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Debra Winger
ACTOR

Debra Winger

Known for Law & Order · Saturday Night Live · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Mary Debra Winger (born May 16, 1955) is an American actress. A three-time Oscar nominee, she received awards for acting in Terms of Endearment, for which she won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress in 1983, and in A Dangerous Woman, for which she won the Tokyo International Film Festival Award for Best Actress in 1993. Description above from the Wikipedia article Debra Winger, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list…

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Born
May 16, 1955
Birthplace
Cleveland Heights, Ohio, USA
Known For
Acting

Biography

Mary Debra Winger (born May 16, 1955) is an American actress. A three-time Oscar nominee, she received awards for acting in Terms of Endearment, for which she won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress in 1983, and in A Dangerous Woman, for which she won the Tokyo International Film Festival Award for Best Actress in 1993.

Description above from the Wikipedia article Debra Winger, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

TVLaw & Order
Law & OrderPrincipal Woodside · 1990
★ 7.3
TVSaturday Night Live
Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host · 1975
★ 6.9
TVWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSelf - Guest · 2009
★ 5.0
TVEntertainment Tonight
Entertainment TonightSelf · 1981
★ 4.3

Filmography

Movies

Slumber Party '57Debbie
1976
SO
Special OlympicsSherrie Hensley
1978
Thank God It's FridayJennifer
1978
French PostcardsMelanie
1979
Urban CowboySissy
1980
An Officer and a GentlemanPaula Pokrifki
1982
Cannery RowSuzy DeSoto
1982
E.T. the Extra-TerrestrialNurse Zombie Carrying Poodle (uncredited)
1982
Terms of EndearmentEmma Greenway Horton
1983
Mike's MurderBetty Parrish
1984
Legal EaglesLaura J. Kelly
1986
Black WidowAlexandra
1987
Made in HeavenEmmett Humbird
1987
BetrayedKatie Phillips / Cathy Weaver
1988
Everybody WinsAngela Crispini
1990
The Sheltering SkyKit
1990
Leap of FaithJane Larson
1992
A Dangerous WomanMartha
1993
ShadowlandsJoy Gresham
1993
Wilder NapalmVida
1993
Forget ParisEllen Andrews Gordon
1995
The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come TrueThe Wicked Witch of the West
1995
Rumi: Poet of the HeartNarrator (voice)
1998
Big Bad LoveMarilyn
2001
Big Bad LoveProducer
2001
Searching for Debra WingerSelf
2002
RadioLinda Jones
2003
EulogyAlice Collins
2004
Dawn AnnaDawn Anna Townsend
2005
Sometimes in AprilPrudence Bushnell
2005
The Life and Faith of CS Lewis
2006
Rachel Getting MarriedAbby Buchman
2008
BallybrandoSelf (archive footage)
2009
BrainwaveSelf
2011
How It EndedWife
2011
Lola VersusRobin
2012
Richard Attenborough: A Life in FilmSelf
2014
BoychoirMs. Steel
2015
Oh Jerome, NoHypnotherapist
2016
John Travolta, le miraculé d'HollywoodSelf - Actress (archive footage)
2017
Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODAKit (archive footage)
2017
The LoversMary
2017
Louis Kahn's Tiger CityHerself
2019
KajillionaireTheresa
2020
The Storms of Jeremy ThomasSelf
2021
With/In Volume 2(segment "Still Life")
2021
Joie de vivreSelf
2026
WM
What May BeAgnes

Television

The OscarsSelf · 1 eps
1953
F'
Film '72Self · 3 eps
1971
Police Woman1 eps
1974
Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host · 1 eps
1975
Wonder WomanDrusilla / Wonder Girl · 3 eps
1975
S
Szysznyk1 eps
1977
The Alan Thicke Show1 eps
1980
Entertainment TonightSelf · 1 eps
1981
Plymptoons: The Complete Early Works of Bill PlymptonNarrator (voice) · 1 eps
1989
Law & OrderPrincipal Woodside · 1 eps
1990
Inside the Actors StudioSelf · 1 eps
1994
In TreatmentFrances Greer · 7 eps
2008
Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSelf - Guest · 1 eps
2009
The Red TentRebecca · 2 eps
2014
The RanchMaggie · 80 eps
2016
When We RiseElena Kagan · 4 eps
2017
Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through CinemaNarrator (voice) · 14 eps
2020
Mr. CormanRuth Corman · 4 eps
2021
Mr. CormanRuth Corman (archive footage) · 1 eps
2021
Mr. CormanSongs
2021
Ultra City SmithsTrish McSapphire (voice) · 6 eps
2021
AccusedMargot · 1 eps
2023

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