Name: Debra Winger
Date of Birth: 16 May 1955 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 (1983). Sister-in-law of actor/writer Jim Howard. Son, Emmanuel Noah Hutton (Noah Hutton)(born April 29, 1987) with Timothy Hutton. ... Measurements: 34B-23-34 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine) Son, Babe Howard (born June 15, 1997) 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 Hutton, and the role went to Holly Hunter, who was nominated for an Oscar for it. 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" (1976) 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 many popular films, such as Jodie Foster's roles in Taxi Driver (1976), The Accused (1988) and The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Brooke Shields' roles in Pretty Baby (1978) and The Blue Lagoon (1980), Daryl Hannah's role in Splash (1984), Linda Hamilton's role in The Terminator (1984), 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 Music Box (1989), Julia Roberts' role in Pretty Woman (1990), Demi Moore's role in Ghost (1990), Geena Davis' roles in Thelma & Louise (1991) A League of Their Own (1992), Sharon Stone's role in Basic Instinct (1992), Meg Ryan's role in Sleepless in Seattle (1993), Sandra Bullock's role in Speed (1994/I) and Nicole Kidman's role in To Die For (1995). In 1995 she appeared in London, Washington, and New York with both the London Symphony and the New World Symphony under the direction of Michael Tilson Thomas, performing his composition based on the life of Anne Frank. Her notorious off-camera clashes with equally mercurial Shirley MacLaine brought out the best in both actresses in the complexity of their on-camera contentious mother/daughter relationship during the making of their Oscar- winning film Terms of Endearment (1983). When MacLaine nabbed the Best Actress Oscar instead of fellow nominee Winger in 1984 and famously shouted, "I deserve this!," she managed to address her co-star as "dear Debra" despite the fact there was no love lost between them. Turned down the role of Emmeline in The Blue Lagoon (1980) in order to play Sissy in Urban Cowboy (1980). Brooke Shields was eventually cast as Emmeline. Turned down the role of Sarah Tobias in The Accused (1988). Jodie Foster ultimately won her first Oscar for the role. Was turned down by Martin Scorsese for the role of Iris in Taxi Driver (1976). She was just starting out as an actress. Jodie Foster won the part. Read more Debra Winger movies (actor)
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