Full Name Rachel Levin Name Rachel Chagall Occupation Actress Role Actress | Years active 1987–Present Spouse Greg Lenert Religion Judaism | |
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Residence Manhattan, New York, Brighton, Massachusetts, Fort Myers, Florida, San Francisco, California Nominations Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture – Drama Movies and TV shows Similar People Renee Taylor, Ann Morgan Guilbert, Benjamin Salisbury, Lauren Lane, Charles Shaughnessy | ||
Children Eve Lenert, Jonah Lenert | ||
Rachel Chagall (born Rachel Levin on 24 November 1952 in New York City) is an American actress, best known for roles as Gaby in the film Gaby: A True Story (1987), for which she was nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama, and as Val Toriello on The Nanny (1993–1999).
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Life and career
Chagall was born to a Jewish family. In 1982, she contracted Guillain–Barré syndrome, recovering sufficiently to be cast in the starring role of Gaby, A True Story.
She is perhaps best known for her role as the dimwitted sidekick, "Val", on the 1990s American television series The Nanny.
She made guest appearances on Just Shoot Me! and Strong Medicine. She also played a mysterious woman in What I Like About You. As Rachel Levin, Chagall appeared in Gaby: A True Story (1987) in the title role as Gabriela Brimmer (for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe - Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama) and White Palace (1990) in the role of Rachel. She also appeared in The Last Supper (1995). On December 6, 2004, Chagall appeared at the cast reunion for The Nanny, "The Nanny Reunion: A Nosh to Remember".
Filmography
Actress
2006
What I Like About You (TV Series) as
Chocolate Lady
- Now and Zen (2006) - Chocolate Lady
2004
Strong Medicine (TV Series) as
Renee Edwards
- Like Cures Like (2004) - Renee Edwards
2001
Odessa or Bust (Short) as
Declining Agent
2001
Just Shoot Me! (TV Series) as
Aunt Mindy
- Sid & Nina (2001) - Aunt Mindy
1993
The Nanny (TV Series) as
Val Toriello
- The Baby Shower (1999) - Val Toriello
- Maggie's Wedding (1999) - Val Toriello
- Yetta's Letters (1999) - Val Toriello
- The Dummy Twins (1999) - Val Toriello
- The Producers (1999) - Val Toriello
- Ma'ternal Affairs (1999) - Val Toriello
- The Finale: Part 2 (1999) - Val Toriello
- California, Here We Come (1999) - Val Toriello
- The Yummy Mummy (1999) - Val Toriello
- The Fran in the Mirror (1999) - Val Toriello
- The In-Law Who Came Forever (1999) - Val Toriello
- The Hanukkah Story (1998) - Val Toriello
- Oh, Say, Can You Ski? (1998) - Val Toriello
- Making Whoopi (1998) - Val Toriello
- Maggie's Boyfriend (1998) - Val Toriello
- Sara's Parents (1998) - Val Toriello
- Once a Secretary, Always a Secretary (1998) - Val Toriello
- Fran Gets Shushed (1998) - Val Toriello
- The Wedding (1998) - Val Toriello
- The Best Man (1998) - Val Toriello
- The Pre-Nup (1998) - Val Toriello
- The Reunion Show (1998) - Val Toriello
- The Dinner Party (1998) - Val Toriello
- The Engagement (1998) - Val Toriello
- Call Me Fran (1998) - Val Toriello
- One False Mole and You're Dead (1998) - Val Toriello
- Rash to Judgment (1998) - Val Toriello
- From Flushing with Love (1997) - Val Toriello
- Fair Weather Fran (1997) - Val Toriello
- Mommy and Mai (1997) - Val Toriello
- The Ex-Niles (1997) - Val Toriello
- Fransom (1997) - Val Toriello
- The Bobbi Flekman Story (1997) - Val Toriello
- First Date (1997) - Val Toriello
- The Morning After (1997) - Val Toriello
- Fran's Gotta Have It (1997) - Val Toriello
- The Boca Story (1997) - Val Toriello
- The Heather Biblow Story (1997) - Val Toriello
- You Bette Your Life (1997) - Val Toriello
- No Muse Is Good Muse (1997) - Val Toriello
- The Facts of Lice (1997) - Val Toriello
- The Bank Robbery (1997) - Val Toriello
- The Nose Knows (1997) - Val Toriello
- The Fifth Wheel (1997) - Val Toriello
- Kissing Cousins (1997) - Val Toriello
- Danny's Dead and Who's Got the Will? (1997) - Val Toriello
- Hurricane Fran (1996) - Val Toriello
- Tattoo (1996) - Val Toriello
- An Affair to Dismember (1996) - Val Toriello
- The Rosie Show (1996) - Val Toriello
- The Tart with Heart (1996) - Val Toriello
- Ship of Fran's (1996) - Val Toriello
- Green Card (1996) - Val Toriello
- The Cantor Show (1996) - Val Toriello
- The Hockey Show (1996) - Val Toriello
- Love Is a Many Blundered Thing (1996) - Val Toriello
- Val's Boyfriend (1996) - Val Toriello
- Where's Fran? (1996) - Val Toriello
- An Offer She Can't Refuse (1995) - Val Toriello
- The Kibbutz (1995) - Val Toriello
- Having His Baby (1995) - Val Toriello
- The Two Mrs. Sheffields (1995) - Val Toriello
- The Party's Over (1995) - Val Toriello
- Shopaholic (1995) - Val Toriello
- Val's Apartment (1995) - Val Toriello
- A Kiss Is Just a Kiss (1995) - Val Toriello
- Lamb Chop's on the Menu (1995) - Val Toriello
- The Will (1995) - Val Toriello
- Kindervelt Days (1995) - Val Toriello
- I've Got a Secret (1994) - Val Toriello
- Material Fran (1994) - Val Toriello
- Fran-Lite (1994) - Val Toriello
- Frannie's Choice (1994) - Val Toriello
- The Gym Teacher (1994) - Val Toriello
- Personal Business (1993) - Val Toriello
- Smoke Gets in Your Lies (1993) - Val Toriello
- The Nanny (1993) - Val Toriello
1998
The Simple Life (TV Series) as
Val Toriello
- Pilot (1998) - Val Toriello
1995
The Last Supper as
Abortion Activist
1990
White Palace as
Rachel (as Rachel Levin)
1987
Gaby: A True Story as
Gaby (as Rachel Levin)
Writer
1999
The Nanny (TV Series) (story - 1 episode)
- The Dummy Twins (1999) - (story)
Miscellaneous
1996
Access Hollywood (TV Series) (publicist - 2003)
Self
2004
The Nanny Reunion: A Nosh to Remember (TV Special documentary) as
Self
1999
Intimate Portrait (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Fran Drescher (1999) - Self
1988
The 45th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Nominee (as Rachel Levin)
Archive Footage
2005
Making the Nanny (Video documentary short) as
Val Toriello (uncredited)
2004
TV's Greatest Sidekicks (TV Special)
References
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