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Debra Winger Biography (1955?-)
Full name, Mary Debra Winger; born May 16, 1955 (some sources cite May 1 or 1953), in Cleveland, OH; daughter of Robert (a meat packer) and Ruth (an office manager; maiden name, Felder) Winger; married Timothy Hutton (an actor, producer, and director), March 16, 1986 (divorced, 1990); married Arliss Howard(an actor and director), November, 1996; children: (first marriage) EmmanuelNoah; (second marriage) Gideon Babe. Addresses: Agent: Rick Nicita, Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212-1804.; Manager: Johnnie Planco, Parseghian & Planco, 23 East 22nd St., 3rd Floor,New York, NY 10010.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Actress
- Birth Details
- May 16, 1955?
- Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Film Appearances
- Debbie, Slumber Party '57 (also known as Teenage Slumber Party), Cannon, 1977
- Jennifer, Thank God It's Friday, Columbia, 1978
- Melanie, French Postcards, Paramount, 1979
- Sissy Davis, Urban Cowboy, Paramount, 1980
- Suzy DeSoto, Cannery Row (also known as John Steinbeck's Cannery Row), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1982
- Paula Pokrifki, An Officer and a Gentleman, Paramount, 1982
- Once of the voices of E. T., E. T. the Extra-Terrestrial (also known as A Boy's Life,
E. T.,
E. T. and Me, and Night Skies), Universal, 1982, longer version released as E. T. the Extra-Terrestrial: The 20th Anniversary, 2002
- Emma Greenway Horton, Terms of Endearment, Paramount, 1983
- Betty Parrish, Mike's Murder, Warner Bros., 1984
- Laura Kelly, Legal Eagles, Universal, 1986
- Alexandra "Alex" Barnes, Black Widow, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1987
- (Uncredited) Emmett Humbird, Made in Heaven, Lorimar, 1987
- Katie Phillips/Cathy Weaver, Betrayed, United Artists, 1988
- Angela Crispini, Everybody Wins, Orion, 1990
- Kit Moresby, The Sheltering Sky (also known as Il te nel deserto), Warner Bros., 1990
- Jane, Leap of Faith, Paramount, 1992
- Vida Foudroyant, Wilder Napalm, TriStar, 1993
- Martha Horgan, A Dangerous Woman (also known as Dangerous Women), Gramercy, 1993
- Joy Gresham, Shadowlands, Savoy Pictures, 1993
- Guest, George Balanchine's The Nutcracker, Warner Bros., 1993
- Ellen Andrews, Forget Paris, Columbia, 1995
- Marilyn Barlow, Big Bad Love, IFC Films, 2002
- Linda Jones, Radio, Columbia, 2003
- Alice Collins, Eulogy, Artisan Entertainment, 2004
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Film Work
- Executive producer, Big Bad Love, IFC Films, 2002
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Television Appearances
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Movies
- Sherrie Hensley, Special Olympics (also known as A Special Kindof Love), CBS, 1978
- Herself, Searching for Debra Winger, Showtime, 2003
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Episodic
- Drusilla Prince/Wonder Girl, "The Feminum Mystique: Parts 1 & 2," The New, Original Wonder Woman (also known as Wonder Woman), ABC,1976
- Drusilla Prince/Wonder Girl, "Wonder Woman in Hollywood," The New, Original Wonder Woman (also known as Wonder Woman), ABC, 1977
- "The Runaway," Szysznyk, CBS, 1977
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James at 16, NBC, 1978
- "Battered Teachers," Police Woman, NBC, 1978
- Host, Saturday Night Live (also known as NBC's Saturday Night,
Saturday Night, and SNL), NBC, 1990
- Guest, Late Night with David Letterman, 1990
- Guest, Late Show with David Letterman, 1993
- Guest, The View, 2002
- Also interviewee in an episode of Inside the Actors Studio.
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Specials
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The Best of Farm Aid: An American Event, HBO, 1986
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The Barbara Walters Special, ABC, 1987
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What Is This Thing Called Love? The Barbara Walters Special, ABC,1993
- Narrator, In Search of Angels, PBS, 1994
- The Wicked Witch of the West, The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams ComeTrue (also known as The Wizard of Oz in Concert), TNT, 1995
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In the Wild: Pandas, PBS, 1995
- Narrator, Rumi: Poet of the Heart, PBS, 1998
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Awards Presentations
- Presenter, The 54th Annual Academy Awards, 1982
- Presenter, The 63rd Annual Academy Awards Presentation, ABC, 1991
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Stage Appearances
- Li'l Bit, How I Learned to Drive, American Repertory Theatre, LoebDrama Center, Cambridge, MA, 1998
- Anna, Ivanov, American Repertory Theatre, Loeb Drama Center, 1999-2000
- Also appeared in a production of The Exonerated.
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RECORDINGS
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Albums
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The Boy Who Made Dragonfly, 1992
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The Brothers Karamazov, 1993
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
Books
- Cahill, M. J., Debra Winger: Hollywood's Wild Child, 1984
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International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, Volume 3: Actors and Actresses, St. James Press, 1996
Periodicals
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American Film, July-August, 1988, pp. 20-25
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Esquire, February, 1993, p. 70
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People Weekly, March 18, 2002, p. 132
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Premiere, February, 2002, pp. 54-57, 95
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