LOS ANGELES, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- U.S. actress Joan Cusack has joined the cast of the new one-hour drama series "Shameless," Showtime announced.
Cusack will appear in all 12 episodes of the show as Sheila, an agoraphobic Chicago housewife with a sexually active teenage daughter who strikes up a special friendship with William H. Macy's character, Frank Gallagher, the cable network said.