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Connie Booth
Connie Booth (left) in Fawlty Towers
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.

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.

• Connie Booth at the Internet Movie Database
• BBC Comedy Guide entry

Monty Python
Graham Chapman • John Cleese • Terry Gilliam • Eric Idle • Terry Jones • Michael Palin
Other Contributors
Douglas Adams • Connie Booth • Carol Cleveland • Neil Innes
TV Series
Monty Python’s Flying Circus  • Monty Python’s Fliegender Zirkus  • Monty Python’s Personal Best
Films
And Now For Something Completely Different  • Monty Python and the Holy Grail  • Monty Python's Life of Brian  • Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl  • Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
Specials
Monty Python Live At Aspen  • Python Night - 30 Years of Monty Python
Albums
Monty Python's Flying Circus  • Another Monty Python Record  • Monty Python's Previous Record  • The Monty Python Matching Tie and Handkerchief  • Monty Python Live at Drury Lane  • The Album of the Soundtrack of the Trailer of the Film of Monty Python and the Holy Grail  • Monty Python Live at City Center  • The Monty Python Instant Record Collection  • Monty Python's Life of Brian  • Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album  • Monty Python's The Meaning of Life  • The Final Rip Off  • Monty Python Sings  • The Ultimate Monty Python Rip Off  • The Instant Monty Python CD Collection  • The Hastily Cobbled Together for a Fast Buck Album
Stage Productions
Spamalot  • Not the Messiah  • Spamalot Las Vegas
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