Katey Sagal facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Katey Sagal
Sagal in 2011
Born	Catherine Louise Sagal (1954-01-19) January 19, 1954 (age 71) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma mater	California Institute of the Arts
Occupation	Actress singer
Years active	1971–present
Known for	Married... with Children Futurama 8 Simple Rules Sons of Anarchy Shameless The Conners
Spouse(s)	Freddy Beckmeier ​ ​ (m. 1977; div. 1981)​ Jack White ​ ​ (m. 1993; div. 2000)​ Kurt Sutter ​ (m. 2004)​
Children	Three, including Jackson White
Parent(s)	Boris Sagal Sara Zwilling
Relatives	Jean Sagal (sister) Liz Sagal (sister) Joey Sagal (brother) Marge Champion (stepmother)

Catherine Louise Sagal (born January 19, 1954), known as Katey Sagal, is an American actress and singer. She is famous for playing Peggy Bundy in the TV show Married... with Children (1987–1997). She also voiced Leela in the animated series Futurama (1999–2003, 2008–2013, 2023–present). Other well-known roles include Cate Hennessy on 8 Simple Rules (2002–2005) and Gemma Teller Morrow on Sons of Anarchy (2008–2014). For her role in Sons of Anarchy, she won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama in 2011. More recently, she has appeared as Louise Goldufski-Conner on The Conners (2018–present).

Early Life and Family

Katey Sagal was born in California into a family involved in show business. She is one of five children. Her younger sisters, Jean and Liz Sagal, are twins who are also actresses. Her brother, Joe Sagal, is an actor too. Katey's mother, Sara Zwilling, was a writer and producer. Her father, Boris Sagal, was a TV director. Katey grew up in Brentwood, Los Angeles.

Musical Career Highlights

Katey Sagal started her career as a singer and songwriter. In 1973, she sang backup for famous artists like Bob Dylan, Etta James, and Tanya Tucker. She was also a member of the music group The Harlettes, who were Bette Midler's backup singers, from 1978 and again from 1982 to 1983.

She sang the song "It's the Time for Love" in the 1982 film Silent Rage, which starred Chuck Norris. She also sang the theme song "Loose Cannons" for the 1990 film of the same name.

Katey Sagal released her first solo album, Well..., on April 19, 1994. Her second album, Room, came out on June 1, 2004. She also contributed many songs to the Sons of Anarchy soundtrack in the early 2010s, working with the band The Forest Rangers. In 2013, she released another album called Covered with the band.

Acting Career

Sagal at the 1989 Emmy Awards

Early Roles and Married... with Children

One of Katey Sagal's first acting jobs was as a receptionist in an episode of the detective show Columbo in 1973. This episode was directed by her father, Boris. She also appeared briefly in the 1986 music video for Debbie Harry's song French Kissin (in the USA).

Her first big role was as a newspaper columnist in the TV series Mary (1985–86). This led to her most famous role as Peggy Bundy on the sitcom Married... with Children (1987–1997). She played the wife of shoe salesman Al Bundy. The show was very popular and ran for 11 years. Katey Sagal reportedly brought her own red wig to her audition, and the producers liked it so much that it became Peggy Bundy's signature look.

Continuing Success in Television

Sagal at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con

After Married... with Children ended, Katey Sagal appeared in several TV movies. She also lent her voice to the children's cartoon Recess as Spinelli's mother. In 1998, she was chosen by Matt Groening to voice Leela, a purple-haired mutant spaceship captain, in his animated comedy Futurama. The show gained a huge following. Even after it was first canceled, its popularity grew, leading to new movies and seasons. Katey Sagal continued to voice Leela in all these new productions.

She also played Edna Hyde, Steven Hyde's mother, in three episodes of That '70s Show. In 2002, Katey Sagal was cast as the wife of John Ritter in the sitcom 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter. After John Ritter's sudden death, the show continued for a while before ending in 2005. From 2005 to 2010, she made four appearances on the popular show Lost as Helen Norwood.

Sons of Anarchy and Hollywood Walk of Fame

From 2008 to 2014, Katey Sagal starred as Gemma Teller Morrow in the TV drama Sons of Anarchy. The show's creator, Kurt Sutter, is her husband. In 2009, she reunited with David Faustino, who played her son Bud Bundy in Married... with Children, for an episode of his show Star-ving.

In 2013, Katey Sagal had a small role in Glee as Nancy Abrams, Artie Abrams' mother. She also appeared in the movie Pitch Perfect 2 (2015) as the mother of Hailee Steinfeld's character.

On September 9, 2014, Katey Sagal received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Her former Married... with Children co-stars – Ed O'Neill, Christina Applegate, and David Faustino – were there to celebrate with her.

Recent Acting Roles

In 2016, Katey Sagal appeared on The Big Bang Theory as Susan, the mother of Penny (Kaley Cuoco). This was a fun reunion, as Sagal and Cuoco had played mother and daughter before on 8 Simple Rules. She was also a regular on the CBS sitcom Superior Donuts from 2017 to 2018.

She played a recurring role as Louise Goldufski, Dan Conner's love interest, in The Conners starting in 2018. In 2020, she had a cameo in the Netflix series Dead to Me as Judy Hale's (Linda Cardellini) mother. Her Married...with Children co-star, Christina Applegate, also stars in Dead to Me. In 2018, she made a cameo appearance in the crime drama series Mayans M.C., returning as Gemma Teller Morrow from Sons of Anarchy.

In 2021, Katey Sagal played the main role of Annie "Rebel" Bello in the ABC drama series Rebel. In 2022, it was announced that Futurama would return for an 11th season in 2023, with Sagal once again voicing Leela. In 2023, she performed live off-broadway in the musical The Gospel According to Heather.

Personal Life

Katey Sagal has been married three times. She was married to musician Freddie Beckmeier from 1978 to 1981, and to drummer and actor Jack White from 1993 to 2000. She married writer-producer Kurt Sutter on October 2, 2004. They have a daughter, Esmé Louise, who was born in 2007 through a surrogate.

While working on Married... with Children, Katey Sagal became pregnant. The show's writers included her pregnancy in the storyline. Later, she had two more children with Jack White: a daughter, Sarah Grace, born in 1994, and a son, Jackson James White, born in 1996. The writers of Married... with Children chose not to include these later pregnancies in the show's story. Instead, they explained her absences by having her character, Peg, travel the world.

In June 2016, Katey Sagal was part of a video tribute by the Human Rights Campaign to the victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting. In 2016, she was featured in an episode of the TV genealogy series Who Do You Think You Are?, which explores people's family histories.

Filmography

Sagal's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

Film

Television

Discography

Albums

Awards and Nominations

See also

In Spanish: Katey Sagal para niños