Patricia Heaton (born March 4, 1958 in Bay Village, Ohio) is an Emmy Award-winning American actress best known for playing Debra Barone on the CBS television sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond (1996-2005), and for being nominated for Outstanding Leading Actress in a Comedy Series for this role 6 years in a row (1999-2005), and winning twice in a row, once in 2000, and again in 2001.

Heaton was born the second youngest of 5 children in an Irish American Catholic family, and raised Roman Catholic in Bay Village, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio, the daughter of well-known Cleveland Plain Dealer sportswriter, Chuck Heaton. Her mother died when she was a small child. She moved to New York City to study with drama teacher William Esper after graduating from The Ohio State University with a B.A. in drama in 1980. Her eldest sister, Sharon, is a Roman Catholic (Dominican) nun and second-grade teacher at St. Mary Star of the Sea in Virginia, and another sister, Alice Cartwright, the second oldest child, lives in Nashville and is married with three grown children, one of whom has ambitions to be an actress. Michael Heaton, the only boy, is the "Minister of Culture" columnist for Cleveland Plain Dealer, and a writer for the paper's Sunday Magazine. He's married and has three young daughters. Patricia is the second youngest, followed by Frances ("Franny"), the youngest, who works in the activities department at Harborside Healthcare in Westlake, Ohio.

Heaton made her Broadway debut in the musical Don't Get God Started, after which she and fellow students created Stage Three, an off-Broadway acting troupe. When they brought one of their productions to Los Angeles, Heaton caught the eye of a casting director for the ABC drama thirtysomething, in which she played an oncologist, leading to three appearances on the series. She was featured in three unsuccessful sitcoms - Room for Two (1992) with Linda Lavin, Someone Like Me (1994), and Women of the House (1995) with Delta Burke - before landing the plum role of beleaguered wife, mother, and in-law Debra Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond (1996 - 2005) with Ray Romano, Doris Roberts, Peter Boyle, Brad Garrett, and Monica Horan. Since 1999, she has been nominated every year for an Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Emmy, winning the award twice. She has also collected two Viewers for Quality Television awards and a Screen Actors Guild trophy for her work on the series.

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fazendo essa maratona de The Middle percebo que o globo de ouro podia muito bem indicar Patricia Heaton no lugar da Courtney Cox
chadebeterraba (LéoFerreira) Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:57:54 -0000
fazendo essa maratona de The Middle percebo que o globo de ouro podia muito bem indicar Patricia Heaton no lugar da Courtney Cox
RT @antoinepatricia: Patricia Heaton recalls Christmas in Bay Village - Plain Dealer: http://bit.ly/87s4IT
cpwilldo (chris price) Thu, 24 Dec 2009 07:17:37 -0000
RT @antoinepatricia: Patricia Heaton recalls Christmas in Bay Village - Plain Dealer: http://bit.ly/87s4IT
Although I'm not the biggest fan of Patricia Heaton, I must admit ABC's "The Middle" has grown on me. Funny show.
PatrikIanPolk (Patrik-Ian Polk) Thu, 24 Dec 2009 06:31:47 -0000
Although I'm not the biggest fan of Patricia Heaton, I must admit ABC's "The Middle" has grown on me. Funny show.

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