Rhea Perlman

Rhea Perlman

Known for
Acting
Born
March 31, 1948 (age 78)
Birthplace
Coney Island, New York, USA

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

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Filmography

2025
Too Much poster

Too Much

TV · as Dottie · 10 eps

2025
Mid-Century Modern poster

Mid-Century Modern

TV · as Judy · 1 ep

2025
The Studio poster

The Studio

TV · as Matt's Mom (voice) · 1 ep

2023
You People poster

You People

Movie · as Bubby

2023
Barbie poster

Barbie

Movie · as Ruth

2023
Not Dead Yet poster

Not Dead Yet

TV · as Janice · 1 ep

2023
Curses! poster

Curses!

TV · as Margie (voice) · 10 eps

2023
Poker Face poster

Poker Face

TV · as Beatrix Hasp (voice) · 1 ep

2022
13: The Musical poster

13: The Musical

Movie · as Grandma Ruth

2022
Marvelous and the Black Hole poster

Marvelous and the Black Hole

Movie · as Margot

2021
Funny Face poster

Funny Face

Movie · as Fernie

2021
Star Wars: The Bad Batch poster

Star Wars: The Bad Batch

TV · as Cid (voice) · 11 eps

2020
Mr. Bungle: The Night They Came Home poster

Mr. Bungle: The Night They Came Home

Movie · as Spooky Narration

2019
Poms poster

Poms

Movie · as Alice

2019
Saving Flora poster

Saving Flora

Movie · as Gabriella

2019
Harley Quinn poster

Harley Quinn

TV · as Golda (voice) · 1 ep

2018
The Matchmaker poster

The Matchmaker

Movie · as Irene

2017
Lemon poster

Lemon

Movie · as Esther

2017
Me and My Grandma poster

Me and My Grandma

TV · as Grandma · 6 eps

2016
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows poster

Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows

Movie · as Self

2016
Sing poster

Sing

Movie · as Judith (voice)

2016
Shooter poster

Shooter

TV · as Supreme Court Justice Gibson · 2 eps

2015
I'll See You in My Dreams poster

I'll See You in My Dreams

Movie · as Sally

2014
Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories poster

Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories

TV · as Maureen · 1 ep

2013
Mom poster

Mom

TV · as Anya · 1 ep

2013
Brooklyn Nine-Nine poster

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

TV · as Estelle · 1 ep

2013
Kirstie poster

Kirstie

TV · as Thelma Katz · 12 eps

2013
The Goldbergs poster

The Goldbergs

TV · as Margot Letien · 1 ep

2013
Getting On poster

Getting On

TV · as Crystal Buff · 1 ep

2012
The Sessions poster

The Sessions

Movie · as Mikvah Lady

2012
The Mindy Project poster

The Mindy Project

TV · as Annette Castellano · 17 eps

2012
Robot and Monster poster

Robot and Monster

TV · as Nessie (voice) · 50 eps

2011
The Trouble with Bliss poster

The Trouble with Bliss

Movie · as Maria (uncredited)

2011
Oliver's Ghost poster

Oliver's Ghost

Movie · as Eloise

2011
Wilfred poster

Wilfred

TV · as Mittens · 1 ep

2010
Hot in Cleveland poster

Hot in Cleveland

TV · as Jacki · 1 ep

2009
The Nightman Cometh: Live poster

The Nightman Cometh: Live

Movie · as Gladys

2009
Hung poster

Hung

TV · 2 eps

2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2008
Beethoven's Big Break poster

Beethoven's Big Break

Movie · as Patricia

2008
The Christmas Choir poster

The Christmas Choir

Movie · as Sister Agatha

2007
Love Comes Lately poster

Love Comes Lately

Movie · as Reisel

2006
10 Items or Less poster

10 Items or Less

Movie · as Mrs. D

2006
Crumbs poster

Crumbs

TV · as Camille Spadaro · 1 ep

2006
The Megan Mullally Show poster

The Megan Mullally Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2005
My Movie About Making 'Matilda' by Mara Wilson poster

My Movie About Making 'Matilda' by Mara Wilson

Movie · as Self

2005
Matilda's Movie Magic: The Making of 'Matilda' poster

Matilda's Movie Magic: The Making of 'Matilda'

Movie · as Self

2005
Fat Actress poster

Fat Actress

TV · as Rhea Perlman · 1 ep

2005
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia poster

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

TV · as Bertha Fussy · 1 ep

2005
American Dad! poster

American Dad!

TV · as Old Stripper (voice) · 1 ep

2004
Kevin Hill poster

Kevin Hill

TV · as Eleanor Frank · 1 ep

2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show poster

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2002
NBC 75th Anniversary Special poster

NBC 75th Anniversary Special

Movie · as Self

2002
What's New, Scooby-Doo? poster

What's New, Scooby-Doo?

