Katey Sagal

**Catherine Louise "Katey" Sagal** (born January 19, 1954) is an American actress and singer-songwriter. She is best known for playing the role of Peggy Bundy on the Fox comedy series _Married... with Children_ and the voice of Leela on the animated series _Futurama_. She was nominated for four Golden Globe Awards for "Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy" and two American Comedy Awards for her work on _Married... with Children_.

Sagal has been the voice of _Futurama_ and its direct-to-DVD movies since 1999. She is also known for starring on the series _8 Simple Rules_ in the role of Cate Hennessy. She worked on that series with John Ritter until his death.  Sagal took over as the series' lead character after the death of Ritter.

Since 2008, she has played the role of matriarch Gemma Teller Morrow in the FX drama series _Sons of Anarchy_. She won a Golden Globe Award for "Best Actress – Television Series Drama" in 2011 for this part. She has been married to the creator of the series, Kurt Sutter, since 2004.

## Early life

Sagal was born in California to a show business family of five children. Her younger sisters Jean and Liz Sagal. They are a pair of twins who also act. Her brother is actor Joe Sagal. Her mother, Sara Zwilling was a writer and producer. Sagal's father, Boris Sagal was a director. Sagal grew up in Brentwood, Los Angeles.

## Career

Sagal began her career in Hollywood. She was in many made for TV movies between 1971 and 1975. These included a small role as a receptionist in the _Columbo_ episode _Candidate for Crime_ which was directed by her father. In 1973, she also worked as a backing vocalist for different singers, including Bob Dylan and Tanya Tucker.

In 1978, Kiss bassist Gene Simmons asked her to sing background vocals on his solo album. During this time she was also a member of the rock group The Group With No Name. She also sang backup for Bette Midler. Midler hired her for her 1979 tour as one of The Harlettes. In 1981, Sagal was a backup singer on the Molly Hatchet album _Take No Prisoners_.

Sagal returned to television in 1985. She was in the series _Mary_ starring Mary Tyler Moore. This led to her being cast as Peggy Bundy on the sitcom _Married... with Children_ (1987–1997). She played the part of a lower-class, sex-starved wife of shoe salesman Al Bundy. During her audition, Sagal brought her own red bouffant wig. That look for the character was used in the series.  As Peg, she wore the wig, capri-length leggings with a large belt, and high heels. These were all fashions from the 1960s. The series was broadcast for eleven years.

After the end of _Married... with Children_, Sagal did many more television movies. She also did some acting on children's cartoon _Recess_. She played the voice of Spinelli's mother. In 1999, Matt Groening cast her as the cyclopian spaceship captain, Leela, in his science fiction cartoon comedy _Futurama_. The show had a cult following but was ended after five years. However, airings in syndication on Adult Swim. The series was later broadcast on Comedy Central. This caused the popularity of the show to grow. Comedy Central decided to have a series of _Futurama_ direct-to-DVD movies made. These were broadcast by the network as 16 episodes. Sagal played the part of  Leela in these movies. She also voiced the new season that began June 24, 2010.

Sagal guest starred as Edna Hyde, Steven Hyde's mother, in three episodes of _That '70s Show_. She was also in the NBC sitcom _Tucker_.

Sagal was cast as the wife of John Ritter in the sitcom _8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter_ in 2002. Ritter was in only three episodes of the second season before his death. The show ended in 2005 after its third season.

In 2005, she made was on _Lost_ as Helen Norwood. In 2007, she had a role in the season finale of _The Winner_. She played the part of Glen Abbot's former, and Josh's current, teacher, with whom Glen has his first sexual experience. The next year, she was in four episodes of the series _Eli Stone_. She currently stars as Gemma Teller Morrow on the TV series _Sons of Anarchy_. It was created by her husband, Kurt Sutter.

In January 2009, Sagal worked with David Faustino for an episode of Faustino's show _Star-ving_. Faustino played her son, Bud Bundy, from _Married with Children_. In 2010, she was on _Lost_ for two more episodes. In 2009 she was in the movie _House Broken_ with Danny DeVito.

In 2010, she returned to the stage in Randy Newman's musical _Harps & Angels_.

