Heide Paula Perlman (born September 22, 1951) is best known for her work as a television script writer. Perlman began work as a writer on the sitcom ''
Cheers
''Cheers'' is an American sitcom television series that ran on NBC from September 30, 1982, to May 20, 1993, with a total of 275 half-hour episodes across 11 seasons. The show was produced by Charles/Burrows/Charles Productions in association w ...
'' from 1982 through 1986; since then she has worked as a writer, producer and/or story editor on ''
The Tracey Ullman Show'', ''
Frasier'', ''
The George Carlin Show
''The George Carlin Show'' is an American sitcom that aired Sunday at 9:30 pm on the Fox network from January 1994 to July 1995. It was created jointly by Sam Simon and the show's namesake, comedian George Carlin.
Synopsis
The action was center ...
'', ''
Stacked
''Stacked'' is an American television sitcom that aired on Fox from April 13, 2005 to January 11, 2006.
Premise
''Stacked'' was described as the opposite of ''Cheers'', instead of a smart person in a "dumb" place, it is based on the concept of a ...
'', ''
The Bill Engvall Show
''The Bill Engvall Show'' is a sitcom which ran on TBS from July 17, 2007 to September 5, 2009. The series starred comedian Bill Engvall and was written and created by Engvall and Michael Leeson. The series was canceled on September 25, 2009.
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'' and others. She has won two
Primetime Emmy Award
The Primetime Emmy Awards, or Primetime Emmys, are part of the extensive range of Emmy Awards for artistic and technical merit for the American television industry. Bestowed by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS), the Primetime ...
s and has been nominated for eight others.
She is the younger sister of ''Cheers'' actress
Rhea Perlman.
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1951 births
American people of Polish-Jewish descent
American people of Russian-Jewish descent
American television writers
Living people
People from Brooklyn
Primetime Emmy Award winners
Screenwriters from New York (state)
Television producers from New York City
American women television producers
American women television writers
21st-century American women