Heide Paula Perlman (born September 22, 1951 in Brooklyn, New York) is best known for her work as a television script writer. Perlman began work as a writer on the sitcom Cheers from 1982 through 1986; since then she has worked as a writer, producer and/or story editor on The Tracey Ullman Show, Frasier, The George Carlin Show, Stacked, The Bill Engvall Show and among others.