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