Connie Booth Biography

Connie Booth is an American-born actor, author, comedian, and psychotherapist. As an actor, she is best known for playing ‘Polly Sherman’ in ‘BBC2’s ‘Fawlty Towers,’ which she co-wrote with her then-husband, John Cleese. Booth has played various roles on British TV. She has portrayed ‘Sophie’ in ‘Dickens of London’ (1976), ‘Mrs. Errol’ in a ‘BBC’s ‘Little Lord Fauntleroy’ (1980), ‘Doctor Lucy Connoe’ in ‘The Tomorrow People,’ and ‘Miss March’ in a dramatization of Edith Wharton's ‘The Buccaneers’ (1995). She also appeared in a number of films such as ‘And Now for Something Completely Different’ (1971), ‘Romance with a Double Bass’ (1974), ‘Monty Python and the Holy Grail’ (1975), and ‘Little Lord Fauntleroy’ (1980). She starred in the lead role of ‘Ruth,’ a schizophrenic daughter of an abusive father in the 1981 film ‘The Story of Ruth.’ Some of her other notable films of the 1980s are ‘84 Charing Cross Road’ (1987), ‘High Spirits’ (1988), and ‘Hawks’ (1988). Her last film, ‘Leon the Pig Farmer,’ was released in 1993. Her last appearance was in the TV film ‘The Buccaneers’ in 1995. After ending her acting career, Bonnie studied in London to become a psychotherapist.