Catherine Louise "Katey" Sagal (; born January 19, 1954) is an American actress and singer. She is known for playing
Peggy Bundy on ''
Married... with Children'' (1987–1997),
Leela on ''
Futurama
''Futurama'' is an American animated science fiction sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series follows the adventures of the professional slacker Philip J. Fry, who is cryogenically preserved for 1000 years a ...
'' (1999–2003, 2008–2013, 2023), Cate Hennessy on ''
8 Simple Rules
''8 Simple Rules'' (originally ''8 Simple Rules... for Dating My Teenage Daughter'') is an American sitcom television series originally starring John Ritter and Katey Sagal as middle-class parents Paul and Cate Hennessy, raising their three chi ...
'' (2002–2005),
Gemma Teller Morrow
Gemma Teller Morrow (''née'' Madock) is a fictional character on the FX television series ''Sons of Anarchy'', played by Katey Sagal. Gemma is the widow of John Teller, a founding member of the Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club Redwood Original ...
on the
FX series ''
Sons of Anarchy
''Sons of Anarchy'' is an American action crime drama television series created by Kurt Sutter for FX. Originally aired from September 3, 2008 to December 9, 2014, ''Sons of Anarchy'' follows the lives of a close-knit outlaw motorcycle club ope ...
'' (2008–2014), for which she won the
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama
The Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama is a Golden Globe Award presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). The award honors the best performance by an actress in a drama television series.
I ...
in 2011, Dr. Jones on ''
Shameless'' (2018–2019), and Louise Goldufski-Conner on ''
The Conners
''The Conners'' is an American television sitcom created for ABC as a renamed direct continuation of the sequel to the series ''Roseanne''. The series is produced by Werner Entertainment, with Bruce Helford serving as showrunner and features ...
'' (2018–present).
Early life
Sagal was born on January 19, 1954, in
Los Angeles
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,
California
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, to a
show business
Show business, sometimes shortened to show biz or showbiz (since 1945), is a vernacular term for all aspects of the entertainment industry.''Oxford English Dictionary'' 2nd Ed. (1989) From the business side (including managers, agents, produc ...
family with five children.
Her mother, Sara Zwilling, was a singer (stage name Sara Macon), producer, and television writer who died of
heart disease
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in 1975, and Sagal's father,
Boris Sagal
Boris Sagal (October 18, 1923 – May 22, 1981) was an American television and film director.
Early life and career
Born in Yekaterinoslav, Ukrainian SSR (now known as Dnipro, Ukraine) to a Ukrainian-Jewish family, Sagal immigrated to the United ...
, worked as a
television director
A television director is in charge of the activities involved in making a television program or section of a program. They are generally responsible for decisions about the editorial content and creative style of a program, and ensuring the prod ...
. Her father was a
Ukrainian-Jewish
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immigrant. Her mother had
Amish
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ancestors. In 1977, Sagal's father married dancer/actress
Marge Champion
Marjorie Celeste Champion ( Belcher; September 2, 1919October 21, 2020) was an American dancer and actress. At fourteen, she was hired as a dance model for Walt Disney Studios animated films. Later, she performed as an actress and dancer in film ...
, a few years before his accidental death on the set of the miniseries ''
World War III
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'' in 1981.
Three of Sagal's four siblings are actors: her younger twin sisters,
Jean
Jean may refer to:
People
* Jean (female given name)
* Jean (male given name)
* Jean (surname)
Fictional characters
* Jean Grey, a Marvel Comics character
* Jean Valjean, fictional character in novel ''Les Misérables'' and its adaptations
* Jea ...
and
Liz Sagal
Elizabeth Sagal (born October 9, 1961) is an American actress, screenwriter and film editor. Sagal is part of a family of entertainment industry professionals. She is the daughter of director Boris Sagal and the stepdaughter of Marge Champion. ...
and brother
Joey Sagal
Joseph B. Sagal (born February 12, 1957) is an American actor and screenwriter. He is the son of film director Boris Sagal.
Career highlights include, He originated the part of "The Visitor" on the Geffen Playhouse stage in the World Premiere St ...
; her other brother David Sagal is an attorney married to actress McNally Sagal. Sagal and her siblings grew up in
Brentwood, Los Angeles
Brentwood is a suburban neighborhood in the Los Angeles Westside, Westside region of Los Angeles.
