Katey Sagal (born January 19, 1954) is an American actress and singer-songwriter, best known for her roles in Married... with Children , 8 Simple Rules , Futurama and Sons of Anarchy .

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Biography

Early life

Sagal was born Catherine Louise Sagal in Hollywood, California, to a show business family; she is the daughter of director Boris Sagal, best known for his work on 1960s television dramas, including The Twilight Zone . Her mother, Sara Zwilling, was a producer. Sagal is the older sister of twin actresses Jean Sagal and Liz Sagal, best remembered as the Doublemint Twins of the early 1980s, and for their own short-lived sitcom of that era: Double Trouble . She is also the sister of actor Joe Sagal. Sagal and her siblings grew up in the Mandeville Canyon section of Brentwood, Los Angeles, California. She studied at California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, California.

Career

Sagal began her career working the Hollywood circuit. She appeared in several made for TV movies between 1971 and 1975, including a small role as a receptionist in the Columbo film Candidate for Crime (directed by her father) and in 1973 working as a backing vocalist for various singers, including Bob Dylan and Tanya Tucker.

In 1978, KISS bassist Gene Simmons asked her to sing background vocals on his self-titled solo album. During this time she was also a member of the rock group The Group With No Name. She also sang backup for Bette Midler, who hired her for her 1979 tour as one of The Harlettes.

Sagal returned to television in 1985 in the television series Mary starring Mary Tyler Moore. This led to her being cast as Peggy Bundy on the sitcom Married... with Children (1987–1997). She portrayed the lower-class, sex-starved wife of shoe salesman Al Bundy. During her audition for the role, Sagal brought her own red bouffant wig and with the producers' approval, the look transitioned into the show. As Peg, she wore the wig, capris-length leggings with a large belt, and high slip-on heels, which were all fashion styles from the 1960s. She would also often appear wearing off-the-shoulder tops. Sagal's career focused almost entirely on this series for its eleven-year run. Sagal briefly revisited her role of Peg Bundy in Married... with Children , when the sitcom was parodied in the Futurama episode "A Bicyclops Built for Two".

After the end of Married... with Children , several more television films followed for Sagal, and she was also a featured voice on the children's cartoon Recess as the voice of Spinelli's mother (who bears a notable resemblance to Sagal's character Peg Bundy). In 1999, Matt Groening cast her as Turanga Leela in his science fiction cartoon comedy Futurama . The show developed a cult following, but was canceled after five seasons. However, airings in syndication on Cartoon Network ^[1] and Comedy Central. ^[2] increased the show's popularity and led Comedy Central to commission a series of Futurama direct-to-DVD films, which the network later rebroadcast as sixteen episodes. ^[3] Sagal reprised her role as Leela in these films, and it has been confirmed that she will voice Leela again in the upcoming 26 episode season due to air in 2010. ^[4]

Sagal also guest starred as Edna Hyde, Steven Hyde's mother, in three episodes of That '70s Show : Punk Chick (1999), Prom Night (1999), and The Career Day (1999). She starred in the short-lived NBC sitcom Tucker in 2000. Sagal was also cast in the Disney Channel movie Smart House , playing a computerized maid that suddenly gets a mind of its own. She wore the same wig for the role as she did for Married... with Children .

Sagal was cast as the wife of John Ritter in the sitcom 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter in 2002. Following Ritter's death, Sagal carried most of the show (with help from new cast members David Spade and James Garner). Ritter completed only three episodes of the second season of 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter with Sagal introducing each episode. The show was canceled in 2005 after its third season.

In 2005, she made two guest appearances on Lost , one guest appearance on CBS's Ghost Whisperer and another guest appearance on The Shield . She hosted The Search for the Funniest Mom In America 2 and she had a recurring role as a guest star on Boston Legal .

In 2007, she had a role in the season finale of The Winner as Glen Abbot's former, and Josh's current, teacher, with whom Glen has his first sexual experience. She also reprised her role in The Shield for one episode.

In 2008, she appeared in four episodes of Eli Stone as Marci Klein, one of the founding partners of the show's law firm. She has a starring role as Gemma Teller Morrow on the TV show Sons of Anarchy , created by her husband Kurt Sutter.

In January 2009, Sagal reunited with her TV son David Faustino (Bud Bundy from Married with Children ) for an episode of Faustino's show Star-ving. ^[5]

Musical career

Sagal is also a songwriter. In 1976, while a member of The Group With No Name, she contributed to the album "Moon over Brooklyn." She also performed backing vocals on the solo album by Gene Simmons as well as background vocals on Olivia Newton-John's 1985 single "Soul Kiss". On April 19, 1994, she released her first solo album, Well... . Ten years later, on June 1, 2004, she released her second album, Room .

