'90s sitcom redheads?

September 27, 2013 2:10 PM

Help me brainstorm a list of red-headed sitcom characters from the 1990s.

I've been invited to a '90s sitcom dress-up party. I'd like some help thinking of potential characters to choose from. I'm a woman with red hair, and not much time to plan a costume.

My sitcom memories aren't strong, and neither is my '90s nostaglia, so any help would be appreciated!

posted by ashputtel to Media & Arts (23 answers total)

Beth from NewsRadio. (Who wore all kinds of crazy outfits, so you could wear just about anything.)

Vicki from Suddenly Susan.

Zoey from Cybill.
posted by RainyJay at 2:13 PM on September 27, 2013 [1 favorite]

Angela Chase, My So-Called Life. Although it's not red, "It's Crimson Glow." (And yeah: not a sitcom, but still: BEST COSTUME EVER!)
posted by gsh at 2:14 PM on September 27, 2013 [9 favorites]

Tiffany Malloy from Unhappily Ever After
posted by Arbac at 2:18 PM on September 27, 2013

Best answer: Peggy Bundy in "Married with Children".
posted by Chocolate Pickle at 2:20 PM on September 27, 2013 [13 favorites]

Peg Bundy from Married With Children? Bonus for being able to wear something outragous. All you need is a can of Aqua Net!
posted by Ruthless Bunny at 2:20 PM on September 27, 2013 [1 favorite]

Jinx!
posted by Ruthless Bunny at 2:20 PM on September 27, 2013

Lea Thompson in Caroline in the City.
posted by rhooke at 2:25 PM on September 27, 2013 [1 favorite]

Willow from Buffy the Vampire Slayer? Not quite a sitcom, but not quite not, either.
posted by valoius at 2:26 PM on September 27, 2013 [1 favorite]

Does an animated character count? Pepper Ann Pearson is one of my favorite '90s redheads.
posted by redsparkler at 2:26 PM on September 27, 2013 [1 favorite]

Deborah Messing from Ned and Stacey.
posted by The Card Cheat at 2:28 PM on September 27, 2013 [1 favorite]

Kiersten Warren in Saved by the Bell: The College Years.
posted by soonertbone at 2:30 PM on September 27, 2013

Quinn Morgendorffer (Daria's little sister).
posted by sively at 2:33 PM on September 27, 2013 [4 favorites]

Amy Yasbeck in Wings.
posted by Iridic at 2:35 PM on September 27, 2013 [1 favorite]

Late 90s and into the 00s: Donna from That 70s Show.
posted by supercres at 2:36 PM on September 27, 2013 [2 favorites]

Veanne Cox's Toby character on Seinfeld was AWESOME (that was the "pinky toe" episode)
posted by jabes at 3:06 PM on September 27, 2013

Not a sitcom really, but Scully from the X-Files! That's who I am this year, assuming I can find an appropriately ill-fitting beige suit.
posted by skycrashesdown at 3:46 PM on September 27, 2013

Mrs Garrett from Facts of Life
posted by jerseygirl at 3:55 PM on September 27, 2013 [1 favorite]

Ann Magnuson as Catherine (Jamie Lee Curtis and Richard Lewis' boss) on Anything But Love
posted by mdrew at 4:38 PM on September 27, 2013 [1 favorite]

Nikki Cox on the talking rabbit show that was a married w/children knockoff.
posted by discopolo at 4:53 PM on September 27, 2013

Connie Britton's character in the early seasons of Spin City, though there wasn't anything especially memorable about her other than "being Connie Britton."
posted by kewb at 6:14 PM on September 27, 2013

Miranda from Sex and the City
posted by ainsley at 10:48 PM on September 27, 2013

Pete (Mike Maronna) from Pete & Pete (as well as younger Pete). Also remembered as Stuart from the Ameritrade ads (and the "Final Days" Clinton video). He didn't keep acting; he's now working in the industry as a best boy (electrician), such as on Elementary.
Uh, if a guy costume is okay. I'm tired but this leapt to mind from the title.
posted by dhartung at 2:14 AM on September 28, 2013

In this one Seinfeld episode, you have three red-headed "characters" to choose from, Sally Weaver, Estelle Costanza, and my personal favorite, "The Doll". If your hair is short, and if you can find the right ugly blue housedress, I think the doll would get a lot of laughs.
posted by marsha56 at 4:47 AM on September 29, 2013