Cheers

-Comedy Cheers is an Emmy Award-winning classic television comedy series from NBC. It focuses on the offbeat antics and stories of several patrons from the bar Cheers, while exploring and tackling social issues found in their lives. Cheers is owned by former Boston Red Sox pitcher Sam Malone (Ted Danson), along with his assistant bartender Woody (Woody Harrelson), and run with the help of manager Rebecca Howe (Kirstie Alley) and waitress Carla (Rhea Perlman). Notable customers are mailman Cliff (John Ratzenberger), accountant and house painter Norm (George Wendt), and Dr. Frasier Crane (Kelsey Grammer), who also stars in his own successful spin-off Frasier.
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What Are They Up To? Cheers' Rhea Perlman
Sunday, August 12, 2007
     
cheersRhea Perlman caught viewers' attention when she was cast on the long-running comedy Cheers.  From 1982 to 1993, she appeared on every episode of the series and received an unprecedented 10 Emmy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, which she won on four occasions.  She portrayed Carla Tortelli, a waitress who outwardly expressed her disdain for a lot of people.  In the course of the series, she had four children, married twice, and ended up having eight children by the time the show concluded.  Before the year ends, the 59-year-old actress will marking her silver screen comeback with a romantic movie.

Currently in post-production stages is the film Love Comes Lately, in which the former Cheers actress stars as Reisel.  The romantic drama also features Barbara Hershey and Elizabeth Peña with Jan Schütte as the director.

Aside from her character in Cheers, Rhea Perlman was also noted for her roles on the sitcom Pearl, in which she starred as Mrs. Pearl Caraldo, and on Kate Brasher as Abbie Schaeffer.  On the big screen, she became part of the Sunset Park, Canadian Bacon and in Matilda as Zinnia Wormwood.

In addition, she also worked on several miniseries and tele-films, including How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale, Stroller Wars and A Tale of Two Bunnies.

After appearing on more than 40 sitcoms and movies, performing on Broadway and trying her hand at producing, Rhea Perlman remains associated to her iconic spiteful role on Cheers, which brought comic relief to the series for more than a decade.


-Kris De Leon, BuddyTV Staff Columnist
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