Personal life

Sagal was married to Freddie Beckmeier (1978–1981) and Jack White (November 26, 1993 – July 24, 2000). In 1991, Sagal discovered she was pregnant. This was unexpected by the directors of Married... with Children , so the pregnancy was written into the storyline of the show. However, in October 1991, she had to have an emergency caesarean section in her seventh month of pregnancy, ending in the stillbirth of a daughter, whom Sagal named Ruby Jean. ^[6] The pregnancy on the show was then regarded as a "dream", because it would have been too painful for Sagal to see an infant on set at the time. She had one other early miscarriage around this time as well. She and White had a daughter (Sarah Grace) and a son (Jackson James).

Sagal married Kurt Sutter (a writer, producer, and actor for The Shield ) in a private ceremony on October 2, 2004, at their home in Los Feliz, California. They welcomed their first child together, daughter Esme Louise, on January 10, 2007. Esme was carried by a surrogate mother.

Selected works

Year	Title	Role	Other Notes
1971	The Failing of Raymond	Girl Patient	credited as Catherine Louise Sagal
1973	Columbo	Secretary	Episode: "Candidate for Crime"
1974	Larry (TV series)>Larry	Cashier
1975	The Dream Makers	Unemployment Manager
1985	Mary	Jo Tucker
1987 TV Film	Maid to Order	Louise
	Married… with Children	Peggy Bundy	Ending in 1997 Golden Globe Awards (nominated-4Xs)
1988	The Good Mother	Ursula
1990	Tales from the Crypt	Ms. Kilbasser	Episode: "For Cryin' Out Loud"
	Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme	Mary Quite Contrary
1991	She Says She's Innocent	Susan Essex
1995	Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man	Duckman's Mother	Episode: "The Germ Turns"
	Nachtshow		Episode: "February 10, 1995"
	Trail of Tears	Annie Cook
1996	Space Cases	Ma	Episode: "Mother Knows Best"
1997	Recess	Flo Spinelli	Ending in 2001 Episodes: "Parents' Night" "Weekend at Muriel's" "Dance Lessons"
1998	Chance of a Lifetime	Irene Dunbar
	Mr. Headmistress	Harriet Magnum
			Guest star in episode "Git Along Little Soul"
1999	Futurama	Turanga Leela	Voice only
	Smart House	Pat
	That '70s Show	Edna Hyde	Episodes: "Career Day" "Prom Night" "Punk Chick"
	God's New Plan	Ellen Young
2000 TV Film	Tucker	Claire Wennick	Episodes: "Pilot" "Seth Green with Envy" "Everybody Dance Now"
	Dropping Out(film)	Wendy
2001 TV Film	The Geena Davis Show	Ashley	Episode: "Girls' Night Out"
	Recess: School's Out	Mrs. Flo Spinelli
2002 TV Film	8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter	Cate Hennessy	Prism Awards (won)
	Imagine That (TV series)	Barb Thompson
	Following Tildy	Connie St. John
2004	When Angels Come to Town	Jo
	Higglytown Heroes	Monica the Police Officer Police Officer Hero	Episodes: "Great Un-Expectations/Snow Dazed" "Smells Like a Myster/Ship Ahoy!" "Wayne's Day Out"
2005	Lost	Helen	Episodes: "Orientation" "Lockdown"
	Ghost Whisperer	Francie Lewis	Episode: "Undead Comic"
	Three Wise Guys	Shirley Crown
	Campus Confidential	Naomi Jacobs
2006 TV Film	Boston Legal	Barbara Little	Episodes: "New Kids on the Block" "Desperately Seeking Shirley" "Fine Young Cannibal" "Whose God Is It Anyway?" "The Verdict"
	The Search for the Funniest Mom in America	Host
	I'm Reed Fish	Maureen
2007 TV Film	The Winner		Episode: "Hot for Teacher"
	The Shield	Nancy Gilroy	Episodes: "Grave" "Exiled"
	Futurama: Bender's Big Score	Turanga Leela	Voice only Direct-to-video Animated movie
2008	Eli Stone	Marci Klein	Episodes: "Patience" "Waiting For That day"
	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Annabelle Bundt Natasha Steele	Episode: "Two and a Half Deaths"
	Futurama: The Beast With A Billion Backs	Turanga Leela	Voice only Direct-to-video Animated movie
	Sons of Anarchy	Gemma Teller Morrow
	Futurama: Bender's Game	Turanga Leela	Voice only Direct-to-video Animated movie
2009	Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder	Turanga Leela	Voice only Direct-to-video Animated movie
2010	Futurama	Turanga Leela	Voice only 6th Season of Futurama

References

1. Adult Swim
2. "Futurama" in Comedy Central's future via big deal
3. "Futurama" gets new life on Comedy Central
4. Futurama cast members ink new deal with Fox
5. ''Star-ving May Leave You Hungry
6. Internet Movie Database biography at http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005408/bio