Editing Bebe Neuwirth (section)

==Personal life==
In 1984, Neuwirth married Paul Dorman.<ref name = "CheersRetrop104"/> She met him in 1982 after she performed in ''Upstairs at O'Neal's'', a revue at O'Neal's restaurant in New York, where he was bartending.<ref name = "CheersRetrop104">Bjorklund, p. 104.</ref> The two divorced in 1991.<ref name = "CheersRetrop104"/> In 2009, she married director, producer and writer Chris Calkins at [[The Players (New York City)|The Players]] club in Manhattan, in a ceremony officiated by actor [[Peter Coyote]].<ref name=marygreen>{{cite web |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20276707,00.html |title=Frasier's Bebe Neuwirth Ties the Knot |access-date=October 1, 2009 |first=Mary |last=Green |date=May 5, 2009 |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |archive-date=September 8, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908020229/http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C%2C20276707%2C00.html |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

In a 2004 article in the newspaper ''[[J. The Jewish News of Northern California]]'', Neuwirth was reported as describing herself as Jewish{{spnd}}a "plain Jew" with "no training".<ref name=JNW>{{cite news |author=Bloom, Nate |title=Celebrity Jews: Bebe and Lilith |url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/22838/edition_id/457/format/html/displaystory.html |work=[[j. (newspaper)|J.]] |publisher= San Francisco Jewish Community Publications |date=June 25, 2004 |access-date=July 4, 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120527134937/http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/23059/celebrity-jews/ |archive-date= May 27, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> In a 2011 interview she said that she was an "atheist" who "believe[d] in unseen and unproved things" such as reincarnation.<ref name = "AUmag"/>

Neuwirth has supported and worked for several non-profit charity organizations.<ref name = "SJinterview">{{cite web |last=Akman |first=Terri |date=July 2015 |url=https://sjmagazine.net/july-2015/bebe-neuwirth |title=Person to Watch: Bebe Neuwirth |work=SJ |access-date=February 8, 2019 |archive-date=February 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209125336/https://sjmagazine.net/july-2015/bebe-neuwirth |url-status=live }}</ref> Following two [[hip replacement]] surgeries,<ref>{{cite web 
|url = http://www.actorsequity.org/NewsMedia/news2007/April18.BebeNeuwirthSeminar.asp 
|title = Healing the Dancer Seminar Hosted by Bebe Neuwirth 
|date = April 18, 2007 
|publisher = [[Actors Equity]] 
|access-date = September 29, 2015 
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140715181029/http://www.actorsequity.org/NewsMedia/news2007/April18.BebeNeuwirthSeminar.asp 
|archive-date = July 15, 2014 
|url-status=live
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.contactmusic.com/frasier/news/neuwirth-returns-to-chicago-with-a-new-hip_1018131 |title= Neuwirth Returns To Chicago With A New Hip  |agency=[[World Entertainment News Network]] |publisher= ContactMusic.com |date= January 6, 2007 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150929015904/http://www.contactmusic.com/frasier/news/neuwirth-returns-to-chicago-with-a-new-hip_1018131 |archive-date= September 29, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> and after hearing stories of other dancers facing hip problems, Neuwirth was moved to establish the Dancers’ Resource program at [[Entertainment Community Fund|The Actors Fund]], which caters to financial and physical needs unique to professional dancers.<ref name = "SJinterview"/><ref name = "AUmag">{{cite web |last=Dulin |first=Dann |date=December 2011 |url=http://aumag.org/2011/12/11/bebe-neuwirth/ |title=Bebe Neuwirth |work=A&U |access-date=February 8, 2019 |archive-date=February 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209124539/http://aumag.org/2011/12/11/bebe-neuwirth/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Neuwirth currently serves as vice chair on the board of trustees for The Actors Fund.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://actorsfund.org/about-us/board-trustees |title=Board of Trustees |date=2016-02-11 |website=Actors Fund |language=en |access-date=2020-04-26 |archive-date=April 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417044503/https://actorsfund.org/about-us/board-trustees |url-status=live }}</ref> She has also helped [[Seeds of Peace]].<ref name = "SJinterview"/>

As an animal lover,<ref name = "SJinterview"/> she has contributed to the [[Chatham (town), New York|Chatham, New York]]-based horse rescue group Equine Advocates and the annual pet adoption event [[Broadway Barks]].<ref name = "Catlover">{{cite web |last=Fischler |first=Brian |date=August 23, 2016 |url=https://www.catster.com/lifestyle/bebe-neuwirth-interview-cats-animal-rescue-broadway-barks-cheers-lilith-crane-madam-secretary-nadine-tolliver |title=Bebe Neuwirth Talks About Her Love of Cats and Animal Rescue |work=Catster |access-date=February 8, 2019 |archive-date=February 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209124418/https://www.catster.com/lifestyle/bebe-neuwirth-interview-cats-animal-rescue-broadway-barks-cheers-lilith-crane-madam-secretary-nadine-tolliver |url-status=live }}</ref> Neuwirth is particularly fond of cats.<ref name = "Catlover"/> In the 1990s, she owned one, Frankie, that she named after architect and writer [[Frank Lloyd Wright]].<ref name = "CheersRetrop104"/> As of August 2016, she had a black cat, Bobby, a long-haired [[calico cat]], Tallulah, and a mixed [[Siamese cat]], Billie.<ref name = "Catlover"/>

In her free time, Neuwirth enjoys making pottery, which she first learned in high school.<ref name = "SJinterview"/>