History
General
Modern development began after the establishment of the Sawtelle Veterans Home, Pacific Branch of the National Home for Disab ...
.
Her godfather is sitcom producer and writer
Norman Lear
Norman Milton Lear (born July 27, 1922) is an American producer and screenwriter, who has produced, written, created, or developed over 100 shows. Lear is known for many popular 1970s sitcoms, including the multi-award winning ''All in the Famil ...
. In 2016, both Katey and Norman acknowledged that she was not only his goddaughter, but that he also introduced her parents to each other. Sagal has described herself as "culturally Jewish" but with no "formal religious experience."
Sagal graduated from
Palisades High School. After graduation, she attended the
California Institute of the Arts
The California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) is a private art university in Santa Clarita, California. It was incorporated in 1961 as the first degree-granting institution of higher learning in the US created specifically for students of both ...
.
Musical career
Sagal started her career in show business as a singer and songwriter. In 1973, she worked as a
backing vocalist
A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are us ...
for various singers, including
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan, born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Often regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture during a career sp ...
,
Etta James
Jamesetta Hawkins (January 25, 1938 – January 20, 2012), known professionally as Etta James, was an American singer who performed in various genres, including gospel, blues, jazz, R&B, rock and roll, and soul. Starting her career in 1954, sh ...
, and
Tanya Tucker
Tanya Denise Tucker (born October 10, 1958) is an American country music singer and songwriter who had her first hit, "Delta Dawn", in 1972 at the age of 13. Over the succeeding decades, Tucker became one of the few child performers to mature int ...
. In 1976, while a member of
The Group with No Name
The Group With No Name was an American 1970s rock group, that was signed to Neil Bogart's Casablanca Records. The group included the future actress Katey Sagal. They released one album, ''Moon Over Brooklyn'', and a couple of singles including ...
, she contributed to the album ''Moon over Brooklyn'' (on which she was credited as "Katie Sagal"). She was a member of
Bette Midler
Bette Midler (;''Inside the Actors Studio'', 2004 born December 1, 1945) is an American singer, actress, comedian and author. Throughout her career, which spans over five decades, Midler has received List of awards and nominations received by Be ...
's backup group
The Harlettes The Harlettes, also known as The Staggering Harlettes, is a trio of backup singers who support Bette Midler during her live musical performances. The Harlettes' line-up has changed many times since their inception.
History
Bette Midler's stage a ...
in 1978, and again from 1982 to 1983.
During the filming of 1983's ''
Valley Girl
A valley girl is a socioeconomic, linguistic, and youth subcultural stereotype and stock character originating during the 1980s: any materialistic upper-middle-class young woman, associated with unique vocal and California dialect features, ...
'', Sagal was scheduled to sing at The Central. Her name can be seen in the schedule of upcoming acts, posted inside the door.
She performed backing vocals on the
self-titled Gene Simmons solo album, the
Molly Hatchet
Molly Hatchet is an American rock band formed in 1971 by guitarist Dave Hlubek in Jacksonville, Florida. They were a popular band during the late 1970s and early-to-mid 1980s among the southern rock and hard rock communities. The band released ...
album ''
Take No Prisoners
The phrase no quarter was generally used during military conflict to imply combatants would not be taken prisoner, but killed.
According to some modern American dictionaries, a person who is given no quarter is "not treated kindly" or "treated ...
'', and on
Olivia Newton-John
Dame Olivia Newton-John (26 September 1948 – 8 August 2022) was a British-Australian singer, actress and activist. She was a four-time Grammy Award winner whose music career included 15 top-ten singles, including 5 number-one singles on the ...
's 1985 single "
Soul Kiss
''Soul Kiss'' is the twelfth studio album by English-Australian singer Olivia Newton-John, released on 25 October 1985 by Mercury Records in Europe, by Festival Records in Australia, and by MCA Records in the United States. It reached 11 ...
." She performed the song "It's the Time for Love" that appears in the movie ''Silent Rage'' featuring
Chuck Norris
Carlos Ray "Chuck" Norris (born March 10, 1940) is an American martial artist and actor. He is a black belt in Tang Soo Do, Brazilian jiu jitsu and judo. After serving in the United States Air Force, Norris won many martial arts championshi ...
. Sagal also provided the vocals for "Loose Cannons," the theme song for the
1990 movie of the same name featuring
Gene Hackman and
Dan Aykroyd
Daniel Edward Aykroyd ( ; born July 1, 1952) is a Canadian actor, comedian, producer, musician and writer. He was an original member of the "Not Ready for Prime Time Players" on ''Saturday Night Live'' (1975–1979). During his tenure on ''SNL'' ...
