Heide Paula Perlman (born September 22, 1951) is an American television writer and producer. 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 (which she co-created), Frasier, The George Carlin Show, Stacked, The Bill Engvall Show and others.^[1] She has won two Primetime Emmy Awards and has been nominated for eight others.^[2]

She is the younger sister of Cheers actress Rhea Perlman.