Liz Sagal is an American actress and screenwriter. She is part of a family of entertainment industry professionals. She is the daughter of director Boris Sagal and the stepdaughter of Marge Champion. In addition to her twin sister Jean Sagal, two of her other siblings, older sister Katey Sagal and brother Joey Sagal, are notable in the industry and her other brother, David Sagal, is an attorney married to actress McNally Sagal.[citation needed]
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| Years active | 1982–present |
| Father | Boris Sagal |
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Early life
editSagal's father, Boris Sagal, was a Ukrainian-Jewish immigrant who worked as a television director.[1]
Career
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Acting
editSagal and her twin sister, Jean Sagal served for a time as the "Doublemint Twins" in the ad campaign by Doublemint gum.[2]
The pair also appeared together as cheerleaders in the 1982 movie, Grease 2. In the 1980s, Liz and Jean starred in the television series Double Trouble that ran from 1984 to 1985. Sagal has since appeared on such shows as Knots Landing and Picket Fences.
She played a part in the film Howard the Duck, as a member of the fictional band "Cherry Bomb", in conjunction with which she contributed vocals to the songs "Hunger City", "Don't Turn Away (Reprise)", "It Don't Come Cheap" and "Howard the Duck".
She also appeared in a Mazda commercial with her twin sister, Jean Sagal in an ad for Mazda Mania II.
Writing
editSagal has worked as a writer on such shows as Mad About You, Monk and Charmed, also serving as executive story editor on the last. She also wrote for the Netflix reboot of Lost in Space and Sons of Anarchy.
Film credits
editWriter
edit- Mad About You (1997)
- Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place (1998–2002)
- Monk (2004)
- Charmed (2005–2006)
- Vanished (2007)
- Sons of Anarchy (2009–2013)
- Da Vinci's Demons (2015)
- Banshee (2016)
- Feed the Beast (2016)
- Loco x vos (2016)
- Midnight, Texas (2017)
- Lost in Space (2019)
- Cowboy Bebop (2021)
Actress
edit- Grease 2 (1982) - Cheerleader Twin
- Double Trouble (1984, TV Series) - Allison Foster
- Howard the Duck (1986) - Ronette, Cherry Bomb
- Skinheads (1989) - Amy
- Life on the Edge (1992) - Mandy
- Picket Fences (1993, TV Series) - Ellen Shannon
References
edit- ^ "Katey Sagal Trivia". Hollywood Up Close. 2008. Archived from the original on September 6, 2010.
- ^ Smith, Stacy Jenel (December 18, 2005). "Ex-nurse/sidekick moves on to find 'bigger fish to fry'". The Repository. Canton, Ohio. Archived from the original on April 27, 2006. Retrieved September 11, 2009.
External links
edit- Liz Sagal at IMDb
- Liz Sagal discography at Discogs
- O'Connor, John J. (April 4, 1984). "'Double Trouble,' New NBC Twins". The New York Times.