.
On April 19, 1994, Sagal released her first solo album, ''
Well...''. On June 1, 2004, she released her second album, ''
Room
In a building or large vehicle, like a ship, a room is any enclosed space within a number of walls to which entry is possible only via a door or other dividing structure that connects it to either a passage (architecture), passageway, another roo ...
''.
She has also contributed to the ''
Sons of Anarchy
''Sons of Anarchy'' is an American action crime drama television series created by Kurt Sutter for FX. Originally aired from September 3, 2008 to December 9, 2014, ''Sons of Anarchy'' follows the lives of a close-knit outlaw motorcycle club ope ...
'' soundtrack. working with its house band
The Forest Rangers (
Davey Faragher
David Allen "Davey" Faragher (born August 18, 1957) is an American bass guitarist from Redlands, California. Faragher's career took off and received critical notice as a founding member of the nineties band Cracker, and his subsequent work with ...
/bass,
John Philipe Shenale(Phil Shenale)/keyboards, Billy Harvey/guitar-vocals,
Michael Urbano
Michael Urbano (born March 19, 1966 in Sacramento, California, USA) is a musician, programmer, and record producer.
Career
One of Urbano's first gigs was as a member of Bourgeois Tagg, a 1980s band that was fronted by Brent Bourgeois and Larr ...
/drums,
Bob Thiele Jr./vocals-guitar) with songs that became part of its soundtrack albums (''
Songs of Anarchy: Music from Sons of Anarchy Seasons 1–4 Sons of Anarchy: Songs of Anarchy Vol. 2,
Sons of Anarchy: Songs of Anarchy Vol. 3,
Sons of Anarchy: Songs of Anarchy Vol. 4) and singles.''
She worked with the band for her album "Covered" (2013). For their live performances
The Forest Rangers have occasionally used the name The Reluctant Apostles.
"Mayans MC: Black is black" single from the
Mayans MC
''Mayans M.C.'' (also known simply as ''Mayans'') is an American crime drama television series created by Kurt Sutter and Elgin James, that premiered on September 4, 2018, on FX. The show takes place in the same fictional universe as '' Sons of ...
was released in 2019 performed by Katey Sagal and
The Forest Rangers.
Acting career
![Katey Sagal by Gage Skidmore 2](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/Katey_Sagal_by_Gage_Skidmore_2.jpg)
One role was as a receptionist in the detective ''
Columbo
''Columbo'' () is an American crime drama television series starring Peter Falk as Lieutenant Columbo, a homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. After two pilot episodes in 1968 and 1971, the show originally aired on NBC f ...
'' instalment "Candidate for Crime," which was directed by her father. Sagal's first major role was as a newspaper columnist in the series ''
Mary
Mary may refer to:
People
* Mary (name), a feminine given name (includes a list of people with the name)
Religious contexts
* New Testament people named Mary, overview article linking to many of those below
* Mary, mother of Jesus, also calle ...
'' (1985–86) starring
Mary Tyler Moore
Mary Tyler Moore (December 29, 1936 – January 25, 2017) was an American actress, producer, and social advocate. She is best known for her roles on ''The Dick Van Dyke Show'' (1961–1966) and ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'' (1970–1977), which ...
. This led to her being cast as
Peggy Bundy on the sitcom ''
Married... with Children'' (1987–1997); she portrayed the lower-class, sex-starved, lazy and free-spending wife of shoe salesman
Al Bundy
Al Bundy is a fictional character and the protagonist of the American television series '' Married... with Children''.
Played by Ed O'Neill, Bundy is a misanthropic, working-class father of two who is portrayed as a somewhat tragicomedic fig ...
. The series ran for 11 years. It had been reported that Sagal brought her own red
bouffant
A bouffant () is a type of puffy, rounded hairstyle characterized by hair raised high on the head and usually covering the ears or hanging down on the sides.
Etymology
The English word ''bouffant'' comes from the French ''bouffante'', from ...
wig to audition for the role, and with the producers' approval, the look transitioned into the show. However, Sagal later explained that she had initially styled her own hair, then once the show took off, the producers began to invest in a wig.
