Liz Sagal

Liz Sagal
Liz Sagal
Occupations	Actress; screenwriter;
Years active	1982–present
Father	Boris Sagal
Relatives	Jean Sagal (twin sister); Katey Sagal (sister); Joey Sagal (brother); Jackson White (nephew); Marge Champion (stepmother);

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]}

Early life

Sagal's father, Boris Sagal, was a Ukrainian-Jewish immigrant who worked as a television director.^[1]

Career

Acting

Sagal 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

Sagal 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

Writer

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

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

^ "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

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.

[1] "Katey Sagal Trivia". Hollywood Up Close. 2008. Archived from the original on September 6, 2010.

[2] 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.

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