Katey Sagal - Biography

Last Editor: ytyu4				Katey Sagal Biography -   Name : Katey Sagal Profession : Actress/Singer/Lyricist Birth Details : born Catherine Louise Sagal on January 19, 1954 in Hollywood, California

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Wore a wig for her role as Peg Bundy in "Married with Children" (1987). Older sister of Liz Sagal, Jean Sagal and Joe Sagal. Daughter of Boris Sagal and Sara Macon. She appeared in the music video and sang in the choir on the song "Voices That Care." She has been a back-up singer for Bob Dylan, Bette Midler, Gene Simmons and Tanya Tucker. Daughter Sarah Grace White was born 7 August 1994. Son Jackson James White was born 1 March 1996. Her mother was a Southern belle of English stock. Her father was a Russian-Jewish immigrant. Step-granddaughter of Ernest Belcher. Her father, Boris Sagal, was a director, and her mother was a singer. Her sisters, Liz Sagal and Jean Sagal, are identical twins. In a far cry from the red-wigged, stiletto-heeled "Peg Bundy" on "Married with Children" (1987), she plays a responsible sitcom parent "Cate Hennessey" on "8 Simple Rules... for Dating My Teenage Daughter" (2002). Released a second CD in June 2004 called "Room," a collection of pop originals and classics. Her father, Boris Sagal, later married renowned dancer/choreographer Marge Champion after her mother's death. Was hired to sing back-up for Bob Dylan during his 1978 tour but was fired (along with half the band) a week before it started up. One of her "Peg Bundy" bras is located in the Frederick's of Hollywood Lingerie Museum in Hollywood. It was stolen during the 1993 riots, but was returned by the thieves after they discovered its value. Her godfather is producer Norman Lear. Her younger brother Joe Sagal appeared in a couple of "Married with Children" (1987) episodes. In December of 1989, she miscarried her first baby in the second month of her pregnancy. A second child, born in October 1991, whom she named Ruby Jean, was stillborn. She missed several episodes of "Married with Children" (1987) at the time of her second loss while recovering. The pregnancy had been incorporated into earlier episodes but after the tragedy was later dismissed as a "bad dream.". Her older brother David is a lawyer. He studied at Harvard. At the auditions of "Married with Children" (1987), it was her own idea of dressing up Peggy by wearing clothes from the 1960s. Parodied her role of Peg via a similarly attired character in the "Futurama" (1999) episode "A Bicyclops Built for Two.". She and her husband, writer-producer Kurt Sutter, welcomed their first child, daughter Esmé Louise Sutter, on January 10, 2007. Daughter Esmé Louise Sutter was born via surrogate. Her first marriage, to bass player Freddie Beckmeyer, ended in divorce after three years. A second to Jack White, who was involved in the "Mighty Ducks" hockey film series as both actor and adviser, also ended in divorce. She has two children from her second marriage, Sarah and Jackson. Stepsister of Gregg Champion.

Katey Sagal Detailed Biography -

Katey Sagal (born Catherine Louise Sagal on January 19, 1954 in Hollywood, California), is an American singer, writer, and actress best known for her portrayal of the character Peg Bundy in the American sitcom Married... with Children. Sagal as Peg Bundy on Married... with Children Sagal hails from a Jewish-American show business family. She is the daughter of director Boris Sagal, most known for his work on 1960s television dramas, including The Twilight Zone. Sagal is the older sister of twin actresses Barbara (Jean) Sagal and Elizabeth (Liz) Sagal, most remembered as the Doublemint Twins of the early 80s and for their own brief sitcom of that era: Double Trouble. She is also the sister of actor Joe Sagal. Sagal and her siblings grew up in the Mandeville Canyon section of Brentwood, Los Angeles, California. Sagal began her career working the Hollywood circuit. She appeared in several television movies between 1971 and 1975, including the Columbo picture Candidate for Crime and in 1973 working as a back-up singer for various mega-stars including Bob Dylan, Gene Simmons, and Tanya Tucker. She was plucked from relative obscurity by Bette Midler, who hired her for her 1979 tour as one of her back-up singers (The Harlettes). Turanga Leela on Futurama Far right:Sagal as Cate on 8 Simple Rules Sagal returned to television in 1985 in the failed television series Mary starring Mary Tyler Moore. This led to her being cast in her best-known role, that of Peg Bundy on the very successful American sitcom Married... with Children (1987–1997). On the show, she portrayed the lower-class, unhappy, sex-craving wife of a shoe salesman. Her career focused almost entirely around this series for its ten year run (with the exception of several television movies). After the end of Married...with Children, several more television movies followed for Sagal, and she was also a featured voice on the children's cartoon Recess. In 1999, Matt Groening, who created The Simpsons, cast her as one-eyed mutant spaceship pilot Leela in his sci-fi cartoon comedy Futurama. The show developed a cult following but was cancelled four years later. No sooner had that door closed than she was cast as the wife of John Ritter in the sitcom 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter in 2002. After Ritter's unexpected death in September of 2003, Sagal was suddenly given the difficult task of having to carry most of the weight of the show (with a little help from new cast members David Spade and James Garner). Ritter completed only three episodes of the second season of 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter with Sagal introducing each episode. The show was cancelled in 2005 after its third season. Sagal is also an accomplished songwriter. In 1976, while a member of The Group with No Name, she contributed to the album "Moon over Brooklyn". She also performed backing vocals on the solo album by KISS Bassist Gene Simmons. On April 19, 1994, she released her first solo album, Well.... Ten years later, on June 1, 2004, she released her second album, Room. In 2005, she had a guest appearance on Lost appearing as Helen on the episode Orientation.