## Personal life

Sagal was married to Freddie Beckmeier (1978–1981) and Jack White (November 26, 1993–July 24, 2000). In 1991, Sagal learned she was pregnant. The directors of _Married... with Children_ wrote her pregnancy into the storyline of the series. In October 1991, she had to have an emergency Caesarean section in her seventh month of pregnancy. The baby, a girl, did not live. The pregnancy on the series was then shown to be a dream. She also had an early miscarriage near this time. She and White did have two children. The writers of _Married... with Children_ did not write Sagal's two later pregnancies into the series because of her earlier problems. They chose to only show her where her midsection was not seen.

Sagal married writer-producer Kurt Sutter on October 2, 2004 in Los Feliz, California. They have a daughter, who was born through a surrogate mother.

## Filmography

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1971|_The Failing of Raymond_|Girl patient|as "Catherine Louise Sagal" television movie||
|1972|_The Bold Ones: The New Doctors_|Young nurse|as "Katie Sagal"||
|1973|_Columbo_|Secretary|episode: "Candidate for Crime"||
|1974|_Larry_|Cashier|television movie||
|1975|_The Dream Makers_|Unemployment manager|television film||
|1985–1986|_Mary_|Jo Tucker|||
|1987|_Maid to Order_|Louise|||
|1987–1997|_Married... with Children_|Peggy Bundy|Series Regular: 250 Episodes||
|1988|_The Good Mother_|Ursula|||
|rowspan=2|1990|_Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme_|Mary Quite Contrary|television movie|
|_Tales from the Crypt_|Ms. Kilbasser|episode: "For Cryin' Out Loud"|||
|1991|_She Says She's Innocent_|Susan Essex|television movie||
|rowspan=3|1995|_Trail of Tears_|Annie Cook|television movie|
|_Nachtshow_||episode: "February 10th, 1995"|||
|_Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man_|Duckman's mother|animated series episode: "The Germ Turns"|||
|1996|_Space Cases_|Ma (voice only)|episode: "Mother Knows Best"||
|1997–2001|_Recess_|Flo Spinelli|animated series episodes: "Parents' Night" "Weekend at Muriel's" "Dance Lessons"||
|rowspan=2|1998|_Chance of a Lifetime_|Irene Dunbar|television movie|
|_Mr. Headmistress_|Harriet Magnum|television movie|||
|rowspan=3|1999|_No Higher Love_|Ellen Young||
|_Smart House_|Pat|television movie|||
|_The Powerpuff Girls_|Additional Voices|12 episodes|||
|1999–2003 2007–present|_Futurama_|Leela|voice only animated series||
|rowspan=2|2000|_Dropping Out_|Wendy||
|_Tucker_|Claire Wennick|episodes: "Pilot" "Seth Green with Envy" "Everybody Dance Now"|||
|rowspan=2|2001|_The Geena Davis Show_|Ashley|episode: "Girls' Night Out"|
|_Recess: School's Out_|Mrs. Flo Spinelli|voice only animated movie|||
|rowspan=2|2002|_Following Tildy_|Connie St. John||
|_Imagine That_|Barb Thompson||||
|2002–2005|_8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter_|Cate S. Hennessy|Series Regular: 76 Episodes||
|2004|_When Angels Come to Town_|Jo|television movie||
|2004–2006|_Higglytown Heroes_|Monica the Police Officer|episodes: "Great Un-Expectations/Snow Dazed" "Smells Like a Myster/Ship Ahoy!" "Wayne's Day Out"||
|rowspan=2|2005|_Campus Confidential_|Naomi Jacobs|television movie|
|_Three Wise Guys_|Shirley Crown||||
|2005|_Ghost Whisperer_|Francie Lewis|episode: "Undead Comic"||
|2005–2007|_The Shield_|Nancy Gilroy|episodes: "Grave" "Exiled"||
|2005–2010|_Lost_|Helen Norwood|episodes: "Orientation" "Lockdown" "The Substitute" "The Candidate"||
|rowspan=3|2006|_I'm Reed Fish_|Maureen||
|_Boston Legal_|Barbara Little|episodes: "New Kids on the Block" "Desperately Seeking Shirley" "Fine Young Cannibal" "Whose God Is It Anyway?" "The Verdict"|||
|_The Search for the Funniest Mom in America_|Host|reality series|||
|rowspan=2|2007|_Futurama: Bender's Big Score_|Turanga Leela|voice only direct-to-video animated movie|
|_The Winner_|Lydia Berko|episode: "Hot for Teacher"|||
|rowspan=4|2008|_Eli Stone_|Marci Klein|episodes: "Patience" "Waiting For That day"|
|_CSI: Crime Scene Investigation_|Annabelle Bundt/Natasha Steele|episode: "Two and a Half Deaths"|||
|_Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs_|Turanga Leela|voice only direct-to-video animated movie|||
|_Futurama: Bender's Game_|Turanga Leela/Leegola|voice only direct-to-video animated film|||
|2008–2014|_Sons of Anarchy_|Gemma Teller Morrow|||
|rowspan=2|2009|_House Broken_|Mom||
|_Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder_|Turanga Leela|voice only direct-to-video animated movie|||
|rowspan=3|2010|_Chadam_|Sandy|voice only animated web series|
|_Jack and the Beanstalk_|Jack's mum||||
|_Harps & Angels_|||||

