Katey Sagal

Katey Sagal (born Catherine Louise Sagal on January 19, 1957 in Hollywood, California), is an American singer, writer, and actress most known for her portrayal of the character Peg Bundy in the American sitcom Married...with Children (1987 - 1997). She is the daughter of film director Boris Sagal, and the older sister of twin actresses Jean Sagal and Liz Sagal. She is also the sister of actor Joe Sagal.

Sagal began her career working the Hollywood circuit. She appeared in several television movies between 1971 and 1975, including the Columbo picture Candidate for Crime and in 1973 working as a back-up singer for various mega-stars including Bob Dylan, Gene Simmons, and Tanya Tucker. She was plucked from relative obscurity by Bette Midler, who hired her for her 1979 tour as one of her back-up singers (The Harlettes).

Sagal returned to television in 1985 in the failed television series Mary starring Mary Tyler Moore. This led to her being cast in her most well-known role, that of Peg Bundy on the very successul American sitcom Married...with Children. On the show, she portrayed the lower-class, unhappy, sex-craved wife of a shoe salesman. Her career focused almost entirely around this series for its ten year run (with the exception of several television movies.)

After the end of Married...with Children, several more television movies followed for Sagal, and she was also a featured voice on the children's cartoon Recess. In 1999, Matt Groening, who created The Simpsons, cast her as one-eyed alien spaceship pilot Leela in his sci-fi cartoon comedy Futurama. The show developed a cult following but was cancelled four years later. No sooner had that door closed than she was cast as the wife of John Ritter in the sitcom 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter in 2002.

Sagal is also an accomplished songwriter. In 1996, she released a gold-selling album of original material and covers called After the Harvest. Eight years later, in 2004, she released her second album Room.

Sagal married Kurt Setter on October 2, 2004. Before that, she was married to Freddie Beckmeyer (1978 - 1981) and Jack White (November 26, 1993 - July 24, 2000) with whom she had two children.


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Before that, she was married to Freddie Beckmeyer (1978 - 1981) and Jack White (November 26, 1993 - July 24, 2000) with whom she had two children. He liked names that began with "Aero" and decided that "Aerosmith" was his favorite combination. Sagal married Kurt Setter on October 2, 2004. According to their biography "Walk this Way", drummer Joey Kramer came up with the name in high school when coming up with cool band names. Eight years later, in 2004, she released her second album Room. Aerosmith claims that their name has no relationship to this book. In 1996, she released a gold-selling album of original material and covers called After the Harvest. Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951) wrote Arrowsmith.

Sagal is also an accomplished songwriter. "Blind Man". No sooner had that door closed than she was cast as the wife of John Ritter in the sitcom 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter in 2002. 12/24/1994 #49 The Billboard Hot 100. The show developed a cult following but was cancelled four years later. "Janie s Got A Gun". In 1999, Matt Groening, who created The Simpsons, cast her as one-eyed alien spaceship pilot Leela in his sci-fi cartoon comedy Futurama. 12/23/1989 #29 The Billboard Hot 100.

After the end of Married...with Children, several more television movies followed for Sagal, and she was also a featured voice on the children's cartoon Recess. Honkin' on Bobo continues to be a success for the resurgeance of blues and roots music across the US and Europe and was followed up by the accompanying live DVD in December 2004. Her career focused almost entirely around this series for its ten year run (with the exception of several television movies.). Their long-promised blues album, Honkin' on Bobo was released March 30, 2004 on Columbia. On the show, she portrayed the lower-class, unhappy, sex-craved wife of a shoe salesman. The band entered its next decade with 'Just Push Play' in 2001, which charted well. Sagal returned to television in 1985 in the failed television series Mary starring Mary Tyler Moore. This led to her being cast in her most well-known role, that of Peg Bundy on the very successul American sitcom Married...with Children. However, Aerosmith's biggest hit of the '90s, and its only #1 single to date, was the love theme from the film Armageddon, I Don't Want to Miss a Thing (conceived by Joe Perry and Diane Warren, although Warren did get songwriting credit).

She was plucked from relative obscurity by Bette Midler, who hired her for her 1979 tour as one of her back-up singers (The Harlettes). This was followed by a series of late 1990s albums that sold respectably, but have shown the beginning of a second decline in popularity and critical respect. She appeared in several television movies between 1971 and 1975, including the Columbo picture Candidate for Crime and in 1973 working as a back-up singer for various mega-stars including Bob Dylan, Gene Simmons, and Tanya Tucker. The reviews were mixed, and Nine Lives fell down the charts quickly. Sagal began her career working the Hollywood circuit. The next album was Nine Lives, and was plagued with personnel problems, including the firing of manager Tim Collins. She is also the sister of actor Joe Sagal. Aerosmith signed to Columbia Records in the early 1990s, but had to complete two contractual albums for Geffen before recording for the new label.

She is the daughter of film director Boris Sagal, and the older sister of twin actresses Jean Sagal and Liz Sagal. The true comeback album, however, was Pump, featuring three Top Ten singles in "Janie's Got a Gun", "What It Takes" and "Love in an Elevator". Get a Grip (1993) was just as successful, reestablishing Aerosmith as a serious musical force again. Katey Sagal (born Catherine Louise Sagal on January 19, 1957 in Hollywood, California), is an American singer, writer, and actress most known for her portrayal of the character Peg Bundy in the American sitcom Married...with Children (1987 - 1997). The group's next release was Permanent Vacation (1987), which included "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)", "Rag Doll" and "Angel". By the time the album was released, Tyler and Perry had exited rehab and the group appeared on Run D.M.C.'s massively successful cover of "Walk This Way", blending rock and roll and hip hop, and thereby beginning Aerosmith's comeback. 1985 saw the release of Done With Mirrors, which fared much better than any previous Aerosmith album since the late 1970s.

