Rhea Perlman

Infobox actor
name = Rhea Perlman


imagesize = 200px
caption = The 1988 Emmy Awards
birthdate = birth date and age|1948|3|31
location = Brooklyn, New York, USA
yearsactive = 1972–present
spouse = Danny DeVito (January 28, 1982 - present) 3 children.
emmyawards = Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
1984 "Cheers"
1985 "Cheers"
1986 "Cheers"
1989 "Cheers"
tonyawards =

Rhea Perlman (born March 31, 1948) is an American four-time Emmy Award-winning actress, known for her role as Carla Tortelli on the classic sitcom "Cheers".

Biography

Personal life

Perlman was born in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Adele and Philip Perlman, who was an actor as well as doll and toy part salesman. [ [http://www.filmreference.com/film/76/Rhea-Perlman.html Rhea Perlman Biography (1948-) ] ] She is the sister of Heide Perlman, who worked as a writer, story editor and producer on the television show "Cheers". Perlman attended Hunter College in New York and is an active Democrat. [ [http://www.newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/Rhea_Perlman.php NEWSMEAT ▷ Rhea Perlman's Federal Campaign Contribution Report ] ] She is married to actor Danny DeVito, who played her husband in the film Matilda. They have three children: Lucy Chet DeVito (born March 1983), Grace Fan DeVito (born March 1985) and Jacob Daniel DeVito (born October 1987).

Career

Perlman received ten Emmy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series ("Cheers" ran 11 seasons, from 1982–1993; the only year in which Perlman wasn't nominated was 1992). She won the Emmy four times, in 1984, 1985, 1986 and 1989. She later starred in the 1996 sitcom "Pearl" as the title character and was featured on the 2001 TV drama "Kate Brasher". She also appeared in a 2000 television film "", in which she played Jacqueline Kennedy.

Perlman also played the role of Honey in the film "Canadian Bacon" and she appeared in the movie "Matilda" opposite her husband Danny DeVito, Pam Ferris and Mara Wilson. She also played the grumpy shopkeeper in "Packin It In".

Perlman also played the part of a therapist called Dr Parella in the 2000 film "Painful secrets" a.k.a secret cutting, which follows the story of a young girl named Dawn who self injures.

She appeared briefly, with her husband, in the 2006 movie "10 Items or Less".

Perlman is the author of the successful illustrated children's book series "Otto Undercover", with six books which are Born to Drive, Canyon Catastrophe, Water Balloon Doom, Toxic Taffy Takeover, Brink of the Ex-stink-tion, and the recently published Brain Freeze.

Perlman is appearing as 'Bertha' in the West End of London in the comedy Boeing Boeing.

References

External links

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* [http://classic.edit.bonus.com/msite/hpc/ottoundercover/ Otto Undercover]