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| Born | Barbara Jean Sagal October 9, 1967 Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
Jean Sagal (born October 9, 1967) is an American actress and director best known for her role in Double Trouble. Events 768 - Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned Kings of The Franks. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 768 - Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned Kings of The Franks. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works A television director directs the activities involved in making a Television Episode. Double Trouble is an American Sitcom that aired for two seasons during the 1980s
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Biography
Sagal was born on October 9, 1967 in Los Angeles. Events 768 - Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned Kings of The Franks. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West Her mother, Sara Zwilling, was one of the first female producers in Hollywood, and a former beauty queen who died of heart disease when Sagal was just 11 years old. A beauty contest or beauty pageant is a competition based mainly though not always entirely on the physical beauty of its contestants and often incorporating Personality Heart disease is an Umbrella term for a variety for different diseases affecting the Heart. Her father was director Boris Sagal, who was killed in a 1981 helicopter accident. Boris Sagal ( October 18, 1917 - May 22, 1981) was an American television and Film director. Sagal and her twin sister Liz, are the younger sisters of Katey Sagal. Liz Sagal (born Elizabeth Sagal 9 October 1961 is an American Television professional active as an Actress, a writer and an Editor Katey Sagal (born Catherine Louise Sagal on January 19, 1954) is a Golden Globe -nominated American actress and They have two older brothers; Joey Sagal, also an actor (The Hidden, Return of the Swamp Thing) and David, an attorney currently working for Warner Bros.. The Hidden is a 1987 science fiction / horror Film from New Line Cinema. An attorney at law (or attorney-at-law) in the United States is a practitioner in a court of law who is legally qualified to prosecute Warner Bros Entertainment Inc (or Warner Bros, Warner Bros Pictures) is one of the world's largest producers of Film and
Sagal attended Pacific Palisades High School while her sister Liz went to high school in Santa Monica (Their parents felt the girls should have their own identities as much as possible). Palisades Charter High School (usually abbreviated as "Pali High" "PaliHi" or uncommonly as "PCHS" / "PHS") is a secondary school in The girls started dancing professionally at the age of 17. Their first break came in 1982 when they were cast as the bubbly twin cheerleaders in Grease 2. Grease 2 is the 1982 Sequel to the 1978 smash hit Grease. The movie was strongly criticized by many as derivative Coincidentally, the girls were cast separately for the roles—Liz in Los Angeles, Jean in New York City. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West The City of New York It wasn't until shooting was set to begin that director Patricia Birch realized she had real-life twins in her cast that the parts were altered. Patricia Birch is an American Choreographer and director for Musical theatre and Film.
Double Trouble
Sagal and her twin sister Liz are best remembered for their own short-lived TV sitcom Double Trouble, which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1985. Double Trouble is an American Sitcom that aired for two seasons during the 1980s Double Trouble is an American Sitcom that aired for two seasons during the 1980s The girls played twin sisters Kate and Allison Foster. With a plot similar to The Patty Duke Show of the 1960s the girls were given opposite personalities: Liz played Allison, the studious one, while Jean played Kate, the mischievous one. The Patty Duke Show is an American Sitcom which ran on ABC from September 18, 1963 until May 4, 1966 Initially, the girls were cast in the roles that most reflected their real life personalities: Jean as the quieter sister, Liz as the more outspoken one. In another twist, before the series went into production, producer Norman Lear (All in the Family, Maude) who was visiting the set, suggested switching their roles, feeling this would lend an edge to the girls' acting. Norman Milton Lear (born July 27 1922 in New Haven Connecticut) is an American Television writer and producer who produced such popular All in the Family is an American Situation comedy that was originally broadcast on the CBS television network from January 12 1971 to April Maude is an Emmy and Golden Globe -winning half-hour American Television Sitcom that was originally broadcast on the This seemed to work as both girls later admitted in interviews that they deliberately added personality "quirks" from the other sister to their parts, in effect "mocking" their-real life twin.
Later career
After their series was canceled, the girls pursued mostly separate acting careers. Jean Sagal guest-starred in such TV series as Trapper John M.D., Simon & Simon, Highway to Heaven and Quantum Leap. Trapper John MD is an American television Medical drama and Spin-off of the film ''MASH'', and ran on CBS from Simon & Simon is a 1980s detective series starring Gerald McRaney and Jameson Parker. Highway to Heaven is an American television drama series which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1989. Quantum Leap is an American science fiction television series that ran for 96 episodes from March 1989 to May 1993 on the NBC network The twins got together again in 1992 to guest star in the TV series Picket Fences. Picket Fences is a 60-minute television drama centering around the residents of the fictional community of Rome Wisconsin.
She has served as technical coordinator on such shows as the short-lived NBC comedy Jenny and Just Shoot Me, on which she has also directed several episodes. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Jenny is a short lived Adult sitcom that aired on NBC from 1997 to 1998 Just Shoot Me! is an Emmy and Golden Globe -nominated American Television sitcom that aired for seven seasons on
In 2002, she directed the Olsen Twins in their cable TV series So Little Time (2001), directed episodes of "Mad TV" (2002) and served as technical coordinator on the NBC sitcom In-Laws (2002). Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Fuller Olsen (born June 13 1986 are American actresses, best known for playing the role of Michelle Tanner So Little Time was a Sitcom starring Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen that aired on ABC Family Channel. MADtv, is an American Sketch comedy television series based on the humor magazine Mad. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's In 2007, she served as Associate Director/Technical Coordinator on the show Two and a Half Men. Two and a Half Men is an Emmy Award nominated American television sitcom, which premiered on CBS on Monday September 22 2003 at
Personal life
In the late 1990s, Sagal married a man not affiliated with the entertainment industry. The couple has three children.
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| NAME | Sagal, Jean |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sagal, Barbara Jean |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Actress, director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 9, 1967 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Santa Monica, California |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
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