American-born, Connie Booth works as a psychotherapist, author, comedian, and actor. Her most well-known role as an actor is that of “Polly Sherman” in “Fawlty Towers,” a show that she co-wrote with her ex-husband John Cleese on BBC2. Booth has been in a number of British TV series. In the television series Dickens of London (1976), she played the roles of “Sophie” (1976), “Mrs. Errol” (1980), “Doctor Lucy Connoe” (1981), and “Miss March” (1995) in a dramatization of Edith Wharton’s “The Buccaneers.” She has starred in several motion pictures, including Little Lord Fauntleroy (1980), And Now for Something Completely Different (1971), Romance with a Double Bass (1974), and Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975). In the 1981 film “The Story of Ruth,” she played the title role of “Ruth,” the schizophrenic daughter of an abusive father. Her other well-known 1980s movies include Hawkks (1988), High Spirits (1988), and 84 Charing Cross Road (1987). “Leon the Pig Farmer,” her final motion picture, was released in 1993. Her final on-screen role was in the 1995 television movie “The Buccaneers.” Following the termination of her acting career, Bonnie pursued her psychotherapy studies in London.
Early Life & Childhood of Connie Booth
On January 31, 1944, Constance Booth was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, and became Connie. Booth’s mother was an actress, while her father worked as a stockbroker on Wall Street.
Connie came from a wealthy household. Not long after Connie was born, the family relocated to New York. Growing up, Connie was employed in New York as an understudy for Broadway shows.
To help support herself, she also worked as a server. She met John Cleese, her future husband, during this period.
Career of Connie Booth
Her perseverance and hard work eventually paid off when she eventually received her big break. She portrayed a number of roles in the television movie “How to Irritate People” in 1968.
In the British sketch-comedy series “Monty Python’s Flying Circus,” she portrayed a variety of characters. The show aired between 1969 and 1974.
In 1972, she landed her first significant part in the television miniseries “Dickens of London.” She played “Sophie” in the television series, which was based on the life of well-known author Charles Dickens.
She co-wrote “Fawlty Towers,” a sitcom on “BBC2,” with John Cleese, and appeared in it in 1975 and 1979. There were twelve episodes of the sitcom. She played “Polly Sherman” in the series.
In a ranking compiled in 2000 by the “British Film Institute,” it came in first place. Prior to the second season’s recording, John and Connie were divorced when the first season aired.
She portrayed “Sylvia Bassington-French” in the television movie “Why Didn’t They Ask Evans” in 1980.
She played “Helen Trapp” in the suspenseful television movie “The Deadly Game” in 1982. She portrayed “Laura Lyons” in the British television movie “The Hounds of Baskerville” in 1983.
The same-titled book by Arthur Conan Doyle served as the basis for the movie. She kept making appearances in TV movies, including The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1987) and Past Caring (1985).
She made an appearance in a 1994 episode of the British science fiction series “The Tomorrow People.” She portrayed “Doctor Lucy Connoe” in the “The Culex Experiment” episode.
In 1995, she made her final on-screen appearance in “The Buccaneers.” She appeared in the series as “Miss March.”
Her debut as an actor was in the 1971 sketch-comedy “And Now for Something Completely Different,” which was adapted from the television series “Monty Phython’s Flying Circus.”
She played “Princess Costanza” in the British comedy short “Romance with a Double Bass” in 1974. She portrayed “The Witch” in the camp comedy “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” in 1975.
She portrayed “Mrs. Hudson” and “Francine Moriarty” in the low-budget parody of the “Sherlock-Holmes” detective series “The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It” in 1977. The movie’s primary actor was played by John Cleese.
She portrayed “Mrs. Errol” in the Little Lord Fauntleroy movie, which was released in 1980. In the drama film “The Story of Ruth,” she played the lead part. She played the psychotic daughter of an abusive father in the movie called “Ruth.” She was praised by critics for her performance.
She also starred in the motion picture “84 Charing Cross Road” from 1987. In the fantasy film “High Spirits” (1988), she played the character of “Marge,” alongside Steve Guttenberg, Daryl Hannah, Beverly D’Angelo, and Liam Neeson.
She portrayed “Nurse Jarvis” in the British comedy film “Hawks” that same year. She portrayed “Caroline Hartley” in the 1991 motion picture “American Friends.”
Her final motion picture appearance was in the comedy “Neon the Pig Farmer” from 1993 as “Yvonne Chadwick.”
Additional Large Works of Connie Booth
In 1995, Booth left the movie business to pursue a career as a psychotherapist. After completing her five years of studies at “London University,” she registered with the “British Psychoanalytic Council” and began practicing psychotherapy in London.
Individual Life of Connie Booth
February 20, 1968, saw the marriage of Booth and Cleese. Cynthia was their daughter, born in 1971.
1978 saw the couple’s divorce. Despite their divorce, Booth and Cleese remained close friends and even collaborated on the writing for the second season of “Fawlty Towers.”
Cynthia, their daughter, appeared in movies including “A Fish Called Wanda” (1988) and “Fierce Creatures” (1997). In 1992, Cynthia wed screenwriter Ed Solomon.
In 2000, Booth wed John Lahr. John was a senior drama critic for “The New Yorker” before becoming an author.
She and John currently reside in north London.
Net worth of Connie Booth
The estimated net worth of Connie Booth is about $1 million.