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| Birth Name(s) : Catherine Louise Sagal |
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Full Katey Sagal Biography
Katey Sagal (born Catherine Louise Sagal on January 19, 1954) is a Golden Globe-nominated American actress, singer, and writer, best known for her roles in Futurama, 8 Simple Rules, and Married... with Children.
Sagal began her career working the Hollywood circuit. She appeared in several television films between 1971 and 1975, including a small role as a receptionist in the Columbo film Candidate for Crime (directed by her father) and in 1973 working as a backing vocalist for various singers, including Bob Dylan, Gene Simmons and Tanya Tucker. During this time she was also a member of the rock group The Group With No Name. She also sang backup for Bette Midler, who hired her for her 1979 tour as one of The Harlettes.
After the end of Married... with Children, several more television films followed for Sagal, and she was also a featured voice on the children's cartoon Recess. In 1999, Matt Groening cast her as Turanga Leela in his science-fiction cartoon comedy Futurama. The show developed a cult following, but was canceled after four seasons. The revival of Futurama was announced in 2006; Sagal has stated plans to return as Leela in the four DVD movies which will later be rebroadcast as 16 episodes on Comedy Central in 2008.
Sagal also guest starred as Edna Hyde, Steven Hyde's mother, in three episodes of That '70s Show: Punk Chick (1999), Prom Night (1999), and The Career Day (1999). She starred in the short-lived NBC sitcom Tucker in 2000. Sagal was also cast in the Disney Channel movie "Smart House", playing a computerized maid that suddenly gets a mind of its own. She wore the same wig for the role as she did for Married...with Children.
Sagal was cast as the wife of John Ritter in the sitcom 8 Simple Rules For Dating My Teenage Daughter in 2002. Following Ritter's death, Sagal was given the difficult task of carrying most 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.
In 2005 she made two guest appearances on Lost and one guest appearance on CBS's Ghost Whisperer. She hosted The Search For The Funniest Mom In America 2 and she currently has a recurring role as a guest star on Boston Legal.
In 2007 she had a role in the season finale of The Winner as Glen Abbot's former, and Josh's current, teacher, with whom Glen has his first sexual experience.
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 as well as background vocals on Olivia Newton-John's 1986 single Soul Kiss. On April 19, 1994, she released her first solo album, Well.... Ten years later, on June 1, 2004, she released her second album, Room.
Sagal was married to Freddie Beckmeier (1978–1981) and Jack White (November 26, 1993–July 24, 2000). In 1991, Sagal discovered she was pregnant. This was unexpected to the directors of Married... With Children. The pregnancy was written in to the storyline of the show. However, she ended up having an emergency caesarean section in her 7th month of pregnancy; the child, Ruby, was stillborn. The pregnancy on the show then turned out to be a "dream" because it would have been too painful for an infant to be on set at the time. She had one other early miscarriage around this time as well. Katey eventually had two children with Jack White, Sarah Grace and Jackson James White. Sagal married Kurt Sutter (a writer, producer, and actor for The Shield) in a private ceremony on October 2, 2004 at their home in Los Feliz, California. They welcomed their first child together, daughter Esme Louise, on January 10, 2007. Esme was carried by a surrogate mother. |
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