Katey Sagal

Katey Sagal married writer – producer, Kurt Sutter, in 2004. Prior to this she was married to musician Freddie Beckmeier from 1978 to 1981 and to drummer Jack White from 1993 to 2000.

She has a son and a daughter from White and a daughter from her present marriage. Her second daughter was born through a surrogate mother; she was 52.

In an interview Katey has said that she was relieved when her children took to acting and knew from the beginning that show business was in their blood.

Katey Sagal was born Catherine Louise Sagal on January 19, 1954 in Los Angeles, California to Sara Zwilling and Boris Sagal. Her mother, stage name Sara Macon, was a singer of English, German and Scottish origin while her father was a director, born in Ukrain and of Jewish origin.

Her younger twin sisters, Jean and Liz Sagal are both actors and so is her brother Joe. Her other brother, David Sagal is an attorney and studio executive at Warner Brothers, married to actress McNally Sagal.

Her mother died of heart disease in 1975 and father later married renowned dancer-cum-choreographer Marge Champior. He died in an accident on the sets of the television movie ‘World War III’ in 1981. Katey’s godfather was famous sitcom producer, Norman Lear, who was also responsible for introducing her father to show business.

As a young girl she was encouraged by her mother and first performed at the age of five.

She studied singing and acting at the California Institute of Arts and started her acting career in Hollywood at an early age.

She sang with the band called ‘The Group With No Name’ and started her career as a singer and song writer.

In 1973 she performed as a backing vocalist for Bob Dylan and Tanya Tucker. She continued doing backing vocalist to many known artist including Olivia Newton John and finally released her first solo album ‘Well...’ followed by ‘Room’ in June 2004.

Her first major acting role was as a newspaper journalist in a Chicago newspaper office in the serial, ‘Mary’, which ran from 1985 to 1986.

This success got her the role of ‘Peggy Bundy’ in the sitcom ‘Married... with Children’, where she plays the role of a lower class, sex starved, free spending wife of an obnoxious shoe salesman. In the serial the couple has two teenage children brought up in a crude environment. The serial ran for ten years (1987 – 1997) and Peg Bundy became a household name during this period.

After her initial success she acted in many more television films and also guest starred in the children’s animated movie, ‘Recess’, where she lent her voice as Spinelli’s mother. She also provided the voice for ‘Captain Leela’ in the science fiction comedy ‘Futurama’.

Her major films are ‘Made to Order’ where she plays Louise, ‘Smart House’, ‘Recess: School’s Out’ and ‘Futurama’ where she does a voiceover, ‘Pitch Perfect 2’ and ‘There’s Always Woodstock’.

Her television shows include ‘The Falling of Raymond’ directed by her father, Boris Sagal, the TV films ‘The Dream Makers’ and ‘No Higher Love’, sitcoms ‘Married.... with Children’, ‘The Geena Davis Show’ episode ‘Girls Night Out’ and ‘Ghost Whispers’.

She has also released the albums ‘Moon Over Brooklyn’, ‘Well...’ which was listed amongst Billboard Top Heatseekers , ‘Room’ and her Top Independent Album ‘Sons of Anarchy: Shelter – EP’.