Editing Connie Booth (section)

==Early life==
Booth was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, on December 2, 1940. Her father was a [[Wall Street]] stockbroker and her mother was an actress. The family later moved to [[New York (state)|New York State]].<ref name="camden" /><ref name=Independent/> Booth entered acting and worked as a [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] [[understudy]] and waitress. She met [[John Cleese]] while he was working in New York City;<ref name=Independent/> they married on February 20, 1968.<ref>{{cite book|first1=Roger|last1=Wilmut|title=From Fringe to Flying Circus: Celebrating a Unique Generation of Comedy 1960–1980|publisher=[[Methuen Publishing]]|location=North Yorkshire, England|date=1980|isbn=0-413-46950-6}}</ref>