FULL NAME: Barbara Jean Sagal

BIRTHDATE: October 9, 1961

BIRTHPLACE: Santa Monica, CA

MOTHER: Sara Sagal, who had her own radio show at age 13, became the first female assistant TV director, also a producer and writer for TV. Passed away in 1975, as the result of a heart attack.

FATHER: Boris Sagal, film director. Was killed in a tragic helicopter accident in 1981, while scouting locations for a new film.

OTHER SIBLINGS: Older sister Katey (played "Peggy Bundy" in "Married...With Children"), older brothers David and Joey (also an actor)

HEIGHT: 5'3" (she's a half-inch taller than Liz)

HAIR COLOR: Chestnut

EYE COLOR: Hazel

EDUCATION AND EARLY WORK EXPERIENCE: Graduated from Pacific Palisades High School. At age 17, began dancing career in Mexico, then toured with a troupe in the Philippines and Japan. Moved to New York in 1979. Studied at Neighborhood Playhouse, taught dance, worked as a waitress.

FIRST BIG BREAK: Grease II

ROLE IN "DOUBLE TROUBLE": outgoing twin Kate Foster