Jean Sagal is an American

United States

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 television

Television

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 actress and director

Television director

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. In the 1980s, she co-starred with her twin-sister Liz Sagal

Liz Sagal

Elizabeth "Liz" Sagal is an American television professional, active as an actress, screenwriter and film editor.In the 1980s, she co-starred with her twin-sister Jean Sagal in the 23-episode television series Double Trouble that ran from 1984–85, as well as the 1982 movie Grease 2, a loose sequel...

 in the 23-episode television series Double Trouble that ran from 1984-85. She has since appeared on such shows as Picket Fences

Picket Fences

Picket Fences is a 60-minute American television drama about the residents of the fictional town of Rome, Wisconsin, created and produced by David E. Kelley. The show initially ran from September 18, 1992, to June 26, 1996, on the CBS television network in the United States...

, Knots Landing

Knots Landing

Knots Landing is an American primetime television soap opera that aired from December 27, 1979 to May 13, 1993 on CBS. Set in a fictitious coastal suburb of Los Angeles in California, the show centered on the lives of four married couples living in a cul-de-sac, Seaview Circle...

, Quantum Leap and 21 Jump Street

21 Jump Street

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. She has directed episodes of Two and a Half Men

Two and a Half Men

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, Mad TV

Mad TV

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, So Little Time

So Little Time

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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.

Sagal is part of a family of entertainment industry professionals. She is the daughter of director Boris Sagal

Boris Sagal

Boris Sagal was a Ukrainian-born American television and film director.-Early life and career:Born in Yekaterinoslav, Soviet Union, Sagal emigrated to the United States where he attended the Yale School of Drama. Sagal's many TV credits include directing episodes of The Twilight Zone, "T.H.E...

 and the stepdaughter of Marge Champion

Marge Champion

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. Her siblings, Katey Sagal

Katey Sagal

Catherine Louise "Katey" Sagal is an American actress and singer-songwriter. She first achieved widespread fame as Peggy Bundy on the long-running Fox comedy series Married.....

, Joe Sagal

Joe Sagal

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 and Liz Sagal

Liz Sagal

Elizabeth "Liz" Sagal is an American television professional, active as an actress, screenwriter and film editor.In the 1980s, she co-starred with her twin-sister Jean Sagal in the 23-episode television series Double Trouble that ran from 1984–85, as well as the 1982 movie Grease 2, a loose sequel...

, are all notable in the industry.

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1982	Grease 2 Grease 2 Grease 2 is a 1982 American musical film and sequel to Grease, which is based upon the musical of the same name by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. Grease 2 was produced by Allan Carr and Robert Stigwood, and directed and choreographed by Patricia Birch, who also choreographed the first film...	Sorority Girl	Starred with twin sister Liz Sagal

Television

Year	Series	Episode No., Title	Role	Notes
1984–1985	Double Trouble	Series Regular - All Episodes	Kate Foster	Starred with twin sister Liz Sagal
1985	Simon & Simon Simon & Simon Simon & Simon is an American detective television series starring Gerald McRaney and Jameson Parker.-History:The original 1978 pilot called Pirate's Key was set in Florida...	5x11, Facets	Andrea Nyquist
1986	Highway to Heaven Highway to Heaven Highway to Heaven is an American television drama series which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1989.- Season 1 :- Season 2 :- Season 3 :- Season 4 :- Season 5 :...	2x23, Children's Children	Sandy Clark
1986	Trapper John, M.D. Trapper John, M.D. Trapper John, M.D. is an American television medical drama and spin-off of the film MASH, concerning a lovable surgeon who became a mentor and father figure in San Francisco, California. The show ran on CBS from September 23, 1979, to September 4, 1986....	7x19, Elusive Butterfly	Butterfly	Series Finale
1987	Cagney & Lacey Cagney & Lacey Cagney & Lacey is an American television series that originally aired on the CBS television network for seven seasons from October 8, 1981 to May 16, 1988...	6x21 & 6x22, Turn, Turn, Turn	Linda Chandler	2 Episodes
1988	21 Jump Street 21 Jump Street 21 Jump Street is an American police procedural crime drama television series that aired on the Fox Network from April 12, 1987, to April 27, 1991, with a total of 103 episodes. The series focused on a squad of youthful-looking undercover police officers investigating crimes in high schools,...	2x14, Chapel of Love	Betty Sue Fitzgerald	Sister Liz Sagal played Mary Lou Fitzgerald in episode
1989	Quantum Leap	2x04, What Price Gloria?	Gloria Collins
1991	Knots Landing Knots Landing Knots Landing is an American primetime television soap opera that aired from December 27, 1979 to May 13, 1993 on CBS. Set in a fictitious coastal suburb of Los Angeles in California, the show centered on the lives of four married couples living in a cul-de-sac, Seaview Circle...	13x10, Lost at Sea	Amber
1992	Picket Fences Picket Fences Picket Fences is a 60-minute American television drama about the residents of the fictional town of Rome, Wisconsin, created and produced by David E. Kelley. The show initially ran from September 18, 1992, to June 26, 1996, on the CBS television network in the United States...	1x16, Nuclear Meltdowns; 1x17, Body Politics	Elena Shannon	2 Episodes
1995	Pointman Pointman Pointman is a TV movie pilot and TV series on the Prime Time Entertainment Network in 1994 to 1995. The premise is the main character is framed and convicted of fraud while he was an investment banker...	1x11, Storm Warning	Unknown	Episode also stars Jenna Elfman

External links

• Review, Double Trouble. The New York Times
  The New York Times
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• Jean Sagal at IMDB