Rhea Perlman

Rhea Jo Perlman (born March 31, 1948) is an American actress and writer. She is best known for her role as head-waitress Carla Tortelli in the sitcom Cheers (1982–1993). Over the course of 11 seasons, Perlman was nominated for ten Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress – winning four times – and was nominated for a record seven 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), and Poms (2019).

Known For: Acting

Born: Coney Island, New York, USA, 1948-03-31

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1972	Hot Dogs for Gauguin	Woman on Ferry	64
2	1976	The Selling of Vince D'Angelo	Vince's Wife	40
3	1977	Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night	Judy	70
4	1979	Swap Meet	Mother	20
5	1982	Love Child	June Burns	58
6	1984	The Ratings Game	Francine Kester	57
7	1986	My Little Pony: The Movie	Reeka (voice)	63
8	1987	Stamp of a Killer	Claudia	70
9	1988	A Family Again	Aunt Dee	0
10	1989	Two Daddies?	Rose Johnson (voice)	0
11	1991	Ted & Venus	Grace	47
12	1991	The Last Halloween	Mrs. Gizborne	54
13	1992	Class Act	Miss Simpson	61
14	1992	There Goes the Neighborhood	Lydia Nunn	54
15	1992	To Grandmother's House We Go	Shirley	65
16	1993	A Place To Be Loved	Jerry Blair	53
17	1993	We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story	Mother Bird (voice)	61
18	1995	Canadian Bacon	Deputy Honey	58
19	1996	Sunset Park	Phyllis Saroka	61
20	1996	Matilda	Zinnia Wormwood	72
21	1996	Carpool	Martha	51
22	1998	In the Doghouse	Phil Markowitz	45
23	1998	Houdini	Esther	60
24	2000	Painful Secrets	Dr. Parella	62
25	2000	How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale		34
26	2002	NBC 75th Anniversary Special	Self	0
27	2005	My Movie About Making 'Matilda' by Mara Wilson	Self	55
28	2005	Matilda's Movie Magic: The Making of 'Matilda'	Herself	10
29	2006	10 Items or Less	Mrs. D	62
30	2007	Love Comes Lately	Reisel	52
31	2008	Beethoven's Big Break	Patricia	52
32	2008	The Christmas Choir	Sister Agatha	51
33	2011	The Trouble With Bliss	Maria (uncredited)	51
34	2011	Oliver's Ghost	Eloise	55
35	2015	I'll See You in My Dreams	Sally	63
36	2016	Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows	Self	43
37	2022	13: The Musical	Grandma Ruth	60
38	2023	You People	Bubby	57
39	2023	Barbie	Ruth	70
40		Amazing Stories: The Movie II	Lois (archive footage)	0
41	1975	Minestrone	Tessy	0
42	1976	Stalk the Wild Child	Jean	0
43	1976	I Want to Keep My Baby!	Rae Finer	60
44	1977	Intimate Strangers	Barbara	50
45	1979	Like Normal People	Jan	60
46	1982	National Lampoon's Movie Madness	Little Jewish Prostitute ("Municipalians")	32
47	1982	Drop-Out Father	Tawney Shapiro	42
48	1985	Happily Ever After	Rose Johnson (voice)	80
49	1987	Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville	Maisy - Constitutional Caterer	0
50	1988	Sesame Street \| Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special	Self	60
51	1988	Mickey's 60th Birthday	Carla Tortelli	68
52	1990	The Earth Day Special	Paula	80
53	1990	Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!		60
54	1990	Enid Is Sleeping	Mavis	48
55	1990	Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special	Self	60
56	1994	Spoils of War	Emma	20
57	1994	Sesame Street \| All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!	Worm TV Host	70
58	1994	The World of Jim Henson	Self (archive footage)	73
59	1998	Monty Python: Live at Aspen	Audience Member (uncredited)	69
60	1999	H.E. Double Hockey Sticks	Ms. Beelzebub	60
61	2000	A Tale of Two Bunnies	Thelma	68
62	2009	The Nightman Cometh: Live	Gladys	95
63	2012	The Sessions	Mikvah Lady	69
64	2016	Sing	Judith (voice)	71
65	2017	Lemon	Esther	46
66	2018	The Matchmaker	Irene	0
67	2019	Poms	Alice	66
68	2019	Saving Flora	Gabriella	71
69	2020	Mr. Bungle: The Night They Came Home	Spooky Narration	70
70	2021	Funny Face	Fernie	47
71	2022	Marvelous and the Black Hole	Margot	68

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Audience Member	68
2	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Nominee	68
3	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self	68
4	1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Host	70
5	1978	Taxi	Zena Sherman	72
6	1982	Cheers	Carla Tortelli	76
7	1982	St. Elsewhere		54
8	1985	Amazing Stories	Lois	75
9	1986	Matlock		72
10	1986	My Little Pony		62
11	1989	The Simpsons	Carla Tortelli (voice)	80
12	1990	Blossom		61
13	1991	Roc		78
14	1992	Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories	Narrator (Voice)	100
15	1992	Mad About You	Mrs. Ramona DiChristophoro	67
16	1993	Frasier	Carla Tortelli	77
17	1994	The Critic		73
18	1995	Almost Perfect		80
19	1996	The Rosie O'Donnell Show	Self - Guest	35
20	1996	Pearl	Pearl Caraldo	0
21	1997	The View	Self	45
22	1997	Ally McBeal		66
23	1997	Union Square	Eileen Mulrooney	100
24	1998	Becker	Dr. Katherine Simmons	72
25	1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Roxana Fox	79
26	2001	Kate Brasher	Abbie Schaeffer	0
27	2002	What's New, Scooby-Doo?	Agnes (voice)	79
28	2003	The Ellen DeGeneres Show	Self	57
29	2004	Kevin Hill	Eleanor Frank	53
30	2005	American Dad!	Old Stripper (voice)	70
31	2005	Fat Actress	Rhea Perlman	62
32	2005	It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia	Bertha Fussy	83
33	2006	Crumbs		58
34	2006	The Megan Mullally Show	Self - Guest	42
35	2009	Hung		66
36	2009	Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen	Self - Guest	49
37	2010	Hot in Cleveland	Jacki	74
38	2011	Wilfred	Mittens	76
39	2012	Robot and Monster	Nessie (voice)	52
40	2012	The Mindy Project	Annette Castellano	63
41	2013	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	Estelle	82
42	2013	Mom	Anya	73
43	2013	The Goldbergs	Margot Letien	75
44	2013	Kirstie	Thelma Katz	46
45	2014	Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories	Maureen	74
46	2016	Shooter	Supreme Court Justice Gibson	72
47	2017	Me and My Grandma	Grandma	60
48	2019	Harley Quinn	Golda (voice)	83
49	2021	Star Wars: The Bad Batch	Cid (voice)	82
50	2023	Poker Face	Beatrix Hasp (voice)	77
51	2023	Not Dead Yet	Janice	71
52	2023	Curses!	Margie (voice)	66
53		Too Much		0