Katey Sagal (born
Catherine Louise Sagal, January 19, 1954)
[Born in 1954 per Intelius check of "Catherine L. Sagal" giving age 54 as of August 1, 2008] is a
Golden Globe-nominated
American
actress and
singer-songwriter, best known for her roles in
Futurama,
8 Simple Rules and
Married… with Children.
Biography
Early life
Sagal was born in
California to a
Jewish show business family; she is the daughter of director
Boris Sagal, best known for his work on 1960s
television dramas, including
The Twilight Zone. Her mother, Sara Zwilling, was a producer. Sagal is the older sister of twin actresses
Jean Sagal and
Liz Sagal, best remembered as the
Doublemint Twins of the early 1980s, and for their own short-lived
sitcom of that era:
Double Trouble. She is also the sister of actor
Joe Sagal. Sagal and her siblings grew up in the Mandeville Canyon section of
Brentwood, Los Angeles, California. She studied at
California Institute of the Arts in
Valencia, California.