---
name: "Heide Perlman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/heide-perlman"
fi1m_id: "heide-perlman"
imdb_id: "nm0674220"
tmdb_id: 1213815
wikidata_id: "Q5698630"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "22 September 1951"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 88
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T17:28:42.437242+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Heide Perlman

## Identity

Heide Perlman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/heide-perlman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** heide-perlman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0674220
- **TMDB ID:** 1213815
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5698630
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heide_Perlman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5698630, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0674220/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1213815

Writer. Born 22 September 1951 in Brooklyn.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 22 September 1951, Brooklyn
- **Active:** 1982–1993
- **Frequently works with:** [Andy Ackerman](https://film.one/person/andy-ackerman.md), [Dan O'Shannon](https://film.one/person/dan-oshannon.md), [David Angell](https://film.one/person/david-angell.md), [David Isaacs](https://film.one/person/david-isaacs.md), [David Lee](https://film.one/person/david-clark-lee.md), [David Lloyd](https://film.one/person/david-lloyd.md), [David Pollock](https://film.one/person/david-pollock.md), [Elias Davis](https://film.one/person/elias-davis.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 88, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 88 (1), 1990s 88 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heide_Perlman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5698630, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0674220/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1213815

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*Frasier*](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md) (88)
- **Apple TV:** [*Cheers*](https://film.one/tv/cheers.md) (88)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Heide Perlman is an American television writer and producer. She began her career as a writer on the sitcom *Cheers* from 1982 to 1986, later serving as a producer on the series. She went on to work as a writer, producer and story editor on numerous programmes, including *Frasier* (where she contributed episodes and served as consulting producer and co-executive producer), *The Tracey Ullman Show* (which she co-created), *The George Carlin Show*, *Stacked* and *B Positive*.

Perlman has received two Primetime Emmy Awards and eight further nominations. She is the younger sister of actress Rhea Perlman.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Frasier* (1993), Fi1m 88, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md)
- *Cheers* (1982), Fi1m 88, Producer, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/cheers.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *B Positive* (2020), series, Teleplay, Story
- *Frasier* (1993), series, Writer, Consulting Producer, Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md)
- *Sibs* (1991), series, Creator
- *The Best of the Tracey Ullman Show* (1990), Executive Producer
- *The Tracey Ullman Show* (1987), series, Writer, Executive Producer
- *Cheers* (1982), series, Producer, Writer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/cheers.md)

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