Biography Katey Sagal
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Katey Sagal stars as housework-hating
homemaker Peggy Bundy in Columbia
Pictures Television's top-rated
prime time half-hour comedy series "Married...With
Children" for the Fox Broadcasting
Company.
For her portrayal of Peg, Ms.
Sagal was nominated as best lead actress in a comedy
series for both a Golden Globe
(1990) and an American Comedy Award (1990 and
1992). Viewers also know her
for her critically acclaimed portrayal of Mary Tyler
Moore's hard-bitten co-worker
in the series "Mary." During her Summer hiatus, she
filmed the NBC television
film "Trail of Tears." Ms. Sagal also starred in the
television film for NBC "She
Says She's Innocent."
In feature films, Ms. Sagal
has appeared in Vista Films' "Maid to Order," and with
Diane Keaton in the Touchstone
feature "The Good Mother."
Ms. Sagal was born into a show
business family and grew up in Los Angeles and
New York. Her father was the
noted director Boris Sagal. Her younger twin sisters,
Liz and Jean Sagal, starred
in the television series "Double Trouble."
A versatile performer, Ms.
Sagal is a critically acclaimed singer/songwriter who
began singing at the age of
five. She has worked as a back-up singer for Bob Dylan,
Etta James and Olivia Newton-John.
She also performed with Bette Midler as one of
the flamboyant "Harlettes,"
a group she describes as "nasty, flashy and trashy."
Ms. Sagal released her first
CD, "Well" on Virgin Records this spring. The
powerfully constructed album,
which she co-wrote, derives inspiration from her own
passionate experiences. She
continues to perform in nightclubs throughout the Los
Angeles area.
Ms. Sagal and her husband,
Jack White, reside in Los Angeles with their baby girl,
Sarah Grace.