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| Born | Elizabeth Ann Sagal October 9, 1967 Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
Liz Sagal (born October 9, 1967) is an American television actress and writer best known for her role on 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 Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works A writer is anyone who creates a written work although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally as well as those who have written in many different forms Double Trouble is an American Sitcom that aired for two seasons during the 1980s
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Biography
Liz Sagal's mother, Sara Zwilling, was one of the first female producers in Hollywood, and a former beauty queen who died of heart disease when Liz was just 11 years old. 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 Jean, are the younger sisters of actress and singer Katey Sagal. Jean Sagal (born 9 October 1961 is an American Television Actress and Director. Katey Sagal (born Catherine Louise Sagal on January 19, 1954) is a Golden Globe -nominated American actress and They also have two older brothers; actor Joey Sagal, and David, an attorney currently working for Warner Bros.. Joe Sagal (born 12 February, 1957) is an American Actor. He has sometimes been billed as Joey Sagal. 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 went to high school in Santa Monica while her sister Jean attended Pacific Palisades High School (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 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
Liz and her sister Jean 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 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 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. Liz appeared in films such as Howard the Duck, Flashdance, The Big One and the straight-to-video movie Skinheads. Howard the Duck is a Comic book character in the Marvel Comics universe created by writer Steve Gerber and artist Val Mayerik Flashdance is a musical / Romance film released in April 1983 and was one of the most successful films of the early 1980s Liz could also be seen throughout the late '80s and '90s in several TV commercials promoting such items as life insurance, headache medicine, cars and dishwashers. The twins reuited 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.
As of 2005, Sagal was a script supervisor on the WB series Charmed. She has also written for such popular shows as Mad About You and has worked as a story editor on the ABC sitcom Two Guys and a Girl. Mad About You is an American Sitcom that aired on NBC from September 23, 1992, to May 24, 1999 Two Guys a Girl and a Pizza Place (retitled Two Guys and a Girl in its third season was a Sitcom created by Kenny Schwartz and
Personal life
In 2001, Liz Sagal married a hair and make-up artist.
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| NAME | Sagal, Liz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sagal, Elizabeth Ann |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Actress, writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 9, 1967 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Santa Monica, California |
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