Debra Winger
Debra Winger ( born May 16, 1955 in Cleveland Heights, Ohio ) is an American actress.
Biography
The daughter of orthodox Jews (her father is a butcher ) left with 16 years of school and traveled to Israel. She then returned back to the U.S. to study, but what they gave up. After a car accident, she fell into a coma for a short time.
In 1976 she had her first role as Wonder Girl Drusilla in the series Wonder Woman. In the cinema she made her debut in Slumber Party 57 1982 she was first nominated for an officer and a gentleman for an Academy Award, two nominations followed. In the same year she spoke the voice of the alien in ET Your role as a cancer-stricken daughter Emma in Terms of Endearment won her worldwide fame.
From 1986 to 1990 Winger was married to Timothy Hutton. From this marriage, her son Emmanuel Noah Hutton dates (* 1987). In 1996 she married the filmmaker Arliss Howard, with whom she her second son Gideon Babe Ruth Howard ( * 1997).
According to information of the author she is currently working with a screenplay to Drop City by TC Boyle.
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After Debra Winger in the meantime had retired from the film business, Rosanna Arquette turned the Dolumentarfilm Searching for Debra Winger, in which she deals with the dichotomy of female stars, this has had to have to choose between family and career.
Filmography
Awards
- Nomination - Academy Award for Best Actress
- Nomination -Golden Globe Award for Best Actress
- National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress
- Nomination - Academy Award for Best Actress
- Nomination -Golden Globe Award for Best Actress
- Nomination - New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress
- Nomination - New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress
- Nomination - Academy Award for Best Actress
- Nomination - BAFTA Award for Best Actress
- Nomination - Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
- Tokyo International Film Festival
- Nomination - Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
- Nomination - Golden Globe Award for Best Actress
- Nomination - Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress
- Primetime Emmy Award nomination - Best Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
- Nomination - Broadcast Film Critics Association Award Best Ensemble
- Nomination Gotham Independent Film Awards Best Ensemble
- Nomination - Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actress
- Nomination New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress (along with Rosemarie DeWitt )