Rhea Perlman
szül. 1948.03.31
(76 éves)
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, Egyesült Államok
Életrajz
RHEA PERLMAN has been a star of television, stage and film for more than 30 years. Perlman is a four-time Emmy winner for her role as Carla on the NBC hit "Cheers." She was nominated an unprecedented 10 times during the 11-year series and appeared in all 273 episodes.
In 2010 Perlman appeared onstage with her daughter, Lucy, in Norah and Delia Ephron's Broadway hit Love, Loss and What I Wore at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles. The pair previously performed together in the Broadway edition of the same play.
Perlman starred in the Broadway production of The Tale of the Allergist's Wife, the Off- Broadway play The Exonerated and the London West End revival of Boeing-Boeing. Her performance as the forbearing housekeeper, Bertha, earned rave reviews.
Perlman starred in LOVE COMES LATELY, earning praise for her role as the long- suffering lover Reisel and in the family film BEETHOVEN: THE REEL STORY for Universal Home Entertainment. Other feature film credits include SUNSET PARK, CANADIAN BACON, CARPOOL and MATILDA, which was directed by and also starred her husband, Danny DeVito.
Perlman has starred in more than 15 television movies, including Hallmark's "Oliver's Ghost," "The Christmas Choir," "Houdini," "Secret Cutting" and "How to Marry a Billionaire." Her other television credits include the role of Zena in "Taxi," a recurring role as Tanya in HBO's "Hung," "Law & Order: SVU," "Kate Brasher" and "Pearl," which she both starred in and executive produced.
Perlman began writing children's books in 2005, producing a six-book series entitled Otto Undercover, about a precocious kid who is a racecar driver and secret agent who loves wordplay and palindromes.
Born in Brooklyn, Perlman graduated from Hunter College in New York with a Theatre degree and was later awarded an honorary doctorate in Fine Arts. She is a mother of three and a well-known children's advocate recognized for her involvement in a variety of charities, including Los Angeles' Best, Children's Action Network, Children's Hospital Los Angeles Diabetes Center. Perlman regularly blogs on Huffington Post, introducing kids in Los Angeles County foster care who are eligible for adoption. In 2010 she received the National Angel Award from the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute's Angels in Adoption. She also successfully campaigned for the passage of California Fostering Connections to Success Act (AB 12), which allows children who turn 18 the option to remain in the foster care system until the age of 21. A champion of children's literacy, Perlman supports public libraries.
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Színésznő
Dokumentumfilm | |
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2005 |
Tsunami Aid: A Concert of Hope (koncert) |
2000 |
Cheers: The E! True Hollywood Story (Tévéfilm) |
1999 |
Saturday Night Live 25 (Tévéfilm) |
1995 |
50 Years of Funny Females (Tévéfilm) |
1987 |
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville (Tévéfilm) |
1986 |
NBC 60th Anniversary Celebration (Tévéfilm) |
Videó összeállítás | |
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1992 |
Amazing Stories: Book One |
Rövid | |
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2017 |
The Matchmaker |
2007 |
Danny DeVito & the Contract (Tévéfilm) |
2001 |
Old Love |
1999 |
The Frasier Story (Tévéfilm) |
1992 |
From Time to Time |
1973 |
Hot Dogs for Gauguin |