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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 31, 1948
Place of Birth
Coney Island, New York, USA
Also Known As
- رئا پرلمان
Rhea Perlman
1.1 Popularity
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
Credits
Too Much
as Dottie
2025
5.7
Mid-Century Modern
as Judy
2025
5.8
The Studio
as Matt's Mom (voice)
2025
7.6
The Studio
as Matt's Mom
2025
7.6
Curses!
as Margie (voice)
2023
6.2
Barbie
as Ruth
2023
6.9
Not Dead Yet
as Janice
2023
7.0
Poker Face
as Beatrix Hasp (voice)
2023
7.5
Poker Face
as Beatrix Hasp
2023
7.5
You People
as Bubby
2023
5.6
13: The Musical
as Grandma Ruth
2022
6.0
Marvelous and the Black Hole
as Margot
2022
6.8
Star Wars: The Bad Batch
as Cid (voice)
2021
8.2
Funny Face
as Fernie
2021
4.7
Mr. Bungle: The Night They Came Home
as Spooky Narration
2020
7.0
Saving Flora
as Gabriella
2019
7.1
Harley Quinn
as Golda (voice)
2019
8.3
Poms
as Alice
2019
6.5
The Matchmaker
as Irene
2018
0.0
Me and My Grandma
as Grandma
2017
6.5
Lemon
as Esther
2017
4.4
Sing
as Judith (voice)
2016
7.1
Shooter
as Supreme Court Justice Gibson
2016
7.2
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
as Self
2016
4.1
I'll See You in My Dreams
as Sally
2015
6.3
Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories
as Maureen
2014
7.4
Kirstie
as Thelma Katz
2013
4.6
Getting On
as Crystal Buff
2013
6.3
The Goldbergs
as Margot Letien
2013
7.5
Mom
as Anya
2013
7.3
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
as Estelle
2013
8.2
The Mindy Project
as Annette Castellano
2012
6.3
Robot and Monster
as Nessie (voice)
2012
6.0
The Sessions
as Mikvah Lady
2012
6.9
Oliver's Ghost
as Eloise
2011
5.8
The Trouble with Bliss
as Maria (uncredited)
2011
4.9
Wilfred
as Mittens
2011
7.6
Hot in Cleveland
as Jacki
2010
7.3
The Nightman Cometh: Live
as Gladys
2009
9.5
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009
5.1
Hung
2009
6.5
The Christmas Choir
as Sister Agatha
2008
5.1
Beethoven's Big Break
as Patricia
2008
5.2
Love Comes Lately
as Reisel
2007
5.2
The Megan Mullally Show
as Self - Guest
2006
4.2
10 Items or Less
as Mrs. D
2006
6.2
Crumbs
as Camille Spadaro
2006
5.8
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
as Bertha Fussy
2005
8.3
My Movie About Making 'Matilda' by Mara Wilson
as Self
2005
5.5
Matilda's Movie Magic: The Making of 'Matilda'
as Herself
2005
4.5
Fat Actress
as Rhea Perlman
2005
5.2
American Dad!
as Old Stripper (voice)
2005
7.0
Kevin Hill
as Eleanor Frank
2004
4.7
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2003
5.6
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
as Agnes (voice)
2002
7.9
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
as Self
2002
0.0
Kate Brasher
as Abbie Schaeffer
2001
0.0
How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale
as Jacqueline Kennedy
2000
3.4
Painful Secrets
as Dr. Parella
2000
5.8
A Tale of Two Bunnies
as Thelma
2000
6.3
H.E. Double Hockey Sticks
as Ms. Beelzebub
1999
6.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Roxana Fox
1999
7.9
The Frasier Story
as Self
1999
7.0
Houdini
as Esther
1998
5.7
Becker
as Dr. Katherine Simmons
1998
7.1
In the Doghouse
as Phil Markowitz
1998
5.0
Monty Python: Live at Aspen
as Audience Member (uncredited)
1998
7.1
Union Square
as Eileen Mulrooney
1997
10.0
Ally McBeal
as Dr. Helen Tooth
1997
6.6
The View
as Self
1997
4.3
Pearl
as Pearl Caraldo
1996
3.8
Carpool
as Martha
1996
5.2
Matilda
as Zinnia Wormwood
1996
7.2
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self - Guest
1996
3.9
Sunset Park
as Phyllis Saroka
1996
6.1
Almost Perfect
1995
8.0
Canadian Bacon
as Deputy Honey
1995
5.7
The World of Jim Henson
as Self (archive footage)
1994
7.3
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
as Worm TV Host
1994
7.0
Spoils of War
as Emma
1994
1.7
The Critic
as Ardeth (voice)
1994
7.3
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
as Mother Bird (voice)
1993
6.1
Frasier
as Carla Tortelli
1993
7.7
A Place to Be Loved
as Jerry Blair
1993
5.3
To Grandmother's House We Go
as Shirley
1992
6.5
There Goes the Neighborhood
as Lydia Nunn
1992
5.3
Mad About You
as Mrs. Ramona DiChristophoro
1992
6.7
Class Act
as Miss Simpson
1992
6.1
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories
as Narrator (voice)
1992
10.0
The Last Halloween
as Mrs. Gizborne
1991
5.6
Roc
1991
7.8
Ted & Venus
as Grace
1991
4.0
Amazing Stories: The Movie II
as Lois (archive footage)
1990
0.0
Blossom
1990
6.1
Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special
as Self
1990
6.0
Enid Is Sleeping
as Mavis
1990
4.7
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
as Self (archive footage)
1990
6.0
The Earth Day Special
as Paula
1990
6.3
The Simpsons
as Carla Tortelli (voice)
1989
8.0
Two Daddies?
as Rose Johnson (voice)
1989
0.0
Mickey's 60th Birthday
as Carla Tortelli
1988
6.7
🎬
A Family Again
as Aunt Dee
1988
0.0
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
as Self
1988
6.0
Stamp of a Killer
as Claudia
1987
5.0
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
as Maisy - Constitutional Caterer
1987
0.0
My Little Pony
1986
6.1
My Little Pony: The Movie
as Reeka (voice)
1986
6.2
Matlock
as Rhea Perlman
1986
7.1
Happily Ever After
as Rose Johnson (voice)
1985
7.0
Amazing Stories
as Lois
1985
7.4
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
1985
0.0
The Ratings Game
as Francine Kester
1984
5.6
St. Elsewhere
as Carla Tortelli
1982
5.6
Love Child
as June Burns
1982
5.0
Cheers
as Carla Tortelli
1982
7.6
Drop-Out Father
as Tawney Shapiro
1982
4.2
National Lampoon's Movie Madness
as Little Jewish Prostitute ("Municipalians")
1982
3.1
Swap Meet
as Mother
1979
1.7
🎬
Like Normal People
as Jan
1979
6.0
Taxi
as Zena Sherman
1978
7.2
Intimate Strangers
as Barbara
1977
5.0
Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night
as Judy
1977
7.0
I Want to Keep My Baby!
as Rae Finer
1976
6.0
Stalk the Wild Child
as Jean
1976
0.0
🎬
The Selling of Vince D'Angelo
as Vince's Wife
1976
4.0
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Co-Host
1975
7.0
Minestrone
as Tessy
1975
0.0
Hot Dogs for Gauguin
as Woman on Ferry
1972
6.3
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Audience Member
1944
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
as Self
1944
7.2