Jean Sagal

Director · Born October 9, 1961 (65) · Los Angeles, California, USA

Jean Sagal (born 9 October 1961) is an American television actress and director. In the 1980s, she co-starred with her twin sister Liz Sagal in the 23-episode television series Double Trouble that ran from 1984-85. She has since appeared on such shows as Picket Fences, Knots Landing, Quantum Leap and 21 Jump Street. She has directed episodes of Two and a Half Men, Mad TV, So Little Time 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.

What are Jean Sagal's films like?

Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Themes

share of theme weight

Self

62%

Bonds

32%

Survival

5%

Coming of age5 Friendship5 Identity2 Purpose2

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful

5

Warm

4

Hopeful

4

Absurd

2

Melancholic

1

How their films linger

Feel-good6 Fun3 Hopeful2

How their films end

Happy3
Bittersweet3

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Jean Sagal's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 18 of their 23 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on The Roku Channel (9).

Also on these channels

Howdy4 titles, show their 4 titles on Howdy
Shout! TV2 titles, show their 2 titles on Shout! TV
Great American Pure Flix1 title, show their title on Great American Pure Flix
Lionsgate+1 title, show their title on Lionsgate+
MovieSphere+1 title, show their title on MovieSphere+
Sony Pictures Core1 title, show their title on Sony Pictures Core

Subscription and free streaming for Jean Sagal's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

25 credits, 23 with a MovieCove page.

Amber Brown(2022)
Show Director
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all shows
iCarly(2021)
Show 2 episodes · Director
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows
Ashley Garcia: Genius in Love(2020)
Show Director
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows
The Conners(2018)
Show 1 episode · Director
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all shows
Knight Squad(2018)
Show Director
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all shows
Marlon(2017)
Show Director
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows
Fuller House(2016)
Show 1 episode · Director
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all shows
Dr. Ken(2015)
Show 1 episode · Director
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all shows
Young & Hungry(2014)
Show 1 episode · Director
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows
Last Man Standing(2011)
Show 2 episodes · Director
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows
2 Broke Girls(2011)
Show 2 episodes · Director
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows
True Jackson, VP(2008)
Show Director
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all shows
Wizards of Waverly Place(2007)
Show 1 episode · Director
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows
Two and a Half Men(2003)
Show 3 episodes · Director
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows
So Little Time(2001)
Show 9 episodes · Director
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all shows
Just Shoot Me!(1997)
Show 4 episodes · Director
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows
Mad TV(1995)
Show 1 episode · Director
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows
Quantum Leap(1989)
Show 1 episode · as Gloria Collins
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
21 Jump Street(1987)
Show 1 episode · as Betty Sue Fitzgerald
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all shows
Highway to Heaven(1984)
Show 1 episode · Actor
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows
Double Trouble (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)
Show 23 episodes · as Kate Foster
Grease 2(1982)
as Sorority Girl
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
Cagney & Lacey(1981)
Show 1 episode · Actor
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows
Simon & Simon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
Show 1 episode · Actor
Knots Landing(1979)
Show 1 episode · as Amber
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows

Career shape

Star power in the 22^nd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 20 titles from 1979 to 2021.

Highest rated

Marlon (2017)

Midcredits 47^th

Film career

1982Screen debut· Grease 2

By role

only this rolewith another role

Acting8 of 20 · 50^thDirecting12 of 20 · 44^th

By decade

1970s1 · acting1980s7 · acting1990s2 · crew2000s3 · crew2010s6 · crew2020s1 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Who does Jean Sagal work with?

People who share at least 2 of Jean Sagal's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Eric Dean Seaton shares the most, 3.

Directors

Eric Dean Seaton3 titles See all 3 shared titles with Eric Dean Seaton
Adam Weissman2 titles See all 2 shared titles with Adam Weissman
David Kendall2 titles See all 2 shared titles with David Kendall
Jody Margolin Hahn2 titles See all 2 shared titles with Jody Margolin Hahn