Jean Sagal

Jean Sagal

Acting
1961-10-09
Los Angeles, California, USA

Biography

Jean Sagal (born 9 October 1961) is an American television actress and director. In the 1980s, she co-starred with her twin sister Liz Sagal in the 23-episode television series Double Trouble that ran from 1984-85. She has since appeared on such shows as Picket Fences, Knots Landing, Quantum Leap and 21 Jump Street. She has directed episodes of Two and a Half Men, Mad TV, So Little Time and Just Shoot Me. Sagal and her twin sister also served for a time as the "Doublemint Twins" in the long-running ad campaign by Doublemint gum.

Known For & Full Filmography8 Titles

#1Quantum Leap

Drama Series - 1989, 16 episodes as Gloria Collins

8.0 / 10
Sci-Fi & FantasyAction & AdventureDrama

Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished... He woke to find himself trapped in the past, facing mirror images that were not his own and driven by an unknown force to change history for the better. His only guide on this journey is Al, an observer from his own time, who appears in the form of a hologram that only Sam can see and hear. And so Dr. Beckett finds himself leaping from life to life, striving to put right what once went wrong and hoping each time that his next leap will be the leap home.

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#2Knots Landing

Drama Series - 1979, 16 episodes as Amber

7.0 / 10
DramaSoap

The domestic adventures, misdeeds and everyday interactions of five families living on a cul-de-sac in a small California community.

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#321 Jump Street

Drama Series - 1987, 16 episodes as Betty Sue Fitzgerald

7.3 / 10
CrimeMysteryDrama

21 Jump Street revolves around a group of young cops who would use their youthful appearance to go undercover and solve crimes involving teenagers and young adults.

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#4Simon & Simon

Drama Series - 1981, 16 episodes Main Cast Role

6.7 / 10
Drama

A.J. Simon is a polished fellow with a taste for classic cars and tailored suits. Rick Simon is his less refined (but still pleasant) older brother who has a taste for cowboy boots and four-wheel drive pickups. The two of them live in San Diego, where they own a private detective agency.

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#5Cagney & Lacey

Drama Series - 1982, 16 episodes Main Cast Role

6.9 / 10
CrimeDrama

Mary Beth Lacey and Chris Cagney are teamed up as NYPD police detectives. Their opposing personalities (one is tough and the other sensitive) mesh to make this one of the great crime-fighting duos of all time.

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#6Highway to Heaven

Drama Series - 1984, 16 episodes Main Cast Role

7.4 / 10
FamilyDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy

A probationary angel is sent back to Earth to team up with an ex-cop and help people.

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#7Grease 2

Movie - 1982, 2h 15m as Sorority Girl

5.2 / 10
ComedyMusicRomance

It's 1961, two years after the original Grease gang graduated, and there's a new crop of seniors and new members of the coolest cliques on campus, the Pink Ladies and T-Birds. Michael Carrington is the new kid in school - but he's been branded a brainiac. Can he fix up an old motorcycle, don a leather jacket, avoid a rumble with the leader of the T-Birds, and win the heart of Pink Lady Stephanie?

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#8Double Trouble

Drama Series - 1984, 16 episodes as Kate Foster

6.5 / 10
Comedy

Double Trouble is an American sitcom that aired from 1984 to 1985 on NBC. The series stars identical twins Jean and Liz Sagal as Kate and Allison Foster, two teenagers living under the watchful eye of their widowed father. The show was considered an updating of the "twins in mischief" concept seen in films like The Parent Trap or the Patty Duke Show of the 1960s.

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