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DebRA
Debra is a feminine given name. Debra may refer to: People * Debra Adelaide (born 1958), Australian writer * Debra Allbery (born 1957), American poet * Debra R. Anderson (1949-2022), American politician * Debra Austin (born 1955), American ballerina * Debra Berger (born 1957), American actress, artist and designer * Debra Bermingham, American artist * Debra Bloomfield (born 1952), American photographer * Debra Bowen (born 1955), American politician, Secretary of State of California from 2007 to 2015 * Debra Brown, serial killer * Debra M. Brown (born 1963), American judge * Debra Burlingame (born 1954), American lawyer and political activist * Debra Byrd, American vocalist * Debra Byrne (born 1957), Australian pop singer, actress and entertainer * Debra Cafaro (born 1957) American business executive * Debra Chasnoff (1957 – 2017), documentary filmmaker and activist * Debra Christofferson, American actress of film and TV * Debra Crew (born 1970), corporate chief execu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debra Adelaide
Debra Adelaide (born 1958) is an Australian novelist, writer and academic. She teaches creative writing at the University of Technology Sydney. Biography Adelaide was born in Sydney and grew up in the Sutherland Shire. A contemporary of writers Kathy Lette and Gabrielle Carey, she attended Gymea High School and then via a teacher's scholarship, she completed a BA (Honours) and MA (Honours) in English literature at the University of Sydney. She then completed a PhD in Australian women’s literature in 1991, and in the process completed her first book, a bibliography of Australian women's literature. While studying, Debra Adelaide worked as a university tutor and research assistant, and afterwards became a freelance editor, author and book reviewer. She commenced writing fiction in the early 1990s and her first novel, ''The Hotel Albatross'', was published in 1995. She was married until 2003 and has three children, Joe (b 1989), Ellen (b 1992) and Callan (b 1997). She is currently ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debra Daley
Debra Daley is a New Zealand author. Daley was born in New Zealand and is of Irish heritage. She grew up in the west of Auckland and graduated from the University of Auckland with an MA in English Literature. She currently lives in the Bay of Plenty. Daley has worked as journalist, in public health, and as a screenwriter, working on the television dramas ''Universal Drive'', ''The Shadow Trader'', ''At the End of the Day'', ''Pristine''. Daley has published three novels, ''The Revelations of Carey Ravine'' (2016), ''Turning the Stones'' (2014), and ''The Strange Letter Z'' (1996). ''The Revelations of Carey Ravine'' and ''Turning the Stones'' are both historical fiction, set in 18th-century England and Ireland. Her first novel, ''The Strange Letter'' Z, takes place in Mexico and New Zealand in the 1980s. She has also published a number of short stories. In 1992 she won the Lilian Ida Smith Award. She received the Grimshaw-Sargeson Fellowship in 2013 with Toa Fraser. In 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debra Gauthier
Debra Gauthier is a former Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department lieutenant who chronicled in a book her 21-year police career as a woman on a predominantly male police force. Education Gauthier graduated with a bachelor's degree in fine arts in 1979 and a master's in public administration in 1990 from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Career She joined the Las Vegas police force in 1980 as the first woman in the department to be placed on street patrol. In 1986, she arrested Mafia lieutenant Herbert Blitzstein during a multi-agency task force called “Operation Chutzpah.” She implemented the department's first bicycle patrol unit, which she oversaw as a sergeant. Afterward, in 1994, she was promoted to lieutenant. She appeared as a cast member on Fox's TV series '' Cops'' while still a bike patrol sergeant. Gauthier claimed discrimination against the department while working in what she claimed was a male-dominated environment under unsafe conditions. After she wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debra Fordham
