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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 the Television Series--Drama.
Catherine Louise Sagal was born on January 19, 1954, to director and singer Sara Zwilling and noted television and film director Boris Sagal. The Los Angeles native began performing at age 5 and studied voice and acting at the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, California.
A singing waitress during her "salad" years, she started performing with the band "The Group With No Name," then caught a break after hooking up with Gene Simmons and his 1970s rock band KISS. In the meantime, she gained valuable experience as a backup recording singer for Simmons and other established stars like Bob Dylan, Olivia Newton-John, Etta James, and Tanya Tucker. She was also dynamic performing live with diva Bette Midler as one of her "Harlettes" in Bette's wildly avant-garde stage shows during the late 1970s and early 1980s.
In 1985, while performing on stage in a musical, she was spotted by talent agents who subsequently cast her as Mary Tyler Moore's feisty co-worker Jo Tucker in Mary (1985), a short-lived comedy series. From that point on she focused on film and television. In 1987 she won the role of voluptuous "housewife" Peg Bundy in the irreverent comedy Married... with Children (1987), and the rest is history.
In addition to her busy on-camera scheduling, Katey has retraced her steps to her first love: singing and songwriting. With the support of her record label Valley Entertainment, she released the album "Room" in 2004 that combined classics like "Feel a Whole Lot Better" and "(For the Love of) Money" with original songs she penned, including "Life Goes Round," "Daddy's Girl," and "Wish I Were a Kid." "Room" is her first CD since her 1994 debut "Well."
In her post-Bundy career, Katey has continued to demonstrate a strong range, playing a much more responsible parent in the popular sitcom 8 Simple Rules (2002), co-starring the late John Ritter and valiantly moving to single-household-head after Ritter's sudden passing in 2003 with highly successful results.
She has earned earned equally-fine kudos for her television movies like Chance of a Lifetime (1998), a charming romantic comedy that also co-starred John Ritter, God's New Plan (1999), a tearjerker in which she played a dying mother, and the Disney offerings Smart House (1999) and Mr. Headmistress (1998). The voice of Turanga Leela, the beautiful one-eyed sewer mutant in the animated series Futurama (1999), she has also guested on Ghost Whisperer (2005), Lost (2004), Boston Legal (2004), CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000), and Eli Stone (2008). Feature films have included Maid to Order (1987), The Good Mother (1988), the Sundance Film Festival favorite Dropping Out (2000), Following Tildy (2002), and the indie I'm Reed Fish (2006).
Playing Jack's mother in a live-action/adventure retelling of Jack and the Beanstalk (2009) that also featured the talents of Christopher Lloyd, James Earl Jones, and Chevy Chase, Katey's more recent efforts include recurring role on TV's Lost (2004), a role in the mini-series The Bastard Executioner (2015) and a regular role in the series Superior Donuts (2017). She would also join the cast of the sitcom The Conners (2018) as a love interest to widower Dan John Goodman.
Following brief marriages to musician Freddie Beckmeier, Fred Lombardo, and former Steppenwolf drummer and "Mighty Ducks" hockey film advisor Jack White, Katey resides in the Los Angeles area with fourth husband writer/producer/director/creator Kurt Sutter, whose acclaimed work includes The Shield (2002) and the offbeat Sons of Anarchy (2008), which Sutter created. She had three children by White: Ruby (died at birth), Sarah, and Jackson; and one daughter by Sutter, Esme Louise.- Actor
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Andrew Hall was born on 19 January 1954 in Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK. He was an actor and editor, known for Butterflies (1978), Nixon's the One (2013) and Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married (1999). He was married to Abigail Sharp. He died on 20 May 2019 in England, UK.- Actress
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Katharina Thalbach was born on 19 January 1954 in East Berlin, East Germany. She is an actress and director, known for The Tin Drum (1979), Der Minister (2013) and I've Never Been to New York (2019). She is married to Uwe Hamacher.- Actress
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Growing up in Huntington, her father worked as an engineer and her mother worked as a teacher. As a child she discovered her penchant for dressing up and her preference for the bad guys she read. Later, while studying at the State University of New York at Buffalo, she developed her passion for art. After painting, Sherman began taking photographs. The "Hallwalls" exhibition was founded at this time. In 1975 and 1975 she created the photo series "Untitled A - D" and "Bus Riders". She graduated from college in 1976 and settled in New York. They represent her famous self-portraits, in which she slips into different roles through disguise and make-up and portrays different types of women. In particular, the "Untitled Film Stills" created between 1977 and 1980 made Sherman known as a photographer, self-director and disguise artist.
