Rhea Perlman

ActorProducerCrewWriterDirecting Mar 31 (age 77) Coney Island, New York, USA 1972–2025 (53 year career)

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Biography

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 Sessi…

Known For

Film

Barbie

Ruth

Film

Sing

Judith (voice)

Film

Matilda

Zinnia Wormwood

Film

Cheers

Carla Tortelli

Film

The Sessions

Mikvah Lady

Film

You People

Bubby

Film

We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story

Mother Bird (voice)

Film

Poms

Alice

Filmography

Acting (128)

Movies (74)

David and Ryan: Saving Christmas

as Mother Nature

Barbie

as Ruth

You People

as Bubby

13: The Musical

as Grandma Ruth

Marvelous and the Black Hole

as Margot

Funny Face

as Fernie

Mr. Bungle: The Night They Came Home

as Spooky Narration

Saving Flora

as Gabriella

Poms

as Alice

The Matchmaker

as Irene

Lemon

as Esther

Sing

as Judith (voice)

Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows

2016

as Self

4.1

I'll See You in My Dreams

as Sally

The Sessions

as Mikvah Lady

The Trouble with Bliss

2011

as Maria (uncredited)

4.9

Oliver's Ghost

2011

as Eloise

5.8

The Nightman Cometh: Live

2009

as Gladys

9.5

Beethoven's Big Break

as Patricia

The Christmas Choir

as Sister Agatha

Love Comes Lately

as Reisel

10 Items or Less

as Mrs. D

Matilda's Movie Magic: The Making of 'Matilda'

2005

as Herself

4.5

My Movie About Making 'Matilda' by Mara Wilson

2005

as Self

5.5

NBC 75th Anniversary Special

2002

as Self

Painful Secrets

2000

as Dr. Parella

5.8

A Tale of Two Bunnies

2000

as Thelma

6.4

How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale

2000

as Jacqueline Kennedy

3.4

The Frasier Story

1999

as Self

7.0

H.E. Double Hockey Sticks

1999

as Ms. Beelzebub

6.0

Monty Python: Live at Aspen

1998

as Audience Member (uncredited)

Houdini

as Esther

In the Doghouse

as Phil Markowitz

Matilda

as Zinnia Wormwood

Carpool

as Martha

Sunset Park

as Phyllis Saroka

Canadian Bacon

as Deputy Honey

The World of Jim Henson

1994

as Self (archive footage)

7.3

Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!

as Worm TV Host

Spoils of War

as Emma

We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story

1993

as Mother Bird (voice)

6.1

A Place to Be Loved

1993

as Jerry Blair

5.3

To Grandmother's House We Go

as Shirley

Class Act

as Miss Simpson

There Goes the Neighborhood

as Lydia Nunn

The Last Halloween

as Mrs. Gizborne

Ted & Venus

as Grace

Enid Is Sleeping

as Mavis

Amazing Stories: The Movie II

1990

as Lois (archive footage)

The Earth Day Special

1990

as Paula

6.3

Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special

1990

as Self

6.0

Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!

1990

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

Two Daddies?

1989

as Rose Johnson (voice)

Mickey's 60th Birthday

1988

as Carla Tortelli

6.6

Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie

1988

as Self

6.0

A Family Again

1988

as Aunt Dee

Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville

1987

as Maisy - Constitutional Caterer

Stamp of a Killer

1987

as Claudia

5.0

My Little Pony: The Movie

1986

as Reeka (voice)

6.2

The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There

1985

Happily Ever After

1985

as Rose Johnson (voice)

The Ratings Game

as Francine Kester

Love Child

as June Burns

National Lampoon's Movie Madness

1982

as Little Jewish Prostitute ("Municipalians")

Drop-Out Father

as Tawney Shapiro

Like Normal People

as Jan

Swap Meet

as Mother

Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night

as Judy

Intimate Strangers

as Barbara

Stalk the Wild Child

as Jean

The Selling of Vince D'Angelo

1976

as Vince's Wife

4.0

I Want to Keep My Baby!

1976

as Rae Finer

6.0

Minestrone

1975

as Tessy

Hot Dogs for Gauguin

1972

as Woman on Ferry

6.3

Television (54)

The Studio

2025

as Matt's Mom (voice)

Too Much

as Dottie

Mid-Century Modern

as Judy

Poker Face

as Beatrix Hasp (voice)

Curses!

as Margie (voice)

Not Dead Yet

as Janice

Star Wars: The Bad Batch

as Cid (voice)

Harley Quinn

as Golda (voice)

Me and My Grandma

as Grandma

Shooter

as Supreme Court Justice Gibson

7.2

Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories

as Maureen

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

as Estelle

Mom

as Anya

The Goldbergs

as Margot Letien

Getting On

as Crystal Buff

Kirstie

as Thelma Katz

The Mindy Project

as Annette Castellano

Robot and Monster

as Nessie (voice)

Wilfred

as Mittens

Hot in Cleveland

as Jacki

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

as Self - Guest

Hung

The Megan Mullally Show

as Self - Guest

Crumbs

as Camille Spadaro

American Dad!

as Old Stripper (voice)

7.0

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

as Bertha Fussy

Fat Actress

as Rhea Perlman

Kevin Hill

as Eleanor Frank

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

2003

as Self

5.6

What's New, Scooby-Doo?

2002

as Agnes (voice)

7.9

Kate Brasher

2001

as Abbie Schaeffer

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

as Roxana Fox

7.9

Becker

1998

as Dr. Katherine Simmons

The View

as Self

Ally McBeal

as Dr. Helen Tooth

Union Square

as Eileen Mulrooney

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

as Self - Guest

Pearl

as Pearl Caraldo

Almost Perfect

The Critic

as Ardeth (voice)

Frasier

as Carla Tortelli

Mad About You

as Mrs. Ramona DiChristophoro

6.7

Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories

as Narrator (voice)

Roc

Blossom

The Simpsons

as Carla Tortelli (voice)

Matlock

as Rhea Perlman

My Little Pony

Amazing Stories

as Lois

Cheers

as Carla Tortelli

St. Elsewhere

as Carla Tortelli

Taxi

as Zena Sherman

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Co-Host

Golden Globe Awards

as Self

Crew (5)

Movies (5)

Bye Bye Benjamin

2006

Executive Producer

Matilda's Movie Magic: The Making of 'Matilda'

2005

Thanks

4.5

Minestrone

1975

Writer

The Sound Sleeper

1973

Continuity

The Sound Sleeper

1973

Production Coordinator