Rhea Perlman
Department: Acting
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 Sessions (2012), and Poms (2019).
Known For
Canadian Bacon
1995
10 Items or Less
2006
How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale
2000
Matilda
1996
Class Act
1992
Carpool
1996
A Family Again
1988
Beethoven's Big Break
2008
Sunset Park
1996
A Place to Be Loved
1993
Painful Secrets
2000
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
1993
To Grandmother's House We Go
1992
Love Child
1982
You People
2023
The Christmas Choir
2008
Ted & Venus
1991
Love Comes Lately
2007
The Trouble with Bliss
2011
Barbie
2023
Hot Dogs for Gauguin
1972
The Ratings Game
1984
The Last Halloween
1991
Oliver's Ghost
2011
My Movie About Making 'Matilda' by Mara Wilson
2005
Matilda's Movie Magic: The Making of 'Matilda'
2005
My Little Pony: The Movie
1986
13: The Musical
2022
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
2002
Stamp of a Killer
1987
There Goes the Neighborhood
1992
In the Doghouse
1998
I'll See You in My Dreams
2015
Houdini
1998
Two Daddies?
1989
Swap Meet
1979
Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night
1977
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
2016
Amazing Stories: The Movie II
1990
The Earth Day Special
1990
I Want to Keep My Baby!
1976
Like Normal People
1979
Mickey's 60th Birthday
1988
Lemon
2017
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
1987
The Nightman Cometh: Live
2009
Sing
2016
H.E. Double Hockey Sticks
1999
The Sessions
2012
The Selling of Vince D'Angelo
1976
Drop-Out Father
1982
Minestrone
1975
A Tale of Two Bunnies
2000
Poms
2019
Saving Flora
2019
Enid Is Sleeping
1990
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
1988
Spoils of War
1994
Funny Face
2021
Intimate Strangers
1977
The World of Jim Henson
1994
Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special
1990
Happily Ever After
1985
Mr. Bungle: The Night They Came Home
2020
The Matchmaker
2018
Marvelous and the Black Hole
2022
Monty Python: Live at Aspen
1998
Stalk the Wild Child
1976
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
1994
National Lampoon's Movie Madness
1982
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
1990
The Frasier Story
1999
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
1985
St. Elsewhere
1982
Mad About You
1992
Cheers
1982
The Simpsons
1989
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
My Little Pony
1986
Ally McBeal
1997
Crumbs
2006
The Critic
1994
Matlock
1986
The View
1997
Fat Actress
2005
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Frasier
1993
Becker
1998
Blossom
1990
Kevin Hill
2004
Roc
1991
Almost Perfect
1995
Pearl
1996
Star Wars: The Bad Batch
2021
Wilfred
2011
Kate Brasher
2001
Saturday Night Live
1975
Union Square
1997
Not Dead Yet
2023
Amazing Stories
1985
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005
Taxi
1978
The Mindy Project
2012
Mom
2013
Robot and Monster
2012
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013
Me and My Grandma
2017
Hung
2009
Curses!
2023
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
1992
Harley Quinn
2019
Too Much
2025
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
2002
Kirstie
2013
Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories
2014
Shooter
2016
The Goldbergs
2013
Hot in Cleveland
2010
American Dad!
2005
Poker Face
2023
The Megan Mullally Show
2006
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Mid-Century Modern
2025
The Studio
2025
The Studio
2025
Poker Face
2023
Getting On
2013
The Tortellis
1987