I was very comfortable having a steady job on a hit show, and who knew if 'The Jeffersons' would catch on? Isabel Sanford More Quotes by Isabel Sanford More Quotes From Isabel Sanford If there's anything in life you consider worthwhile achieving - go for it. I was told many times to forget show business - I had nothing going for me. But I pursued it, anyway. Voila! Isabel Sanford me you business life I was the only child born to Josephine Perry that survived. Mama had six other children before me, and all had passed very quickly and very young, all succumbing to a combination of illness and disease and the lack of strength to fight off both. Isabel Sanford fight me strength children I wasn't young, I wasn't pretty, and I was a black woman looking for success in a business where those attributes were certainly not in demand in the 1960s. Isabel Sanford woman black business success
