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Connie Booth

コニー・ブース　/　こにー・ぶーす

American television actor

December 2, 1940 (age 85)　・　Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Indiana
television actor
screenwriter
psychotherapist

My Take

What fascinates me about Connie Booth is the quiet refusal to be defined by fame. She didn't just play Polly on Fawlty Towers, she co-wrote it alongside Cleese, which means she helped build one of the most surgically precise sitcoms ever made. Then, in 1995, she walked away from acting entirely to become a psychotherapist. I find that pivot genuinely admirable: from getting laughs to listening deeply. There's an unshowy integrity in choosing a private, useful life over the spotlight, and it makes her comedy work feel even sharper in hindsight.

Overview

Connie Booth (born December 2, 1940) is a retired American actress and writer. She has appeared in several British television programmes and films, including her role as Polly Sherman on BBC Two's Fawlty Towers, which she co-wrote with her then-husband John Cleese. In 1995, she left acting and worked as a psychotherapist until her retirement.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Connie Booth
Name (Japanese): コニー・ブース
Reading: こにー・ぶーす
Born: December 2, 1940 (age 85)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Sagittarius / Dragon
Origin: Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: television actor / screenwriter / psychotherapist / film actor

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: The Open University

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B3%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%96%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9

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