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Connie Sawyer (born November 27, 1912) is an American actress. She was born in Pueblo, Colorado and grew up in Oakland, California. ==Life and career== Born Rosie Cohen in 1912 to Jewish immigrants from Romania,〔(Jewishjournal.com Connie Sawyer: The world’s eldest working actress )〕 her early career included working as a stand-up comedian and nightclub performer.〔(Los Angeles Times: Oscar voters: 99-year-old in academy 'never wanted to be a star' )〕 Sawyer's first television appearances were in ''The Milton Berle Show'', The ''Colgate Comedy Hour'' and ''The Jackie Gleason Show'' in the late 1940s. In 1959 she was cast in the comedy film ''A Hole in the Head'', which starred Frank Sinatra, Edward G. Robinson and Eleanor Parker. She had performed in the original Broadway play as Miss Wexler, a character she created. When Sinatra and co. bought the rights to the movie, the writer informed him that he hadn't written the part of Miss Wexler and Sinatra would have to ask Sawyer for rights to that character. Sinatra decided to hire Sawyer for his movie as the same role she played in the Broadway play. He later nominated her for membership in the Academy of Motion Pictures. She continued to appear regularly on television, in such series as ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'', ''The Rockford Files'', ''Hawaii Five-O'', ''Dynasty'', ''When Harry Met Sally...'', ''Murder, She Wrote'', ''Home Improvement'', ''Seinfeld'', ''Boy Meets World'', ''Will & Grace'', ''That '70s Show'', ''8 Simple Rules'', ''ER'', ''How I Met Your Mother'' and ''The Office''. In 2012 Sawyer, at the age of 99, was one of the oldest members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.〔 She turned 100 in November 2012. Author and gerontologist Jacob Appel MD paid tribute to Sawyer by modeling a minor character after her in his novel, ''The Man Who Wouldn't Stand Up'' (2012).〔Appel, Phoning Home: Essays, University of South Carolina Press, June 2014〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Connie Sawyer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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