### Albums

|Year|Title||Chart positions||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:center;"|1976|_Moon Over Brooklyn_ *Released: 1976 *Label:|style="text-align:center;"|—|
|style="text-align:center;"|1994|_Well..._ *Released: April 19, 1994 *Label: Virgin/EMI Records|style="text-align:center;"|Billboard Top Heatseekers – 33|
|style="text-align:center;"|2004|_Room_ *June 1, 2004 *Label: Valley Entertainment|style="text-align:center;"|—|
|style="text-align:center;"|2009|_Sons of Anarchy: Shelter - EP_ *Nov 24, 2009 *Label: 20th Century Fox|style="text-align:center;"|Top Independent Albums — 33 Top Soundtracks — 23|

## Awards and nominations

|Year|Award|Category|Movie or series|Result|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1989|American Comedy Awards|Funniest Female Performer in a TV Series|_Married... with Children_||
|1991|Golden Globe Award|Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy|_Married... with Children_||
|1992|Golden Globe Award|Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy|_Married... with Children_||
|1993|Golden Globe Award|Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy|_Married... with Children_||
|1993|American Comedy Awards|Funniest Female Performer in a TV Series|_Married... with Children_||
|1994|Golden Globe Award|Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy|_Married... with Children_||
|2005|Prism Awards|Performance in a Comedy Series|_8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter_||
|2009|TV Land Awards|Innovation Award <small>(Shared with: Christina Applegate, David Faustino, Ted McGinley, Ed O'Neill)</small>|_Married... with Children_||
|2010|Television Critics Association Awards|Individual Achievement in Drama|_Sons of Anarchy_||
|2010|Ewwy Award|Best Actress in a Drama Series|_Sons of Anarchy_||
|2010|Satellite Awards|Best Actress – Television Series Drama|_Sons of Anarchy_||
|2011|Golden Globe Award|Best Actress – Television Series Drama|_Sons of Anarchy_||
|2011|Prism Awards|Best Actress – Television Series Drama|_Sons of Anarchy_||
|2011|Critics' Choice Awards|Best Actress in a Drama Series|_Sons of Anarchy_||
|2011|Satellite Awards|Best Actress – Television Series Drama|_Sons of Anarchy_||

## Other websites

- Katey Sagal cast bio on The WB

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Katey Sagal
- **image**: Katey Sagal by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg
- **caption**: Katey Sagal, at the San Diego Comic-Con International, in July 2010.
- **birth name**: Catherine Louise Sagal
- **birth place**: Hollywood, California, United States, U.S.
- **spouse**: Freddy Beckmeier
<small>(m. 1977–1981)</small>
Jack White
<small>(m. 1993–2000; 2 children)</small>

Kurt Sutter
<small>(m. 2004–present; 1 child)</small>
- **children**: 2 daughters and one son
- **occupation**: Actress, singer-songwriter
- **years active**: 1971–present