Award-winning American actress Rhea Perlman was born on March 31, 1948 in Brooklyn, New York. She has won multiple Emmy Awards for the role of Carla in the classic television comedy Cheers, and is married to fellow Emmy-awarded actor Danny DeVito. After attending Hunter College in New York, she went on to work in other TV productions and films. Among these were the sitcom Pearl, wherein she played the title character, the movie Matilda, and Michael Moore's film Canadian Bacon. She also played Jacqueline Kennedy in a television movie, and is well-known for being an active Democrat. She's also the author of the children's book series Otto Undercover.

Carla Tortelli is played by Rhea Perlman in the award-winning sitcom Cheers. A disdainful and mean-spirited woman, she works as a waitress at the Cheers bar owned by Sam, often deriding her co-workers and customers. She has been married twice, and is the mother of four (eventually eight) children. Carla often has little luck with good-lucking or decent men, noting that they usually ignore her. She's known for her scathing wit and for her derogatory nicknames towards the other people in the bar, especially the prettier waitresses such as Diane and Rebecca.



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