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Constance "Connie" Booth, (born 1944 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA) is an American writer and actress best known for her appearances on British television, especially her work with her ex-husband John Cleese.
She made her first appearance on British television in 1968. She 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. She co-wrote and co-starred (as the maid Polly) in the series Fawlty Towers (1975-79) with her then husband John Cleese. Additionally she appeared with Cleese 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 February 20 1968 to 1978 when their marriage ended in divorce. They have one child, Cynthia Cleese born 1971, from their decade long marriage.
Connie Booth subsequently appeared in dramatic roles on British television and her ability to switch back to her American accent proved useful in several roles including Mrs Errol in a BBC adaptation of Little Lord Fauntleroy and Miss March in a dramatisation of Edith Wharton's The Buccaneers.
She ended her acting career in 1995 and now practices as a psychotherapist in London [1]. She is now married to John Lahr, the son of Bert Lahr who played the Cowardly Lion in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. Mr Lahr has been the drama critic of The New Yorker since 1992. She also refuses to discuss Fawlty Towers with anyone and tends to keep out of the limelight.
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