After the end of ''Married... with Children'', several more television films followed; Sagal also guest starred on the children's cartoon ''
Recess'' as the voice of Spinelli's mother. In 1998,
Matt Groening
Matthew Abram Groening ( ; born February 15, 1954) is an American cartoonist, writer, producer, and animator. He is the creator of the comic strip ''Life in Hell'' (1977–2012) and the television series ''The Simpsons'' (1989–present), ''Fut ...
chose her to provide the character voice of the purple-haired mutant spaceship captain,
Leela, in his science-fiction animated comedy ''
Futurama
''Futurama'' is an American animated science fiction sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series follows the adventures of the professional slacker Philip J. Fry, who is cryogenically preserved for 1000 years a ...
''. The show developed a
cult following
A cult following refers to a group of fans who are highly dedicated to some person, idea, object, movement, or work, often an artist, in particular a performing artist, or an artwork in some medium. The lattermost is often called a cult classic. ...
, but was cancelled after four seasons. However, syndication on
Adult Swim
Adult Swim (AS; stylized as dult swim
Dult is a village in Batala in Gurdaspur district of Punjab State, India. It is located from sub district headquarter, from district headquarter and from Sri Hargobindpur. The village is administrated by Sarpanch an elected representati ...
and often abbreviated as s is an American adult-oriented night-time cable television Television channel, channel that shares channel space with the basic cable network Cartoon Network and is programme ...
and
Comedy Central
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increased the show's popularity and led Comedy Central to commission a season of ''Futurama''
direct-to-DVD
Direct-to-video or straight-to-video refers to the release of a film, TV series, short or special to the public immediately on home video formats rather than an initial theatrical release or television premiere. This distribution strategy was p ...
films, which the network later retransmitted as a 16-episode fifth season.
She reprised her role as Leela in these films, and in the sixth season that began airing June 24, 2010. The series ended its run on Comedy Central in 2013.
Sagal guest-starred as Edna Hyde,
Steven Hyde's mother, in three episodes of ''
That '70s Show
''That '70s Show'' is an American television Period piece, period teen sitcom that aired on Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox from August 23, 1998, to May 18, 2006. The series focuses on the lives of a group of six teenage friends living in the ficti ...
''. She starred in the short-lived
NBC
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sitcom ''
Tucker
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Places United States
* Tucker, Arkansas
* Tucker, Georgia
* Tucker, Mississippi
* Tucker, Missouri
* Tucker, Utah, ghost town
* Tucker County, West Virginia
Outer space
* Tucker (crater), a small lunar impact crater in the s ...
'' in 2000.
Sagal was cast as the wife of
John Ritter
Johnathan Southworth Ritter (September 17, 1948 – September 11, 2003) was an American actor. Ritter was a son of the singing cowboy star Tex Ritter and the father of actors Jason and Tyler Ritter. He is known for playing Jack Tripper on the ...
in the sitcom ''
8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter
''8 Simple Rules'' (originally ''8 Simple Rules... for Dating My Teenage Daughter'') is an American sitcom television series originally starring John Ritter and Katey Sagal as middle-class parents Paul and Cate Hennessy, raising their three chi ...
'' in 2002. Ritter had completed only three episodes of the second season before his death, and the show was cancelled in 2005 after its third season.
In 2005 and 2006, Sagal made two appearances on ''
Lost
Lost may refer to getting lost, or to:
Geography
*Lost, Aberdeenshire, a hamlet in Scotland
* Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail, or LOST, a hiking and cycling trail in Florida, US
History
*Abbreviation of lost work, any work which is known to have bee ...
'' as Helen Norwood. In 2007, she had a role in the season finale of ''
The Winner'' as Glen Abbot's former teacher, with whom Glen has his first sexual experience.
From 2008 to 2014, Sagal starred as
Gemma Teller Morrow
Gemma Teller Morrow (''née'' Madock) is a fictional character on the FX television series ''Sons of Anarchy'', played by Katey Sagal. Gemma is the widow of John Teller, a founding member of the Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club Redwood Original ...
on the TV show ''
Sons of Anarchy
''Sons of Anarchy'' is an American action crime drama television series created by Kurt Sutter for FX. Originally aired from September 3, 2008 to December 9, 2014, ''Sons of Anarchy'' follows the lives of a close-knit outlaw motorcycle club ope ...
