Rhea Perlman Biography

Fast Facts

• Met future husband Danny DeVito in 1970 after watching an off-Broadway play in which he appeared
• Breakout role was in Hot Dogs for Gauguin (1972), which also marked her and DeVito's first film together
• Forayed into TV sitcoms in 1979 as Zena Sherman, the girlfriend of DeVito's character Louie De Palma, in Taxi
• Formed the production company New Street Productions with DeVito
• One of three actors to appear in every episode of Cheers (George Wendt and Ted Danson are the other two)
• Published a series of children's books titled Otto Undercover
• Acted opposite her daughter Lucy in both New York and L
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• productions of the play Love, Loss, and What I Wore
• Well-known for her support of children's charities; among them are Children's Action Network and Children's Hospital Los Angeles Diabetes Center