Acting
Rhea Perlman
EN, DE cinema · 75 credits
Born
31 March 1948 (age 78)
Birthplace
Coney Island, New York, USA
Also known as رئا پرلمان
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
Filmography
You People
as Bubby
Barbie
as Ruth
13: The Musical
as Grandma Ruth
Funny Face
as Fernie
Mr. Bungle: The Night They Came Home
as Spooky Narration
Poms
as Alice
Saving Flora
as Gabriella
The Matchmaker
as Irene
Lemon
as Esther
Sing
as Judith (voice)
The Sessions
as Mikvah Lady
The Trouble with Bliss
as Maria (uncredited)
Oliver's Ghost
as Eloise
Beethoven's Big Break
as Patricia
The Christmas Choir
as Sister Agatha
Love Comes Lately
as Reisel
10 Items or Less
as Mrs. D
Bye Bye Benjamin
Executive Producer
Matilda's Movie Magic: The Making of 'Matilda'
as Self, Thanks
How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale
as Jacqueline Kennedy
Painful Secrets
as Dr. Parella
A Tale of Two Bunnies
as Thelma
H.E. Double Hockey Sticks
as Ms. Beelzebub
In the Doghouse
as Phil Markowitz
Houdini
as Esther
Monty Python: Live at Aspen
as Audience Member (uncredited)
Matilda
as Mrs. Wormwood
Carpool
as Martha
Sunset Park
as Phyllis Saroka
Canadian Bacon
as Deputy Honey
Spoils of War
as Emma
The World of Jim Henson
as Self (archive footage)
A Place to Be Loved
as Jerry Blair
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
as Mother Bird (voice)
Class Act
as Miss Simpson
To Grandmother's House We Go
as Shirley
There Goes the Neighborhood
as Lydia Nunn
Ted & Venus
as Grace
The Last Halloween
as Mrs. Gizborne
Enid Is Sleeping
as Mavis
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
as Self (archive footage)
Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration
as Carla Tortelli
Two Daddies?
as Rose Johnson (voice)
A Family Again
1988
A Family Again
as Aunt Dee
Mickey's 60th Birthday
as Carla Tortelli
Stamp of a Killer
as Claudia
Funny, You Don't Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville
as Maisy - Constitutional Caterer
My Little Pony: The Movie
as Reeka (voice)
Happily Ever After
as Rose Johnson (voice)
The Ratings Game
as Francine Kester
Love Child
as June Burns
Drop-Out Father
as Tawney Shapiro
National Lampoon's Movie Madness
as Little Jewish Prostitute ("Municipalians")
Swap Meet
as Mother
Intimate Strangers
as Barbara
I Want to Keep My Baby!
as Rae Finer
Minestrone
as Tessy, Writer
The Sound Sleeper
Continuity, Production Coordinator
Hot Dogs for Gauguin
as Woman on Ferry