'', whose creator, Kurt Sutter, she had married in 2004, four years before the series premiered. In January 2009, Sagal reunited with
David Faustino (who had played her son Bud Bundy in ''Married... with Children'') for an episode of Faustino's show ''
Star-ving
''Star-ving'' is a web series of episodes running eight to ten minutes, based very loosely on the life of David Faustino from '' Married... with Children''. His co-star is Corin Nemec, who played the title character in ''Parker Lewis Can't Lose' ...
''. In 2010, she appeared twice more on ''Lost''. In 2009, she starred in the film ''
House Broken'' with
Danny DeVito
Daniel Michael DeVito Jr. (born November 17, 1944) is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. He gained prominence for his portrayal of the taxi dispatcher Louie De Palma in the television series ''Taxi'' (1978–1983), which won him a Gold ...
. In 2010, she returned to the stage in
Randy Newman
Randall Stuart Newman (born November 28, 1943) is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist known for his Southern American English, Southern-accented singing style, early Americana (music), Americana-influenced songs (often ...
's musical ''Harps & Angels''.
In 2013, Sagal had a cameo on ''
Glee
Glee means delight, a form of happiness.
Glee may also refer to:
* Glee (music), a type of English choral music
* ''Glee'' (TV series), an American musical comedy-drama TV series, and related media created by Ryan Murphy
* ''Glee'' (Bran Van 30 ...
'' as Nancy Abrams,
Artie Abrams
Arthur "Artie" Abrams is a fictional character from the Fox musical comedy-drama series '' Glee'' portrayed as the "glue" of the glee club. The character is portrayed by actor Kevin McHale, and appeared in ''Glee'' since its pilot episode, fir ...
' mother. She co-starred in ''
Pitch Perfect 2'', released in 2015, as the mother of
Hailee Steinfeld
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's character. She next appeared in the biography drama film ''
Bleed for This'', as the mother of
Vinny Paz
Vinny Paz (born Vincenzo Edward Pazienza, December 16, 1962), formerly Vinny Pazienza, is an American former professional boxer who held world titles at lightweight and light middleweight. The 2016 film ''Bleed for This'' is based on his comebac ...
ienza.
On September 9, 2014, Sagal received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame; most of the ''Married ... with Children'' cast – including Ed O'Neill, Christina Applegate, and
David Faustino – were present to celebrate the actor's recognition.
On September 20, 2016, Sagal appeared on ''
The Big Bang Theory
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'' as Susan, the mother of Penny (
Kaley Cuoco
Kaley Christine Cuoco ( ; born November 30, 1985) is an American actress. After a series of supporting film and television roles in the late 1990s, she landed her breakthrough role as Bridget Hennessy on the ABC sitcom ''8 Simple Rules'' (2002 ...
). She had previously played the mother of Cuoco's character on ''8 Simple Rules''.
Sagal was also a series regular on the CBS sitcom ''
Superior Donuts'' from 2017 to 2018. She also appeared on ''
Shameless'' as Frank's latest, crazy lover.
Most recently she has appeared in a recurring role as
Dan Conner
Dan Conner is a fictional character in the television series '' Roseanne'' created by comedian and namesake Roseanne Barr and portrayed by actor John Goodman. He is the husband to Roseanne Conner, and father to two daughters, Darlene and Becky, ...
's love interest, Louise Goldufski, in ''
The Conners
''The Conners'' is an American television sitcom created for ABC as a renamed direct continuation of the sequel to the series ''Roseanne''. The series is produced by Werner Entertainment, with Bruce Helford serving as showrunner and features ...
'' and a cameo appearance in the Netflix series ''
Dead to Me'' in season 2, episodes 9 and 10 as Judy Hale's (
Linda Cardellini
Linda Edna Cardellini (born June 25, 1975) is an American actress. In television, she is known for her leading roles in the teen drama ''Freaks and Geeks'' (1999–2000), the medical drama '' ER'' (2003–09), the drama thriller ''Bloodline'' (2 ...
) estranged, emotionally abusive, incarcerated mother Eleanor Hale.
In 2018 she had a cameo appearance in the crime drama series
Mayans M.C.
''Mayans M.C.'' (also known simply as ''Mayans'') is an American crime drama television series created by Kurt Sutter and Elgin James, that premiered on September 4, 2018, on FX. The show takes place in the same fictional universe as '' Sons of ...
as
Gemma Tellor Morrow reprising her role from the
Sons of Anarchy
''Sons of Anarchy'' is an American action crime drama television series created by Kurt Sutter for FX. Originally aired from September 3, 2008 to December 9, 2014, ''Sons of Anarchy'' follows the lives of a close-knit outlaw motorcycle club ope ...
series.
