Rhea Perlman

She married Danny DeVito on January 28, 1982, after being together since early 1971. Together they have three children - Lucy Chet, born in March 1983; Grace Fan, born in March 1985; and Jacob Daniel, born in October 1987.

The couple first separated in October 2012 then reconciled later which was reported in March 2013, but they again separated in March 2017.

She was born on March 31, 1948, in Coney Island, New York, US, to Philip Perlman and Adele. Her mother was a bookkeeper, while her Polish immigrant father served a doll parts factory as manager. She was brought up in a Jewish family in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn.

She attended ‘Hunter College’ in New York where she studied drama and completed her graduation obtaining a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1968.

Her parents relocated to Los Angeles in the mid-1980s. Her father eventually landed up with the role of an extra called Phil in the sitcom ‘Cheers’ and featured in over 30 episodes of the sitcom. With time he evolved as a character actor and featured in many TV series and films.

Her sister Heide Paula Perlman is a television script writer, producer and story editor. Heide is also a two time Primetime Emmy Awards winner who worked in TV series like ‘Cheers’ and ‘The George Carlin Show’; and variety show The Tracey Ullman Show among others.

Perlman’s made her acting debut on stage when she played a bit role of an attendant in the off-off-Broadway play ‘Dracula Sabbat’ that was staged from September 1970 to June next year.

She featured in the play ‘Up – An Uppity Revue’ in 1972 with the now famous American actor, comedian, director and producer Danny DeVito whom she married later. That year she also did a small role in the short film ‘Hot Dogs for Gauguin’ that marked film debut of DeVito.

From the mid-70s to the late-70s she appeared in several television movies including ‘Stalk the Wild Child’ (1976), ‘Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night’ (1977) and ‘Like Normal People’ (1979) among others.

Her recurring guest cast as Zena Sherman, Louie's girlfriend (played by DeVito) in the famous American sitcom ‘Taxi’ marked among her first notable roles. The sitcom saw her featuring in all its five seasons starting from 1979 to 1982.

Meanwhile she played different roles like that of a shoplifting mother in the 1979 American comedy flick ‘Swap Meet’ and as the Little Jewish Prostitute in another American comedy flick ‘National Lampoon's Movie Madness’ (1982) among others.