Rhea Perlman

Name: Rhea Perlman
Date of Birth: March 31, 1948
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA

Mini-bio: Rhea Perlman (born March 31, 1948 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American 4-time Emmy Award winning actress, best known for her role as Carla Tortelli on the sitcom Cheers. She is the sister of Heide Pe...( read more)

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Rhea Perlman mini-bio: Rhea Perlman (born March 31, 1948 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American 4-time Emmy Award winning actress, best known for her role as Carla Tortelli on the sitcom Cheers. She is the sister of Heide Perlman, who worked as a writer, story editor and producer on the show, and the daughter of Phil Perlman, who occasionally appeared as bar regular Phil. She is married to actor Danny DeVito, with whom she has three children - Lucy Chet DeVito (born March 1983), Grace Fan DeVito (born March 1985) and Jacob Daniel DeVito (born October 1987). She is currently appearing as 'Bertha' in the West End of London in the comedy Boeing Boeing.

Perlman received 10 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 How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale, 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.

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 attended Hunter College in New York and is an active Democrat.