Below is a compiled list of the most interesting facts about Katey Sagal. Check it out!
An extremely gifted, versatile performer adept at both comedy and drama, actress/singer Katey Sagal became a household name in the late 1980s as the fabulously brazen, undomesticated Peg Bundy on the enduring Fox series Married with Children (1987). During its lengthy run she received three Golden Globe and two American Comedy Award nominations. As popular and identifiable as her Peg Bundy persona was, Katey assertively moved on after the show went off the air, not only starring in other sitcoms and television movies, but portraying characters that were polar opposites of the outrageous role that first earned her nationwide attention. For example, in 2008 she took on the role of Gemma Teller Morrow, the matriarch of a Hell’s- Angels-esque California biker gang, on the series Sons of Anarchy (2008), and in 2011 her portrayal earned her a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama.
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Interesting Facts about Katey Sagal
- She was awarded the 1985 Drama Logue Award for Outstanding Performance for “The Beautiful Lady” at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
- Delivered stillborn daughter Ruby Jean White in October 1991. Child’s father was her second husband, Jack White.
- Her father, Boris Sagal, was a director, and her mother, Sara Macon, was a singer.
- In a far cry from the red-wigged, stiletto-heeled Peg Bundy on Married with Children (1987), she played responsible sitcom mother Cate Hennessey on 8 Simple Rules… for Dating My Teenage Daughter (2002).
- Her father was a Russian Jewish immigrant. Her mother had English, German and Scottish ancestry.
- Her band, The Group With No Name, released its self-titled album on Casablanca Records on September 3 1976.
- After two months of pregnancy with her first child, she suffered a miscarriage. [December 1989]
- She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on September 9, 2014.
- One of her “Peg Bundy” bras is located in the Frederick’s of Hollywood Lingerie Museum in Hollywood. It was stolen during the 1993 riots, but was returned by the thieves after they discovered its value.
- Was hired to sing backup for Bob Dylan during his 1978 tour but was fired along with half the band a week before it started.
- She appeared in the music video and sang in the choir on the song “Voices That Care”.
- Her band, The Group With No Name, released two singles, “Baby Love (How Could You Leave Me)” and “Get Out in the Sunshine.” They did a live appearance on Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert (1973).
Personal Quotes by Katey Sagal
I love to play gigs.
- Katey Sagal
I’m a pretty emotional person.
- Katey Sagal
I’m not a Facebook/Twitter gal, but my husband is.
- Katey Sagal
We all have that desire to be kind of wild and bad.
- Katey Sagal
It was really fun. It was fun for a lot of reasons. It was fun because nobody thought that we would be successful. It was on a network that wasn’t even there at the time.
- Katey Sagal