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Rhea Perlmanborn 1948

usually

Actor

Popularity

4.1

Famous

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).

Credits

Barbie

2023

Adventure • Comedy

as Ruth

7(9,882)

31.4

You People

2023

Comedy • Romance

as Bubby

5.6(720)

2.9

13: The Musical

2022

Comedy • Drama • Family

as Grandma Ruth

6(40)

0.7

Marvelous and the Black Hole

2022

Comedy • Drama

as Margot

6.9(20)

0.4

Funny Face

2021

Crime • Drama

as Fernie

4.7(16)

0.5

Mr. Bungle: The Night They Came Home

2020

Music

as Spooky Narration

7(2)

0.2

Saving Flora

2019

Adventure • Drama • Family

as Gabriella

7.1(56)

1.3

Poms

2019

Comedy • Drama

as Alice

6.6(216)

1.2

The Matchmaker

2018

as Irene

0(0)

0.1

Lemon

2017

Comedy • Drama

as Esther

4.6(53)

0.8

Sing

2016

Animation • Comedy • Family • Music

as Judith (voice)

7.1(8,094)

12.2

Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows

2016

Comedy

as Self

4.3(12)

0.6

I'll See You in My Dreams

2015

Comedy • Drama

as Sally

6.3(167)

1.2

The Sessions

2012

Comedy • Drama • Romance

as Mikvah Lady

6.9(568)

Oliver's Ghost

2011

Family • TV Movie

as Eloise

5.5(4)

0.3

The Trouble With Bliss

2011

Comedy • Drama • Romance

as Maria (uncredited)

5.1(54)

0.4

The Nightman Cometh: Live

2009

Comedy • Music

as Gladys

9.5(8)

0.2

The Christmas Choir

2008

Drama • Romance • TV Movie

as Sister Agatha

5.1(8)

0.3

Beethoven's Big Break

2008

Comedy • Family

as Patricia

5.2(152)

0.9

Love Comes Lately

2007

Comedy • Drama • Romance

as Reisel

5.2(9)

0.2

10 Items or Less

2006

Comedy • Drama

as Mrs. D

6.2(264)

1.1

My Movie About Making 'Matilda' by Mara Wilson

2005

Documentary

as Self

5.5(2)

0.1

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

2005

Documentary

as Herself

1(1)

0.1

NBC 75th Anniversary Special

2002

Documentary • TV Movie

as Self

0(0)

0.7

How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale

2000

Comedy • TV Movie

3.4(7)

0.4

Painful Secrets

2000

Drama • TV Movie

as Dr. Parella

6.3(17)

0.3

A Tale of Two Bunnies

2000

Drama • TV Movie

as Thelma

6.8(4)

0.2

H.E. Double Hockey Sticks

1999

Comedy • Family

as Ms. Beelzebub

6(12)

0.2

Houdini

1998

Drama

as Esther

6(9)

0.5

In the Doghouse

1998

Comedy • Family • TV Movie

as Phil Markowitz

4.5(2)

0.2

Monty Python: Live at Aspen

1998

Comedy • Documentary

as Audience Member (uncredited)

7(13)

0.4

Carpool

1996

Comedy • Family

as Martha

5.1(82)

0.9

Matilda

1996

Comedy • Family • Fantasy

as Zinnia Wormwood

7.2(4,531)

Sunset Park

1996

Drama

as Phyllis Saroka

6.1(16)

0.8

Canadian Bacon

1995

Comedy

as Deputy Honey

5.8(219)

The World of Jim Henson

1994

Documentary

as Self (archive footage)

7.3(6)

0.6

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

1994

Documentary • Family • TV Movie

as Worm TV Host

7(3)

0.7

Spoils of War

1994

Drama • Family • TV Movie

as Emma

2(1)

0.2

We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story

1993

Animation • Family • Science Fiction

as Mother Bird (voice)

6.1(419)

1.4

A Place to Be Loved

1993

Drama • Family • TV Movie

as Jerry Blair

5.3(6)

0.2

To Grandmother's House We Go

1992

Adventure • Comedy • Family • TV Movie

as Shirley

6.5(78)

0.5

There Goes the Neighborhood

1992

Comedy • Crime • Romance

as Lydia Nunn

5.4(21)

0.6

Class Act

1992

Comedy • Drama

as Miss Simpson

6.1(112)

1.1

The Last Halloween

1991

Animation • Comedy • Family • TV Movie

as Mrs. Gizborne

5.6(8)

0.2

Ted & Venus

1991

Comedy • Drama • Romance

as Grace

4.8(8)

0.4

Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special

1990

Comedy • Family • TV Movie

as Self

6(1)

0.4

Enid Is Sleeping

1990

Comedy • Crime

as Mavis

4.9(9)

0.4

Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!

1990

Comedy • Family • Music

6(3)

0.6

The Earth Day Special

1990

Documentary • TV Movie

as Paula

7.6(7)

0.9

Two Daddies?

1989

Animation • Family • TV Movie

as Rose Johnson (voice)

0(0)

0.3

Mickey's 60th Birthday

1988

Animation • Family • TV Movie

as Carla Tortelli

6.8(15)

0.3

A Family Again

1988

Drama

as Aunt Dee

0(0)

0.1

Stamp of a Killer

1987

TV Movie • Thriller

as Claudia

7(1)

0.2

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

1987

Comedy • Documentary • Family

as Maisy - Constitutional Caterer

0(0)

0.2

My Little Pony: The Movie

1986

Animation • Family

as Reeka (voice)

6.3(75)

0.9

The Ratings Game

1984

Comedy • Romance • TV Movie

as Francine Kester

5.7(22)

1.3

Love Child

1982

Crime • Drama • Romance

as June Burns

5.8(4)

0.3

Swap Meet

1979

Comedy

as Mother

2(2)

0.3

Like Normal People

1979

Drama • Romance • TV Movie

as Jan

6(1)

0.2

Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night

1977

Drama • TV Movie

as Judy

7(1)

0.2

Amazing Stories: The Movie II

Fantasy • Horror

as Lois (archive footage)

0(0)

0.2

Sesame Street | Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special

1988

Comedy • Family • Music • TV Movie

as Self

6(1)

0.4

Happily Ever After

1985

Animation • Drama • Family

as Rose Johnson (voice)

8(2)

0.4

Drop-Out Father

1982

Comedy • Drama • TV Movie

as Tawney Shapiro

4.2(2)

0.1

National Lampoon's Movie Madness

1982

Comedy

as Little Jewish Prostitute ("Municipalians")

3.2(31)

0.5

Intimate Strangers

1977

Drama • TV Movie

as Barbara

5(1)

0.5

I Want to Keep My Baby!

1976

Drama • TV Movie

as Rae Finer

6(1)

0.1

Stalk the Wild Child

1976

Drama • TV Movie

as Jean

0(0)

0.2

The Selling of Vince D'Angelo

1976

Comedy • Crime

as Vince's Wife

4(2)

0.2

Minestrone

1975

Comedy

as Tessy

0(0)

0.1

Hot Dogs for Gauguin

1972

Comedy • Crime

as Woman on Ferry

6.3(6)

0.1