Rhea Jo Perlman was born on March 31,1948 and is an American actress.
24 Facts About Rhea Perlman
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Rhea Perlman played head-waitress Carla Tortelli in the sitcom Cheers.
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Rhea Perlman has appeared in films, including Canadian Bacon, Matilda, The Sessions, and Poms.
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Rhea Perlman was born on March 31,1948, in Coney Island, Brooklyn, to Philip Rhea Perlman, a Polish immigrant who was a manager at a doll parts factory and Adele, a bookkeeper.
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Rhea Perlman grew up in Bensonhurst in a Jewish family with additional roots in Russia.
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Rhea Perlman has a sister, Heide, who is a television writer, story editor, and producer who worked on Cheers, Frasier and The Tracey Ullman Show.
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Rhea Perlman's character became known by his real name, Phil, and he managed to get a few lines over the years as he appeared in more than 30 episodes.
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Rhea Perlman created a second career as a character actor, appearing in several films and television shows, including Throw Momma from the Train, Hoffa, and Frasier.
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Rhea Perlman studied drama at Hunter College in New York, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1968.
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Rhea Perlman began her acting career with a small role as an attendant in the off-off-Broadway play Dracula Sabbat, which ran from September 1970 to June 1971.
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Rhea Perlman won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy four times: in 1984,1985,1986 and 1989.
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Rhea Perlman was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress six times, more than anyone else in that category.
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In 1986, Rhea Perlman starred in an episode of Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories titled "The Wedding Ring," which starred DeVito as her character's husband.
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Rhea Perlman had a cameo in the film 10 Items Or Less, and starred in the 2007 independent film Love Comes Lately.
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In 1994, Rhea Perlman voiced 9-Eye in The Timekeeper, a Circle-Vision show at the Magic Kingdom in Tomorrowland.
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Rhea Perlman later starred in the 1996 sitcom Pearl as the title character and was featured on the 2001 TV drama Kate Brasher.
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Rhea Perlman appeared in a 2000 television film How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale, in which she impersonated Jacqueline Kennedy.
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Rhea Perlman portrayed a therapist called Dr Parella in the 2000 film Secret Cutting, which follows the story of a young girl named Dawn who self-injures.
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In 2007, Rhea Perlman appeared as Bertha in the West End of London in the comedy Boeing Boeing.
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In 2011, Rhea Perlman had a guest appearance as Mittens in one episode of Wilfred.
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Rhea Perlman is the author of the illustrated children's book series Otto Undercover, whose six books to date are Born to Drive, Canyon Catastrophe, Water Balloon Doom, Toxic Taffy Takeover, The Brink of Ex-stink-tion, and Brain Freeze.
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Rhea Perlman met Danny DeVito on January 17,1971, when she went to see a friend in the single performance of the play The Shrinking Bride, which featured DeVito.
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Rhea Perlman, who is Jewish, and DeVito, who was raised Catholic, raised their children celebrating the major holidays of both religions but did not give their children any religious identity.
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In 2019, Rhea Perlman told interviewer Andy Cohen that she and DeVito have become closer friends after their separation than they were in their final years as a couple.