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Peri Gilpin

Age: 48
Height: 5' 7"

Birth Place: Waco, Texas, USA
Born: May. 27th, 1961

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Peri Gilpin's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
Frasier	Roz Doyle
Make It or Break It	Kim Keeler
Women of a Certain Age	Dianne
Flesh 'n' Blood	Irene
Pride & Joy	Brenda

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

Born in Waco, Texas, Peri Gilpin grew up in Dallas, where her family encouraged her acting abilities. After studying at the Dallas Theater Center, she pursued acting at the University of Texas at Austin and then at London's British-American Academy. She appeared in guest roles on such popular situation comedies as "Designing Women" (1986), "Cheers" (1982) and "Wings" (1990), where she worked with the late producer, Roz Doyle, the namesake of her character on "Frasier" (1993).

TRIVIA:

After years of failed in vitro treatments, she and her husband turned to surrogacy. Twin daughters, Stella and Ava finally arrived in a Nevada hospital on May 7, 2004. The couple burbled that holding their new girls was "the best, best in the world, world."
Her father, 'Jim O'Brien (IV)' (qv), was a well known and respected radio and TV News weatherman/personality in Philadelphia in the '70s and early 80s. He died in a skydiving accident on September 25, 1983.
Named after the Disney cartoon character Peri the squirrel.
Older sister of actors 'Marc Gilpin' (qv) and 'April Gilpin (I)' (qv).
Godmother to _"Frasier" (1993)_ (qv) co-star 'Jane Leeves' (qv)'s daughter, Isabella Kathryn Coben.
Weighed so much during gestation that her parents thought she was a boy.
Owns a production company, "Bristol Cities", with _"Frasier" (1993)_ (qv) co-star 'Jane Leeves' (qv) and Jane's sister, Kathryn.
Graduated from Skyline High School, Texas.