TV · as Agnes (voice) · 1 ep

2001
Kate Brasher poster

Kate Brasher

TV · as Abbie Schaeffer · 7 eps

2000
How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale poster

How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale

Movie · as Jacqueline Kennedy

2000
Painful Secrets poster

Painful Secrets

Movie · as Dr. Parella

2000
A Tale of Two Bunnies poster

A Tale of Two Bunnies

Movie · as Thelma

1999
H.E. Double Hockey Sticks poster

H.E. Double Hockey Sticks

Movie · as Ms. Beelzebub

1999
The Frasier Story poster

The Frasier Story

Movie · as Self

1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

TV · as Roxana Fox · 1 ep

1998
In the Doghouse poster

In the Doghouse

Movie · as Phil Markowitz

1998
Houdini poster

Houdini

Movie · as Esther

1998
Monty Python: Live at Aspen poster

Monty Python: Live at Aspen

Movie · as Audience Member (uncredited)

1998
Becker poster

Becker

TV · as Dr. Katherine Simmons · 1 ep

1997
Ally McBeal poster

Ally McBeal

TV · as Dr. Helen Tooth · 1 ep

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1997
Union Square poster

Union Square

TV · as Eileen Mulrooney · 1 ep

1996
Matilda poster

Matilda

Movie · as Mrs. Wormwood

1996
Carpool poster

Carpool

Movie · as Martha

1996
Sunset Park poster

Sunset Park

Movie · as Phyllis Saroka

1996
Pearl poster

Pearl

TV · as Pearl Caraldo · 22 eps

1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show poster

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1995
Canadian Bacon poster

Canadian Bacon

Movie · as Deputy Honey

1995
Almost Perfect poster

Almost Perfect

TV · 1 ep

1994
Spoils of War poster

Spoils of War

Movie · as Emma

1994
The World of Jim Henson poster

The World of Jim Henson

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1994
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! poster

Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!

Movie · as Worm TV Host

1994
The Critic poster

The Critic

TV · as Ardeth (voice) · 2 eps

1993
A Place to Be Loved poster

A Place to Be Loved

Movie · as Jerry Blair

1993
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story poster

We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story

Movie · as Mother Bird (voice)

1993
Frasier poster

Frasier

TV · as Carla Tortelli · 1 ep

1992
Class Act poster

Class Act

Movie · as Miss Simpson

1992
To Grandmother's House We Go poster

To Grandmother's House We Go

Movie · as Shirley

1992
There Goes the Neighborhood poster

There Goes the Neighborhood

Movie · as Lydia Nunn

1992
Mad About You poster

Mad About You

TV · as Mrs. Ramona DiChristophoro · 1 ep

1992
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories poster

Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 1 ep

1991
Ted & Venus poster

Ted & Venus

Movie · as Grace

1991
The Last Halloween poster

The Last Halloween

Movie · as Mrs. Gizborne

1991
Roc poster

Roc

TV · 1 ep

1990
Amazing Stories: The Movie II poster

Amazing Stories: The Movie II

Movie · as Lois

1990
The Earth Day Special poster

The Earth Day Special

Movie · as Paula

1990
Enid Is Sleeping poster

Enid Is Sleeping

Movie · as Mavis

1990
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! poster

Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1990
Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration poster

Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration

Movie · as Carla Tortelli

1990
Blossom poster

Blossom

TV · as The Godfather · 1 ep

1989
Two Daddies? poster

Two Daddies?

Movie · as Rose Johnson (voice)

1989
The Simpsons poster

The Simpsons

TV · as Carla Tortelli (voice) · 1 ep

1988
A Family Again

A Family Again

Movie · as Aunt Dee

1988
Mickey's 60th Birthday poster

Mickey's 60th Birthday

Movie · as Carla Tortelli

1988
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie poster

Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie

Movie · as Self

1987
Stamp of a Killer poster

Stamp of a Killer

Movie · as Claudia

1987
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville poster

Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville

Movie · as Maisy - Constitutional Caterer

1987
The Tortellis poster

The Tortellis

TV · as Carla Tortelli · 1 ep

1986
My Little Pony: The Movie poster

My Little Pony: The Movie

Movie · as Reeka (voice)

1986
My Little Pony poster

My Little Pony

TV · 65 eps

1986
Matlock poster

Matlock

TV · as Rhea Perlman · 1 ep

1985
Happily Ever After poster

Happily Ever After

Movie · as Rose Johnson (voice)

1985
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There poster

The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There

Movie

1985
Amazing Stories poster

Amazing Stories

TV · as Lois · 1 ep

1984
The Ratings Game poster

The Ratings Game

Movie · as Francine Kester

1982
Love Child poster

Love Child

Movie · as June Burns

1982
Drop-Out Father poster

Drop-Out Father

Movie · as Tawney Shapiro

1982
National Lampoon's Movie Madness poster

National Lampoon's Movie Madness

Movie · as Little Jewish Prostitute ("Municipalians")

1982
St. Elsewhere poster

St. Elsewhere

TV · as Carla Tortelli · 1 ep

1982
Cheers poster

Cheers

TV · as Carla Tortelli · 269 eps

1979
Swap Meet poster

Swap Meet

Movie · as Mother

1979
Like Normal People

Like Normal People

Movie · as Jan

1978
Taxi poster

Taxi

TV · as Zena Sherman · 5 eps

1977
Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night poster

Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night

Movie · as Judy

1977
Intimate Strangers poster

Intimate Strangers

Movie · as Barbara

1976
I Want to Keep My Baby! poster

I Want to Keep My Baby!

Movie · as Rae Finer

1976
The Selling of Vince D'Angelo

The Selling of Vince D'Angelo

Movie · as Vince's Wife

1976
Stalk the Wild Child poster

Stalk the Wild Child

Movie · as Jean

1975
Minestrone poster

Minestrone

Movie · as Tessy

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self - Co-Host · 1 ep

1972
Hot Dogs for Gauguin poster

Hot Dogs for Gauguin

Movie · as Woman on Ferry

1954
The Wonderful World of Disney poster

The Wonderful World of Disney

TV · as Carla Tortelli LeBec · 1 ep

1944
Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards

TV · as Self - Audience Member, Self - Nominee · 2 eps