Debra Fordham is an American television producer and writer. She is best known for her work on the sitcom '' Scrubs''. Early life Fordham is a graduate of Valdosta State University in Valdosta, Georgia, where she studied theatre under the direction of Dr. Randy Wheeler. In early 2008 she was in Valdosta again to see VSU's production of her play ''Holler Me Home'', centered on the lives of a family of Okefenokee swampers. ''Holler Me Home'' was accepted into WaterTower Theatre's 2008 Out of the Loop Festival in Addison, Texas. Career She wrote sixteen episodes of ''Scrubs'', two of which, " My Life in Four Cameras" and " My Musical", are considered to be among the best ''Scrubs'' episodes. Fordham also appears briefly at the end of the ''Scrubs'' episode " My Full Moon", where she plays a doctor who gets over-excited at a cup of coffee and performs an action described by Dr. Todd Quinlan as the "low arm pump". Fordham's other television credits include ''Army Wives'' and ''Har ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debra Fox
Debra Fox is the founder and CEO of Fox Learning Systems. She was previously a television reporter and anchor with WTAE-TV Pittsburgh (1976–1986). WTAE television career Fox was named "Best Pittsburgh Newscaster" seven years in a row by the ''Pittsburgh Tribune Review''. During her ten-year television career, she was able to interview many prominent national figures such as Presidents Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter (during the Iran Hostage Crisis), Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, Governor Michael Dukakis, Senator Ted Kennedy, Senator Joe Biden, Reverend Jesse Jackson, Walter Mondale and Gary Hart. She also covered the 1984 Democratic National Convention in San Francisco. After having her first child in 1986, she retired from WTAE. ''The Golden Land'' In 1990, Fox took over for Wolf Blitzer in PBS's series "The Golden Land". This was a documentary about the history of Israel in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Fox Learning Systems In 1997, Debra founded F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debra Jo Fondren
Debra Jo Fondren (born February 5, 1955) is an American model and actress. She was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for the September 1977 issue and Playmate of the Year for 1978. Her pictorial was photographed by Robert Scott Hooper. Career Fondren, who lived in Lumberton, Texas, and was working as a waitress at Gallagher's in Beaumont, Texas, was discovered on a visit to Las Vegas by photographer Robert Scott Hooper, who also photographed her centerfold, featuring her very long, almost knee-length blonde hair. Fondren had guest-starring roles on television series such as ''Mork & Mindy'' and ''Fantasy Island''. She also appeared in movies such as ''Spit Fire''. In 2007, she returned home to the Lumberton/Silsbee, Texas, area, having stated she had enough of the California lifestyle and now operates a beauty school in her home area. TV appearances *''Mork & Mindy'' *''Knots Landing'' *''Fantasy Island'' *''Family Feud ''Family Feud'' is an American television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debra Fischer
Debra Ann Fischer is a professor of astronomy at Yale University researching detection and characterization of exoplanets. She was part of the team to discover the first known multiple-planet system. Education Fischer received her degree from the University of Iowa in 1975, a masters of science from San Francisco State University in 1992, and her PhD from the University of California at Santa Cruz in 1998. Research and career Fischer has co-authored over 100 papers on dwarf stars and sub-stellar mass objects in the galactic neighborhood, including many on extrasolar planets. Her work "The Twenty Five Year Lick Planet Search" is summarized in a paper by Fischer, Marcy & Spronck 2014. She is a principal investigator with the N2K Consortium searching for exoplanets. She co-leads the planet search team with Gregory P. Laughlin and Jessi Cisewski looking for extrasolar planets. She was the primary investigator for Chiron, the CTIO High Resolution Spectrometer. In 2011, she st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debra Feuer
Debra Lee Feuer is an American former actress. She starred in the films ''Moment by Moment'', ''The Hollywood Knights'', '' To Live and Die in L.A.'', ''MacGruder and Loud'', '' Il burbero'', and '' Homeboy''; the latter in which she starred with her then-husband Mickey Rourke. In November 1978, Feuer portrayed Daisy Mae in an NBC-TV special, ''Li'l Abner in Dogpatch Today''. She also played a minor role as Becky Mae in the TV series ''The Dukes of Hazzard'', in the Season 2, Episode 6, "The Ghost of General Lee". She also played Sonny Crockett's love interest in the first two episodes of Season 5 of ''Miami Vice''. Filmography *'' Beyond Reason'' directed by Telly Savalas (1977) *''Starsky & Hutch'' directed by George McCowan (2 episodes) (1977) *''Fantasy Island'' directed by Allen Baron and George McCowan (1 episode) (1978) *''The Love Boat Musical Cabins'' directed by Allen Baron (1 episode) (1978) *''Lacy and the Mississippi Queen'' directed by Robert Butler (1978) *''Mom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debra Evenson
