lisa rieffel played carrie's sister on king of queens.
who plays carrie's sister on king of queens?
lisa rieffel
carrie heffernan (born in manhattan on july 16 1971) is the sharp-tongued wife of doug heffernan (kevin james). her father, arthur spooner (jerry stiller), lives in the couple's basement after losing his home in a fire. carrie was born simone spooner but when she was a child, arthur lost her name in a poker game which necessitated a switch of name with her cousin carrie. carrie's mother, sophia, insisted on having "mother to simone" engraved on her tombstone. carrie originally had a sister (or probably, and more specifically, a paternal half-sister) named sara (lisa rieffel) who moved in along with arthur, but after the first season, the character was dropped. little is known about carrie's mother sophia, except that she died when carrie was 15, leaving carrie in a state of confusion.
carrie heffernan
early in 1970, in "the mezcla man", one of the last episodes of the syndicated western series, "death valley days", hosted by dale robertson, pearson played jess ivy, a young man who wants to propose marriage to a young woman, sarah ewing (karen carlson) but hesitates because of his lack of financial footing. he decides to look for hidden gold. in an earlier "death valley days" segment, "the rider" (1965), pearson played mail express rider jim barnes, who helps a young widow, faith turner (lisa gaye) find a husband and a father for her young son. in the "death valley days" episode "the courtship of carrie huntington" (1966), set in the future washington state, pearson plays henry windsor, who is hired to take carrie (sue randall) to her sister's wedding after she misses the stagecoach. henry and carrie engage in a mock wedding, but on the return trip, henry wins her over after they are held by indians, and carrie nurses a sick child to health. helen kleeb plays carrie's mother, and dub taylor has a cameo role as a station agent.
jesse pearson (actor)