Caroline Gilchrist Rhea is a Canadian actress and stand-up comedian, who is best known for her role as Linda Flynn-Fletcher, Betty Jo Flynn and additional voices from the Disney Channel and Disney XD animated series Phineas and Ferb and Hilda Spellman on the ABC series Sabrina the Teenage Witch.
18 Facts About Caroline Rhea
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Caroline Rhea has performed numerous comedy specials, including three one-hour standup specials for HBO, Showtime, and Bravo.
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Caroline Rhea is known as the voice of Linda Flynn-Fletcher on the Disney Channel series Phineas and Ferb and as a regular on Hollywood Squares with her friend Whoopi Goldberg.
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Caroline Rhea appeared regularly on ABC's Match Game with Alec Baldwin from 2016 to 2020.
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Caroline Rhea attended The Study, an all-girls private school in Westmount, Quebec; Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia; and the University of Arizona.
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Caroline Rhea moved to New York in 1986 to pursue a career as a comedian and actress.
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Caroline Rhea made her first filmed standup appearances on MTV's Half-Hour Comedy Hour, Comic Strip Live, and Caroline's Comedy Hour.
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Caroline Rhea was given a one-hour special for HBO, called One Night Stand.
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Caroline Rhea followed it up with Rhea's Anatomy, her one-hour special for Bravo, and Give Me My Remote for Showtime.
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Caroline Rhea later gained widespread fame for her role as Aunt Hilda on the ABC series Sabrina the Teenage Witch and for her recurring role on the latest incarnation of Hollywood Squares.
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Rhea is well known for her role as Linda Flynn-Fletcher on the long-running Disney show Phineas and Ferb; for her syndicated daytime talk show, The Caroline Rhea Show; as the original host of The Biggest Loser on NBC; and for playing Noleta Nethercott on the TV series Sordid Lives: The Series for Logo, which has been rebooted as a feature called A Very Sordid Wedding.
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In 2008, Caroline Rhea starred alongside Justin Guarini and Mircea Monroe in the MarVista Entertainment production of Fast Girl.
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In 2013, Caroline Rhea hosted a travelling live stage show version of the game show Family Feud that toured fairs in the US and Canada, including the Calgary Stampede.
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Caroline Rhea appeared in 21 episodes, her last airing in October 2020.
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Caroline Rhea has competed on Bravo's Celebrity Poker Showdown and GSN's World Series of Blackjack, and has done a live webcast with author Meg Cabot.
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In 2019, Caroline Rhea began appearing as Judy, the grandmother, in the Disney Channel sitcom Sydney to the Max, which premiered January 25,2019 and ran for three seasons until November 2021.
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Caroline Rhea has appeared at Comic Relief as well as the Ms.
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Caroline Rhea appeared as a contestant in 2001 on a special edition of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, winning $125,000 for her charity.