Connie Booth

Booth and Cleese got married on February 20, 1968. In 1971, they had a daughter, Cynthia.

The couple divorced in 1978. However, Booth and Cleese continued to be good friends after their divorce and even co-wrote the script of the second season of ‘Fawlty Towers.’

Their daughter, Cynthia, made appearances in films such as ‘A Fish Called Wanda’ (1988) and ‘Fierce Creatures’ (1997). Cynthia married screenwriter Ed Solomon in 1992.

Connie was born Constance Booth, on January 31, 1944, in Indianapolis, Indiana. Booth’s father was a ‘Wall Street’ stockbroker, and her mother was an actor.

Connie belonged to a well-to-do family. The family moved to New York soon after Connie’s birth. As she grew up, Connie worked as a ‘Broadway’ understudy in New York.

She also worked as a server to support herself. During this time, she met her future husband, John Cleese.

Her hard work and dedication eventually paid off when she finally got her big break. In 1968, she played various characters in a TV film called ‘How to Irritate People.’

She played various characters in the British sketch-comedy series ‘Monty Python’s Flying Circus.’ The series ran from 1969 to 1974.

She played her first major role in the TV miniseries ‘Dickens of London’ in 1972. The series featured her as ‘Sophie’ and was based on the life of popular novelist Charles Dickens.

She co-wrote (with John Cleese) and starred in the ‘BBC2’ sitcom ‘Fawlty Towers’ in 1975 and 1979. The sitcom consisted of 12 episodes. The series featured her as ‘Polly Sherman.’

It was ranked number one on a list curated by the ‘British Film Institute’ in 2000. John and Connie were married when the first season was aired but had divorced before the second season was recorded.

Booth quit the film industry in 1995 to begin a career as a psychotherapist. She studied for five years at the ‘London University’ and started working as a psychotherapist in London after registering with the ‘British Psychoanalytic Council.’

She is also a writer.