Patricia Heaton
Patricia Heaton
Patricia Helen Heaton is an American actress. She is known for portraying Debra Barone on the CBS sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond from 1996 to 2005, for which she won two Primetime Emmy Awards, and as Frances "Frankie" Heck on the ABC sitcom The Middle...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth4 March 1958
CityBay Village, OH
CountryUnited States of America
kids home college
Most of my friends from college became dental hygienists or went into retail, a lot went into sales. They all started getting married and having kids and buying homes and I was still living like a college student
school college support
The early feminists were pro-life. And really, abortion is a huge disservice to women, and it hasn't been presented that way. As Feminists for Life-what we're trying to do is support women, and so what we want to do is-reach women on campus-college campuses so that, when they get pregnant, they can find housing. They can find money they need to stay in school.
believe married
And we're still married to each other. Can you believe that?
faults paranoia rare sitcom wife
rare sitcom wife who has her own paranoia and faults and downfalls.
christian hard joy laughter stuff
There's enough hard stuff going on in people's lives, and you really need that joy that laughter can bring. I don't have to put that in a Christian compartment.
enjoying hard relaxing telling time
My husband is always telling me I need to do less, do less, do less. But I feel like if I'm not being productive, I have a hard time relaxing and enjoying myself.
coming found insulting less people sad
I've found that people feel very free to say insulting things, not about me personally, but about the things I believe. It's sad, because I really could care less where people are coming from, politically, religiously.
either job next nine
I always know I'm going to lose my job. It's either going to be canceled next week or next year or nine years from now, but I always know my job is going to go.
hit people shows time
You see people all the time who are on hit shows and then you never hear from them again.
connection
I've always felt a spiritual connection with acting. And I felt whole when I was onstage.
art beginning came change church culture force greatest music works
From the beginning of church history, music, writing, literature, and the greatest works of art all came from the church. To change the culture and make it a force for good, you have to be in it and be a part of it.
faith found salvation
What I found in the Protestant faith was that your salvation is secure, and that the rest is process.
ambitious approach burned confusing family gets life lost romance roots taken turned ugly
She's ambitious and she's become very pragmatic, but her roots are in the family vineyard and in family. She's lost that a little bit, and she's been burned in romance and has taken this kind of no-nonsense approach to everything. Her life gets turned around when romance rears its ugly head. It's confusing to her.
believe four kids pregnant
To have four kids - and to have been pregnant with two of them while I was working on the show - was a lot. I just can't believe I did it!