In 2021, Sagal played the lead role of Annie "Rebel" Bello in the
ABC
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ABC or abc may also refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Broadcasting
* American Broadcasting Company, a commercial U.S. TV broadcaster
** Disney–ABC Television ...
drama series ''
Rebel
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Rebel or rebels may also refer to:
People
* Rebel (given name)
* Rebel (surname)
* Patriot (American Revolution), during the American Revolution
* American Southerners, as a form of self-identification; ...
'', which was written by
Krista Vernoff
Krista Vernoff (born October 25, 1971) is an American television screenwriter, executive producer and director. She is best known for running the television medical drama ''Grey's Anatomy'' (2007–11, 2017–present) and its spin-off ''Station 1 ...
. ABC cancelled ''Rebel'' after ten episodes.
On February 9, 2022, Hulu announced that streaming service would be reviving
Futurama
''Futurama'' is an American animated science fiction sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series follows the adventures of the professional slacker Philip J. Fry, who is cryogenically preserved for 1000 years a ...
for a 20 episode run set to premiere in 2023 with Sagal returning as the voice of
Leela.
Activism
In June 2016, the
Human Rights Campaign
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released a video in tribute to the victims of the
2016 Orlando nightclub shooting; in the video, Sagal and others told the stories of the people killed there.
Personal life
Sagal was married to musician Freddie Beckmeier, from 1978 to 1981 and Jack White, from 1993 to 2000. She married writer-producer
Kurt Sutter
Kurt Leon Sutter (born May 5, 1960) is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and actor. He worked as a producer, writer, and director on ''The Shield,'' and appeared on the show as hitman Margos Dezerian. Sutter is also the creator of ...
in a private ceremony on October 2, 2004, at their home in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Los Feliz. They have a daughter, Esmé Louise, born in 2007 through a
gestational carrier.
In 1991, while working on ''Married... with Children'', Sagal learned that she was pregnant. This was unexpected, so the pregnancy was written into the storyline of the show. In October 1991, however, she had to have an emergency
caesarean section
Caesarean section, also known as C-section or caesarean delivery, is the surgical procedure by which one or more babies are delivered through an incision in the mother's abdomen, often performed because vaginal delivery would put the baby or mo ...
in her seventh month of pregnancy, ending in the stillbirth of a daughter. The pregnancy on the show was then treated as a "dream sequence," which was mentioned only briefly at the end of the episode "Al Bundy, Shoe Dick." Sagal and White eventually had two children—a daughter, Sarah Grace, in 1994, and a son,
Jackson James White, in 1996. The writers of ''Married... with Children'' deliberately did not write Sagal's two later pregnancies into the show due to the earlier stillbirth, opting instead to write off her absences in a subplot in which Peg is traveling the world to reunite her parents. In scenes where Peg was shown, Sagal had her midsection obscured, such as in a taxi or at a
craps
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table in Las Vegas and was often seen or heard talking to family members over the phone.
One after effect of Sagal's having lost her stillborn daughter was the inspiration to write the lyrics for "(You) Can't Hurry the Harvest". She recorded this song on her debut album, ''Well...'', which was released in April 1994.
She was the subject of an episode of the television
genealogy
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series ''
Who Do You Think You Are?'' in 2016.
On October 14, 2021, Sagal was hit by a car while crossing a street in Los Angeles. She was transported by ambulance to a local hospital where she was released the next day.
Filmography
Film
Television
Discography
Albums
Awards and nominations
References
External links
*
Katey Sagalat
Rotten Tomatoes
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Katey Sagal cast bio on The WB
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1954 births
Living people
20th-century American actresses
21st-century American actresses
Actresses from Los Angeles
American women pop singers
American women singer-songwriters
Jewish American actresses
Jewish women singers
American people of Ukrainian-Jewish descent
American television actresses
American voice actresses
Best Drama Actress Golden Globe (television) winners
Participants in American reality television series
Virgin Records artists
California Institute of the Arts alumni
Activists from California
People from Brentwood, Los Angeles
Harlettes members
21st-century American women singers
21st-century American singers
21st-century American Jews
20th-century American women singers
20th-century American singers
20th-century American Jews
The Group with No Name members
Women who experienced pregnancy loss