10 YOU DON’T THINGS KNOW ABOUT
FROM big-haired Peg Bundy on Married … with Children to tough cookie Gemma Morrow on Sons of Anarchy, Katey Sagal has shown she has the chops for both sidesplitting comedy and intense drama. Now, the TV queen is playing the lead role in Rebel, a new ABC series loosely inspired by the life of legal assistant turned advocate Erin Brockovich. Here are ten things you don’t know about 67-yearold Katey. 1
Her godfather is All in the Family creator Norman Lear. 2
Her director dad, Boris Sagal, was partially decapitated and killed in a helicopter accident in 1981 during the production of the miniseries World War III. 3
She attended the California Institute of the Arts for half a semester, but says before she dropped out, Paul Reubens — a.k.a. Pee-wee Herman — was one of her classmates. 4
She’s a sister to three performers: Double Trouble stars Jean and Liz and Elvis & Nixon actor Joey. But sibling No. 4, David, is an attorney. 5
She kick-started her entertainment career as a singer/ songwriter and was a backing vocalist for Bob Dylan, Tanya Tucker and Etta James. 6
During 1978, 1982 and 1983, she was a member of The Harlettes, Bette Midler’s backup group. 7
She insists she’ll never skydive because “it just sounds crazy to me.” 8
She’s called herself “a bit of a hypochondriac” and confesses, “I go to the doctor a lot. It soothes my anxiety.” 9
She brought her own bouffant wig to her Married … with Children audition. 10
She likes to knit and do needlepoint but admits, “I very rarely finish anything.”