Tyler collapsed onstage due to drug problems early in tour. A reunion tour was scheduled in 1984 after the return of Perry and Whitford. After replacing the two ex-members first with longtime band friend and songwriter Richie Supa followed by Jimmy Crespo and Rick Dufay, Aerosmith released its mammoth-selling Greatest Hits album in 1980, followed by a relative failure, Rock in a Hard Place. Joe Perry also left the band, followed by Brad Whitford.

Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. While continuing to tour and release a few more albums in the late 1970s, Aerosmith acted in the movie version of Sgt. The next album, Draw the Line, was not as successful as the previous releases. Aerosmith's next album, Rocks, went platinum swiftly and featured two FM hits, "Back in the Saddle" and "Last Child".

Both of the band's previous albums recharted. Part heavy metal, part glam rock and part punk music, Toys in the Attic was an immediate success, starting with the single "Sweet Emotion", then a successful rerelease of "Dream On" and a new song from the album, "Walk This Way". It was 1975's Toys in the Attic that established Aerosmith as international stars. After constant touring, the band released Get Your Wings (1974), which did quite well on the charts.

After some local success doing live shows, Aerosmith signed with Columbia Records in 1972 and issued a debut album, Aerosmith that included a minor hit single, "Dream On". Tyler, who was originally a drummer and singer, became a full-time vocalist when drummer Joey Kramer joined. The original lineup included Steven Tyler (lead vocals), Joe Perry (guitar) and Tom Hamilton (bass guitar), soon adding Ray Tabano as a second guitarist, then replacing him with Brad Whitford (formerly of Earth Inc.). Aerosmith is a long-running hard rock band, originally forming in Boston, Massachusetts in the early 1970s, and enjoying a later resurgence in popularity in the late 1980s and mid-1990s.

2001 "Jaded" #7 US, #13 UK. from "Just Push Play"

    . 1999 "Pink" (re-issue) #13 UK. from "Nine Lives"
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      1998 "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" #1 US, #4 UK. from "Armageddon" soundtrack

        . 1997 "Pink" #27 US (1998 release), #38 UK. 1997 "Hole in My Soul" #29 UK.

        1997 "Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees)" #35 US, #22 UK. from "Nine Lives"

          . 1994 "Crazy" #17 US, #23 UK (double A-side with Blind Man in the UK). 1994 "Shut Up and Dance" #24 UK.

          1993 "Amazing" #24 US. 1993 "Cryin'" #12 US, #17 UK. 1993 "Eat the Rich" #34 UK. 1993 "Livin' on the Edge" #18 US, #19 UK.

          from "Get a Grip"

            . 1990 "The Other Side" #22 US. 1990 "What It Takes" #9 US, #10 UK. 1989 "Water Song/Janie's Got a Gun" #4 US.

            1989 "Love in an Elevator" #5 US, #13 UK. from "Pump"

              . 1988 "Rag Doll" #17 US. 1988 "Angel" #3 US.

              1987 "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)" #14 US, #20 UK (1990 release). from "Permanent Vacation"

                . 1978 "Come Together" #23 US. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" soundtrack
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                  from "Sgt. 1977 "Walk This Way" #10 US. from "Toys in the Attic"

                    . 1977 "Back in the Saddle" #38 US.

                    1976 "Last Child" #21 US. from "Rocks"

                      . 1976 "Dream On" #6 US. from "Aerosmith"
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                        1975 "Sweet Emotion" #36 US. from "Toys in the Attic"

                          . Honkin' on Bobo (2004) #5 US, #28 UK, US Sales: 700,000. O, Yeah! The Ultimate Aerosmith Hits (2002) #4 US, #6 UK, US Sales: 1,000,000.

                          Young Lust: The Aerosmith Anthology (2001) #191 US, #32 UK, US Sales: 500,000. Just Push Play (2001) #2 US, #7 UK, US Sales: 1,000,000. A Little South of Sanity (1998) #12 US, #36 UK, US Sales: 1,000,000. Nine Lives (1997) #1 US, #4 UK, US Sales: 2,000,000.

                          Big Ones (1994) #6 US, #7 UK, US Sales: 4,000,000. Box of Fire (1994), US Sales: 500,000. Get a Grip (1993) #1 US, #2 UK, US Sales: 7,000,000. Pandora's Box (1991) #45 US, US Sales: 1,000,000.

                          Pump (1989) #5 US, #3 UK, US Sales: 7,000,000. Gems (1988) #133 US, US Sales: 500,000. Permanent Vacation (1987) #11 US, #37 UK, US Sales: 5,000,000. 2 (Red cover) (1987), US Sales: 500,000.

                          Classics Vol. 1 (Purple cover) (1986) #84 US, US Sales: 1,000,000. Classics Vol. Done with Mirrors (1985) #36 US, US Sales: 500,000.

                          Rock in a Hard Place (1982) #32 US, US Sales: 500,000. Greatest Hits (1980) #53 US, US Sales: 10,000,000. Night in the Ruts (1979) #14 US, US Sales: 1,000,000. Live Bootleg (1978) #13 US, US Sales: 1,000,000.

                          Draw the Line (1977) #11 US, US Sales: 2,000,000. Rocks (1976) #3 US, US Sales: 4,000,000. Toys in the Attic (1975) #11 US, US Sales: 8,000,000. Get Your Wings (1974) #74 US, US Sales: 3,000,000.

                          Aerosmith (1973) #21 US, US Sales: 2,000,000.