Debra Evenson (1942 – August 17, 2011) was an American legal expert on Cuba, a practicing lawyer, and an educator. She was president of the National Lawyers Guild from 1988 until 1991. She was also licensed to practice law in Cuba, where she worked with high government officials and civilians. In 1993, she was awarded a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation grant to research the role of lawyers in the changing Cuban society. Evenson wrote dozens of articles on Cuban laws and institutions, and she represented Cuba in numerous important court cases. She was a "critical supporter of the Cuban revolution," and advocated for understanding Cuba as a complex system, successful in some areas and unsuccessful in others. Evenson arrived in Cuba as lawyers were necessary in society again, as the revolution gave way to institutions. Evenson was taken with the evolving legal landscape in Cuba and devoted her time and writing to it. Evenson was part of the cohort of lawyers and s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debra Elmegreen
Debra Meloy Elmegreen (born November 23, 1952 in South Bend, Indiana) is an American astronomer. She was the first woman to graduate from Princeton University with a degree in astrophysics, and she was the first female post-doctoral researcher at the Carnegie Observatories. Since 1985, she has been a professor of astronomy at Vassar College, currently on the endowed Maria Mitchell Chair. She wrote an astronomy textbook published by Prentice Hall in 1997. She served as president of the American Astronomical Society from 2010-2012. On August 30, 2018 was named President-elect of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) at the group’s 30th triennial General Assembly in Vienna, Austria and became IAU President in 2021. Early life and education Elmegreen was born in South Bend, Indiana in 1952. She became interested in astronomy at a young age. She received her bachelor's degree in astrophysics from the Princeton University in 1975, where she was the first woman to graduate with a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debra Eisenstadt
Debra Eisenstadt is an American writer, director, producer and editor. Career Eisenstadt began her career as an actress, most notably starring in the theater and film versions of David Mamet’s '' Oleanna'' opposite William H. Macy. Eisenstadt wrote, produced, directed, shot and edited the feature film ''Daydream Believer'', winner of an Independent Spirit Award and The Grand Jury Prize at the Slamdance Film Festival. Similarly, she helmed three other independent features: the award-winning films '' The Limbo Room'' (with Melissa Leo, Peter Dinklage), '' Before the Sun Explodes'', and ''Blush'' starring Wendi McLendon-Covey. Eisenstadt has written and directed for Nickelodeon and works as a script doctor and a teacher. She Executive Produced the acclaimed documentaries (directed by Brett Morgen) Moonage Daydream (2022)'' Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck'' and '' Jane'', the award-winning 2017 documentary about Jane Goodall. Eisenstadt wrote and directed the 2019 film '' Imaginary Ord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debbe Dunning
Debra Dunning (born July 11, 1966) is an American actress, model, television host, spokesperson and comedienne. She is best known for playing Heidi on ''Home Improvement'' (1993–1999). Career Dunning played Heidi Keppert, the "''Tool Time'' girl", on the ABC sitcom ''Home Improvement'' from season 3 to season 8, having guest-starred in an earlier season. She appeared in '' Dangerous Curves'' (1988) and the '' American Gladiators'' Celebrity Challenge (1989). Personal life From 1997 until 2018, Dunning was married to American volleyball player Steve Timmons, with whom she has three children: daughter Spencer Schae (born 1996) and sons Stoney (born 2000) and Sysco (born 2008). Filmography * '' Dangerous Curves'' (1988) (Credited as Debra Dunning) as Pageant Girl * '' Married... with Children'' (1990), (1991) as Rochelle * ''Home Improvement'' (1993–1999) as Heidi Keppert * '' Tales from the Crypt'' – episode "The Pit" (1994) * ''Renegade (TV series)'' – episode ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |