Debra Winger

AKA:
Mary Debra Winger
Nationality:
American
Birthdate:
05/16/1953
Birthplace:
Cleveland, Ohio
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biography
Debra Winger spent two years in Israel as a teenager (including three months in the Israeli army) and decided to pursue acting full-time after recovering from a coma following an accident at a California amusement park where she was performing as a troll. She made her TV debut playing Drusilla the Wonder Girl on "Wonder Woman" (1976-77) and her feature debut in "Slumber Party '57" (1977).

A consummate technician who can project fiery intensity, Winger became both a critics' darling and a box-office draw during the early 1980s. She turned in forceful, delicately shaded performances in "Urban Continued

Credits
Alice Collins
2004
Linda Jones
2003
Marilyn Barlow
2002
Executive Producer
2002
Producer
2002
Ellen
1995
Joy Gresham
1993
Betty Parrish
1984
Paula Pokrifki
1982
Laura Kelly
Suzy DeSoto
Sissy
Angela Crispini
Emma Horton
Katie Phillips/Cathy Weaver
Martha Horgan
Alexandra Barnes
Kit Moresby
milestones
Year
Milestone
1961 
Moved to Southern California (date approximate)
1972 
Lived in Israel; served in Israeli army for three months
 
Upon return to Los Angeles, joined acting workshop led by Michael Gazzo
 
At 18 was in coma after accident at amusement park where she was working (as a troll in costume); after recovery -ecided to pursue acting full-time
 
TV acting debut as the title character's younger sister, Drusilla the Wonder Girl, in "Wonder Woman" (CBS)
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