Catherine Louise Sagal
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Katey Sagal won the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Drama Series in 2011 for her role as Gemma Teller Morrow on Sons of Anarchy. She played Peg Bundy on Married… with Children from 1987 to 1997, voices Leela on Futurama, and starred in 8 Simple Rules. She has also released music and acted in films like Maid to Order.
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From age 5, Katey Sagal performed. Her father Boris Sagal directed television and film; her mother Sara Zwilling was a singer. She was born in Hollywood, Los Angeles in 1954, attended Palisades Charter High School, and later studied voice and acting at the California Institute of the Arts.
In 1987, Katey Sagal won the role of Peg Bundy on Married… with Children, earning three Golden Globe nominations. After the show ended in 1997, she shifted to dramatic roles, playing matriarch Gemma Teller Morrow on Sons of Anarchy in 2008 and winning a Golden Globe in 2011. She voiced Leela on Futurama from 1999 and starred as Cate Hennessey on 8 Simple Rules from 2002. Before television, she sang backup for Bob Dylan, Bette Midler, and others, and released the album Room in 2004. She joined The Conners in 2018 as a love interest to Dan Conner.
Katey Sagal has been married four times. Her first marriage to Frederick K Beckmeier lasted from 1977 to 1981. She married Fred Lombardo from 1986 to 1989, then Jack White from 1993 to 2000. With White, she had two children: Sarah Grace White and Jackson James White. In 2004, she married writer-producer Kurt Sutter. They welcomed daughter Esme Louise via surrogate in 2007. She suffered a miscarriage in 1989 and had a daughter Ruby who died at birth.
Peg Bundy on Married… with Children broke the mold of the TV housewife. Gemma Teller Morrow on Sons of Anarchy earned Sagal a Golden Globe in 2011. She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on September 9, 2014, with guest speakers Ed O’Neill and Christina Applegate. Her voice work as Leela on Futurama introduced her to new generations. She demonstrated range from comedy to drama across her career.
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It Was Never About Sort of Being Famous. I Just Wanted to Be Good at What I Did.
It Isn’t Often That an Actress Gets to Spend so Much Time on ONE Job. in the Acting Business, You Usually Go from One Thing to Another.
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Backup singing for Bob Dylan, Bette Midler, Gene Simmons, and Tanya Tucker is among her early credits.
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.
At age 42, she gave birth to her second child, son Jackson James White, on March 1, 1996. The child’s father is her third husband, Jack White.
At the Married… with Children auditions, it was her own idea to dress Peg Bundy in clothes from the 1960s.
She became a mother for the third time at age 52 when daughter Esme Louise Sutter was born via surrogate on January 10, 2007. The child’s father is her fourth husband, Kurt Sutter.
Her younger sisters, Liz Sagal and Jean Sagal, are identical twins.
She has played the mother of Kaley Cuoco’s character on two dissimilar sitcoms: 8 Simple Rules and The Big Bang Theory.
She was hired to sing backup for Bob Dylan during his 1978 tour but was fired along with half the band a week before it started.
She married boyfriend of two years Kurt Sutter in a private ceremony at their home in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Los Feliz on October 2, 2004.
Her godfather is producer Norman Lear.
Her father was a Russian Jewish immigrant. Her mother has English, German, and Scottish ancestry.
Her older brother David Sagal is a lawyer and studio executive at Warner Brothers.
She parodied her role of Peg Bundy via a similarly-attired character in the animated sitcom episode A Bicyclops Built for Two 2000.
Her younger brother Joey Sagal appeared in a couple of Married… with Children episodes.
Her father, Boris Sagal, was a director, and her mother, Sara Macon, was a singer.
She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 7021 Hollywood Blvd. in Hollywood, CA on September 9, 2014. Ed O’Neill, Christina Applegate, David Faustino, and John Landgraf were guest speakers at the ceremony.
Her band, The Group With No Name, released its self-titled album on Casablanca Records on September 3, 1976.
She wore a red wig for her role as Peg Bundy on Married… with Children.
In December 1989, after two months of pregnancy with her first child, she suffered a miscarriage.
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 advisor, also ended in divorce. She has two children from her third marriage, Sarah and Jackson.
She sang background vocals on Molly Hatchet’s album Take No Prisoners 1981.
In a far cry from the red-wigged, stiletto-heeled Peg Bundy on Married… with Children, she played responsible sitcom mother Cate Hennessey on 8 Simple Rules.
Older sister of Liz Sagal, David Sagal, Jean Sagal, and Joey Sagal.
She attended and graduated from Palisades High School in Pacific Palisades, CA 1971. She was a member of the drama club, but she never had her picture in any of the annuals.
After her mother’s death, her father married renowned dancer/choreographer Marge Champion.
Daughter of Boris Sagal and Sara Macon.
Mentioned in The 2,000-Year-Old Virgin 2014.
Stepsister of Gregg Champion and Blake Champion.
Stepgranddaughter of Ernest Belcher.
Ex-sister-in-law of Jules White, Sam White, and Hanala Sagal.
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