Bill and Cheri Steinkellner

Bill Steinkellner and Cheri Steinkellner are an American husband and wife screenwriting duo, known for their work on Cheers, Teacher's Pet, its film adaptation of the same name, and Bob. They wrote the book of the musical Sister Act,^[1] for which they received a Tony Award nomination.

Bill Steinkellner
Born	William Edward Steinkellner (1949-02-05) February 5, 1949 (age 76)
Occupation(s)	Screenwriter, producer
Years active	1981–present
Spouse	Cheri Steinkellner

Cheri Steinkellner
Born	Cheryl Lynn Eichen (1955-11-25) November 25, 1955 (age 69) Los Angeles, California
Occupation(s)	Screenwriter, television producer, songwriter
Years active	1975–present
Spouse	Bill Steinkellner

Personal lives

Bill and Cheri have been married since 1982^[2] and together, they have three children: Emma (author/illustrator of the graphic novel The Okay Witch, and illustrator of the graphic novel Quince), Kit (writer of Quince), and Teddy.^[3]

Filmography

Year	Title	Writer	Producer	Other	Note
1975	Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire: A Couple of Song and Dance Men			Y	Herself (Cheri only)
1978	America 2 Night			Y	'Taters' The Clown (Bill)
1980	Pink Lady			Y	Herself (Cheri Only)
	Bosom Buddies			Y	Actress (Cheri only)
1981	The Pee Wee Herman Show	Y			TV movie
1983	The Creature Wasn't Nice			Y	Actress (Cheri only)
	The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show			Y
	Deck the Halls with Wacky Walls			Y
1984–1985	The Jeffersons	Y			Writer, story editor (29 episodes total)
	The Facts of Life	Y			Story (2 episode)
1985	Benson	Y			1 episode
	CBS Storybreak			Y	Actress (Cheri only)
1985–1992	Cheers	Y	Y	Y	Writer, executive producer, co-executive producers, producer, executive script consultant, executive story consultant, actors (themselves)
1985–1986	Who's the Boss	Y			Story editor, writer
1987	The Tortellis	Y			1 episode
1989	41st Primetime Emmy Awards			Y	Themselves
1990	The Earth Day Special	Y			Cheers segment
1992	The Upper Hand	Y			2 episodes
1992–1993	Bob	Y	Y		Creators, writers, executive producers
1995	Hope and Gloria	Y	Y
1999–2000	Just Shoot Me!		Y		Consulting producer (Bill only)
2000	Emeril		Y		Co-executive producer (Bill only)
2000–2002	Teacher's Pet	Y	Y	Y	Co-creators with Gary Baseman, writers, executive producers, story editor, music and lyrics (Cheri only)
2004	Teacher's Pet	Y	Y	Y	Screenwriters, executive producers, music and lyrics (Cheri only)
	The Lion King 1½	Y			Additional screenplay material (Bill only)
2009	Dorm Life			Y	Actress (Cheri only)
	The Lone Star Cowboy			Y	Actor (Bill only; short)
2011	Cheers			Y	Based on original episodes (3 episodes)
	The Pee Wee Herman Show on Broadway	Y			TV movie; Bill only
2012	The Soul Man		Y		Consulting producer (4 episodes; Bill only)

Unrealized projects

• Toy Story 3^[4][5]

Theater

Year	Title	Credit	Ref.
2005	Princesses	Playwrights	[6]
2006	Sister Act	Book writer
2023	Summer Stock	Book Writer (Cheri)	[7]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Project	Nominee (shared with)	Result
1989	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Comedy Series	Cheers	James Burrows, Glen Charles, Les Charles, Peter Casey, David Lee, David Angell, Phoef Sutton, Tim Berry	Won
1990				James Burrows, Glen Charles, Les Charles, Peter Casey, David Lee, David Angell, Phoef Sutton, Tim Berry, Andy Ackerman	Nominated
1991		Outstanding Informational Special	Cheers - 200th Anniversary Special	James Burrows, Glen Charles, Les Charles, Phoef Sutton, Tim Berry, Andy Ackerman, Brian Pollack, Mert Rich, Dan O'Shannon, Tom Anderson, Larry Balmagia	Nominated
		Outstanding Comedy Series	Cheers	James Burrows, Glen Charles, Les Charles, Phoef Sutton, Tim Berry, Andy Ackerman, Brian Pollack, Mert Rich, Dan O'Shannon, Tom Anderson, Larry Balmagia	Won
1992				James Burrows, Glen Charles, Les Charles, Phoef Sutton, Dan O'Shannon, Tom Anderson, Tim Berry, Dan Staley, Rob Lon	Nominated
2001	BAFTA Award	British Academy Children's Awards - Best International	Teacher's Pet	Gary Baseman	Won
	World Animation Celebration	Best Daytime Television Series			Won
2002	Daytime Emmy	Outstanding Special Class Animated Program		Gary Baseman, Jess Winfield, Nancylee Myatt, Timothy Björklund, Don MacKinnon, Alfred Gimeno, Jamie Thomason, Julie Morgavi, David Maples, Billiam Coronel	Won
2003				Gary Baseman, Jess Winfield, Don MacKinnon, Ennio Torresan, Alfred Gimeno, Julie Morgavi, David Maples, Billiam Coronel	Won
2011	Tony Awards	Best Book of a Musical	Sister Act		Nominated