The photographic works in black and white show her as an actress. The artist wanted to draw attention to the role clichés of women - based on the films of the 1940s and 1950s. In 1995, the Museum of Modern Art paid more than a million dollars for it. With the photo series "History Portraits" Cindy Sherman turns to the role of women in the history of art. In real life she fills a dual role, being a model and photographer (artist) at the same time. The intentions of her works include not only the staging of one's own body, but also critical messages about identity, feminine role clichés, violence, sexuality, play and reality, ugliness and beauty, as well as the revelations of the topics addressed. Another thematic focus of her work relates to the image of the body, which she alienated for the first time in the series "Disasters" (1985 - 1989).
In these works, she herself is no longer the subject of her work, but rather a mix of repulsive materials such as prosthetic body parts or rotting food. They represent temporality and decay and are intended to evoke feelings of disgust in the viewer. For the artist, the grotesqueness of the body is based, among other things, on the alienation in the photography of models. Cindy Sherman was named one of the ten best living artists by ARTnews magazine. Today she still lives in New York. After two marriages to the video artist Michel Auder, she is dating the musician David Byrne. In 2008, a Sherman work fetched a record $2.85 million at a Christie's auction. In 2012, the Museum of Modern Art in New York showed a large-scale exhibition entitled "Cindy Sherman. A retrospective". Under the title "Feminist Avant-Garde of the 1970s from the Verbund Collection, Vienna", it was on view in 2016/17 at the Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe.
In 2016, Sherman was honored with the prestigious "Praemium Imperiale" and in 2019 she was awarded the Max Beckmann Prize. In the same year, 2019, her retrospective followed at the National Portrait Gallery (London).- Actor
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Lowell "Ray" Jackson is the son of Buster Ray Jackson and Mary Leona Wofford. He was born in Orange, California. His father was a Baptist Minister and his family moved often. In 1972, Ray joined the Navy out of New Orleans and was stationed in San Diego (NAS Miramar), Norfolk, Virginia, Yokosuka, Japan and Kingsville, Texas before retiring in 1992. After retiring, he worked odd jobs and obtained a B.S. in History. He taught history for one year and returned to working in electronics. During college he took a course in theater history where he grew to love being a part of and had hoped to give it a try. His son made a short and got the opportunity to act in it and was then bit by the acting bug. Then after attending a comic Convention in Bosier City, LA, he met an Independent movie group and got the part as an old Marshal. Then in 2023 he was given the opportunity to be in a commercial for a local senior assistance program. He now spends time watching his great grandchildren but always keeps an ear out for parts that he can try our for.- Dorit Stevens was born on 19 January 1954. She is an actress, known for Magnum, P.I. (1980), Charlie's Angels (1976) and KGB: The Secret War (1985).
- Thierry Jonquet was born on 19 January 1954 in Paris, France. He was a writer, known for The Skin I Live In (2011), Boulevard du Palais (1999) and Les cinq dernières minutes (1958). He died on 9 August 2009 in Paris, France.
- Steve Deberg was born on 19 January 1954 in Oakland, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Arli$$ (1996), The NFL on CBS (1956) and The NFL on NBC (1965). He was previously married to Marcia North.
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Yumi Matsutôya was born on 19 January 1954 in Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan. She is a music artist and actress, known for The Wind Rises (2013), Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) and Bye Bye Jupiter (1984). She has been married to Masataka Matsutôya since 1976.- Writer
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- Composer
Ulla-Carin Nyquist was born on 19 January 1954 in Strängnäs, Sweden. She is a writer and composer, known for Hemligheten (1990), Det första äventyret (1988) and Rederiet (1992).- Producer
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Hilary Lawson was born on 19 January 1954 in Bristol, England, UK. He is a producer and director, known for Horizon (1964), Without Walls (1990) and Equinox (1986).- Actor
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Jim Mothersbaugh was born on 19 January 1954 in Akron, Ohio, USA. He is an actor. He is married to Lisa Davis. They have two children.- Margarida Salema was born on 19 January 1954 in Lisbon, Portugal. She is married to Afonso D'Oliveira Martins. They have two children.
- Joachim Deckarm was born on 19 January 1954 in Saarbrücken, French Saar Protectorate [now Saarland, Germany].
- Evelyne Gebhardt was born on 19 January 1954 in Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis, France.
- James Robbins was born on 19 January 1954.