Heide Perlman

{{short description|Television producer, television writer (b. 1951)}}

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| birth_name = Heide Paula Perlman

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|09|22}}

| birth_place = Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

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| occupation = Television producer, television writer

| years_active = 1982–present

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| father = Phil Perlman

| relatives = {{ubl|Rhea Perlman (sister)|Lucy DeVito (niece) |Danny DeVito (brother-in-law)}}

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Heide Paula Perlman (born September 22, 1951) is an American television writer and producer. She began work as a writer on the sitcom Cheers from 1982 through 1986; since then she has worked as a writer, producer and/or story editor on The Tracey Ullman Show (which she co-created), Frasier, The George Carlin Show, Stacked, The Bill Engvall Show and others.{{cite web|url=https://tv.yahoo.com/contributor/815228/credits;_ylt=AsT9E9YO5U4fDbhtJBC6cFi.o9EF |title=Heide Perlman - Yahoo! TV |publisher=Tv.yahoo.com |access-date=2012-12-10}}{{cite magazine |last=Littleton |first=Cynthia |date=15 April 2002 |title=Another 'Cheers' round for 'Frasier's' Perlman |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |volume=373 |issue=1 |location=Los Angeles |page=8}} She has won two Primetime Emmy Awards, and been nominated for eight others.{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/award_history_search?person=+Heide+Perlman&program=&start_year=1949&end_year=2010&network=All&web_category=All&winner=All |title=Primetime Emmy Awards and Nominations for Heide Perlman |publisher=Primetime Emmy® Award Database |access-date=November 14, 2011}}

She is the younger sister of Cheers actress Rhea Perlman.{{cite book |last1=Desberg |first1=Peter |last2=Davis |first2=Jeffrey |name-list-style=amp |date=2010 |title=Show Me the Funny! At the Writers' Table with Hollywood's Top Comedy Writers |location=New York |publisher=Sterling |pages=201–210 |isbn=978-1402768415}}