Connie Booth
Known for Acting · 53 credits
- Born
- 1940-12-02 (age 85)
- Place of birth
- Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
- Also known as
- Конни Бут · Constance "Connie" Booth Bollinger · Constance Booth Bollinger
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.
Known For
TV Shows (14)
Play for Today
1970
as Lee-Ann Good / Ginny
Bergerac
1981
as Monica McLeod
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as Libby
Monty Python's Flying Circus
1969
as Various / Second Juror
Fawlty Towers
1975
as Polly Sherman
American Playhouse
1982
as Belle Stark
The Secret Policeman's Ball
1976
as Self
Worzel Gummidge
1979
as Aunt Sally II
The Buccaneers
1995
as Jackie March
Dickens of London
1976
as Sophie
Worlds Beyond
1986
as Betty Hewart
A Life on Screen
2014
as Self
Faith
1994
as Pat Harbinson
For the Greater Good
1991
as Naomi Balliol
Movies (39)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
1975
as The Witch
High Spirits
1988
as Marge
And Now for Something Completely Different
1971
as Best Girl
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1980
as Mrs. Errol
84 Charing Cross Road
1987
as The Lady from Delaware
Remember the Secret Policeman's Ball?
2004
as Self
Hawks
1988
as Nurse Javis
Nairobi Affair
1984
as Mrs. Gardner
The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It
1977
as Mrs. Hudson / Francine Moriarty
The World of Eddie Weary
1990
as Madge
How to Irritate People
1969
as Various
American Friends
1991
as Caroline Hartley
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005
as Polly Sherman (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 2
2004
as Self (archive footage)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1983
as Laura Lyons
The Monty Python Story
1999
as Self
Leon the Pig Farmer
1993
as Yvonne Chadwick
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
1980
as Sylva Bassington-ffrench
The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 1
2004
as Self (archive footage)
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
2009
as Self / Polly Sherman
The Best of Monty Python's Flying Circus Volume 3
2004
as Self (archive footage)
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
1987
as Violet Morstan
Rocket to the Moon
1986
as Belle Stark
Romance with a Double Bass
1974
as Princess Costanza
Past Caring
1986
as Linda
Spaghetti Two-Step
1977
as Sheila
The Deadly Game
1982
as Helen Trapp
Monty Python: From Spam to Sperm
1999
as Self
Fawlty Towers: 50 Years of Laughs
2023
as Self
Fawlty Towers Revisited
2005
as Herself
84 Charing Cross Road
1975
as Ginny
The Cancellation Of Fawlty Towers
2025
The Mermaid Frolics
1977
as Various
Michael Palin: A Life on Screen
2018
The Story of Ruth
1982
as Ruth Baker
The After Dinner Game
1975
as Lee-Ann Good
Smack and Thistle
1991
as Ms Kane
A Good Day to Die, Hoka Hey
2017
as Polly Sherman (archive footage)
Is This a Record?
1973
as Various
About 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 ent… With 53 credits spanning from 1969 to 2025, Connie Booth has appeared in 39 films and 14 TV shows.
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Most Popular Connie Booth Movies
- Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) — as The Witch
- High Spirits (1988) — as Marge
- And Now for Something Completely Different (1971) — as Best Girl
- Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980) — as Mrs. Errol
- 84 Charing Cross Road (1987) — as The Lady from Delaware
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