to 1978, when they divorced. In 1971 Booth gave birth to a daughter, Cynthia, who starred alongside her father in A Fish Called Wanda seventeen years later.
Booth played various roles on British televsion, including Mrs Errol in a BBC adaptation of Little Lord Fauntleroy, and Miss March in a dramatisation of Edith Wharton's The Buccaneers.
Booth ended her acting career in 1995. She refuses to discuss Fawlty Towers and chooses to stay out of the limelight. She now works as a psychotherapist in London.[1] [2]
Booth is married to John Lahr, the son of Bert Lahr, who played the Cowardly Lion in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. She lives in London, England with her husband and family.
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