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Debra Winger!!
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Mini biography:
Daughter of a meat-packer
Born at 5:15pm-EDT
Turned down the Glenn Close role in Fatal Attraction (1987).
Graduated from Oliver Wendell Holmes Junior High School, Northridge, California, in 1970.
Graduated from James Monroe High School, Sepulveda, California, in 1973.
Had a romance with then-Governor of Nebraska Bob Kerrey during the filming of Terms of Endearment.
Sister-in-law of actor/writer Jim Howard.
Mother of Noah Hutton with Timothy Hutton
Measurements: 34B-23-34 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
Has a second son named Babe (with Arliss Howard).
James L. Brooks wrote Broadcast News (1987) especially for her, but she turned it down because she was pregnant with her son Noah, and the role went to Holly Hunter.
At first, she was excited about winning the role of Wonder Girl on the TV series Wonder Woman (1976) but quickly became disillusioned and spent all her salary from the show to hire an attorney to get her out of her contract.
Didn't like working with Lynda Carter on "Wonder Woman," but Lynda said that they didn't have any problems and was like a big sister to her.
She was given the choice of the two roles in Black Widow (1987); she chose the role of the FBI agent, because she didn't understand the motivation as to why the Black Widow kills, so the title role went to Theresa Russell.
She became notorious for turning down worthy roles in quality films, such as Kathleen Turner's role in Peggy Sue Got Married (1986), Susan Sarandon's role in Bull Durham (1988), Michelle Pfeiffer's role in The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989), Jessica Lange's role in The Music Box(1989), and Geena Davis' role in A League of their Own (1992).
Originally cast as Jane Craig in Broadcast News (1987). The role eventually went to `Holly Hunter' .
Personal quotes
[on her early roles in commercials] "I was the all-American face. You name it, honey - American Dairy Milk, Metropolitan Life insurance, McDonald's, Burger King. The Face That Didn't Matter - that's what I called my face."
"I have trouble with star billing. I remember thinking on Cannery Row (1982): How can I put my name ahead of Steinbeck's?"
[on Bernardo Bertolucci] "For me, Bernardo is The Function. The only way I can explain it is in the analogy with mathematics and the word 'function' - addition, subtraction, multiplication, anything that numbers go through and change because of it. And when the function is a function of love, the drapes on the windows, the doors that are hung, the characters, the clothes, everything goes through this function and comes out touched and inspired by it. There are a lot of numbers but what really matters is the function."
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