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Rhea Perlman

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Also known as Rhea Jo Perlman

American actress

OverviewAI-generated

Rhea Perlman is an American woman who began her work period in 1972. She is a mother of three children and stands at a height of 152. Her professional output includes five works, with a broader collection of eleven works listed in library records.

Among her top works are *Water Balloon Doom* (Otto Undercover), *Brain freeze*, *Canyon catastrophe*, and *Canyon Catastrophe* (Otto Undercover, The brink of ex-stink-tion). She has 12,192 social media followers. Her profile is referenced by 345 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 15 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
11

Top works

  • Water Balloon Doom (Otto Undercover)
  • Brain freeze
  • Canyon catastrophe
  • Canyon Catastrophe (Otto Undercover
  • The brink of ex-stink-tion

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
United States
Active from
1948-03-31

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Key facts

Born
Rhea Jo Perlman , ( 1948-03-31 ) March 31, 1948 (age 78) , New York City, U.S.
Alma mater
Hunter College ( BA )
Occupations
Actress author
Years active
1972–present
Height
5 ft 0 in (1.52 m)
Spouse
Danny DeVito ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. January 28, 1982</span>"}]]}'>1982 ; separated</span>"}]]}'>sep. October 2012</span>"}]]}'>2012 ) ​
Children
3, including Lucy DeVito
Father
Philip Perlman
Relatives
Heide Perlman (sister), Randall Miller (cousin)

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
female
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Brooklyn
Occupation
writer
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
Field of work
acting
Image
RheaPerlmanAug2011.jpg
Height
152
Number of children
3
Residence
Beverly Hills
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Commons category
Rhea Perlman
date of birth
1948-03-31
start of work period
1972-00-00
social media followers
11843
writing language
English language
name in native language
Rhea Perlman
birth name
Rhea Jo Pearlman
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Encyclopedic overview

Rhea Jo Perlman (/ˈriːə/ REE-ə; born March 31, 1948) is an American actress and author. She is well-known for playing head waitress Carla Tortelli in the popular sitcom Cheers (1982–1993). Over the course of 11 seasons, Perlman was nominated for 10 Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress, winning four, and was nominated for a record six Golden Globe Awards for Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series. She has also appeared in films, including Canadian Bacon (1995), Matilda (1996), The Sessions (2012), Poms (2019) and Barbie (2023). In 2025, Perlman had a guest role in the second season of the crime mystery series Poker Face.

Early life

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rhea Perlman” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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