Debra Jo Rupp (born February 24, 1951 in Glendale, California) is an American television actress best known for her role as Kitty Forman on the sitcom That '70s Show from 1998 to 2006. February 24 is the 55th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Nickname: The Jewel City Location of Glendale within Los Angeles County and the State of California. ... Kitty laughing her trademark laugh. ... That 70s Show logo That 70s Show is a Fox Network television sitcom centered around the lives of a group of teenagers living in the fictional suburb of Point Place, near Green Bay, during the late 1970s. ... This is a list of recurring characters on the American sitcom Friends. ... Friends. ... February 24 is the 55th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Nickname: The Jewel City Location of Glendale within Los Angeles County and the State of California. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke while waiting between takes during location filming An actor or actress is a person who acts, or plays a role, in a dramatic production. ... Kitty laughing her trademark laugh. ... A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... That 70s Show is an American television sitcom that centers on the lives of a group of teenagers living in Point Place, Wisconsin, a fictional suburb of either Kenosha, Wisconsin[1] or Green Bay, Wisconsin,[2] from May 17, 1976 to December 31, 1979. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

Biography

Early life and education

Rupp was raised in Massachusetts, graduating from Masconomet Regional High School in Boxford, Massachusetts in 1970. She went on to attend the University of Rochester in New York state, graduating in 1974. This article is about the U.S. State. ... Masconomet Regional High School is located in Boxford, Massachusetts, and serves the towns of Boxford, Topsfield, and Middleton. ...   Settled: 1645 â€“ Incorporated: 1685 Zip Code(s): 01921 â€“ Area Code(s): 351 / 978 Official website: http://www. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... The University of Rochester is a private, coeducational and nonsectarian research institution located in Rochester, New York. ... NY redirects here. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...

Career

Her first acting role was Sheila, a topless dancer at a strip club where the character Erica Kane worked briefly on All My Children in 1980. She started her acting career full-time in the late 1980s, guest-starring on such shows as Kate & Allie and Blossom. In 1995-1996, she appeared in 9 episodes as Gayle, sister to Jeff Foxworthy's wife, in the Jeff Foxworthy Show. She moved on to a bigger role on the television series Davis Rules, and acted on several episodes of Friends as Alice Knight, a home economics teacher who fell in love with Phoebe Buffay's brother. It was these performances on Friends that earned her notice among the That '70s Show casting department. She appeared on an episode of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit titled "Infiltrate" in October 2006 as a murdered pharmaceutical CEO's wife covering for his past sexual abuses. For the book or movie Striptease see Striptease (book) and Striptease (movie) A striptease is a performance, usually a dance, in which the performer gradually removes their clothing for the purposes of sexually arousing the audience, usually performed in nightclubs. ... Erica Kane, from a picture first seen in All My Childrens opening credits in January 1990. ... All My Children (AMC) is an American soap opera that has been broadcast Monday through Friday on the ABC TV network since January 5, 1970. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... The 1980s refers to the years of and between 1980 and 1989. ... Kate & Allie was a television situation comedy, airing on CBS from 1984 to 1989. ... Blossom was a half-hour comedy television series broadcast from 1991 to 1995 on NBC, Mondays at 8:30pm (after The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air). ... Friends. ... Phoebe Buffay (Buffay-Hannigan by the end of the series) (born February 16, 1967) is a fictional character on the popular US television sitcom Friends (1994-2004), played by Lisa Kudrow. ... Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 5 DVD Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (also known as Law & Order: SVU) is the first of three spin-offs of Law & Order (the other two being Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Law & Order: Trial by Jury; all series are presented on the NBC...

Personal life

She quit smoking in 2000, and the event was highly publicized; it also caused her to gain twenty-five pounds. In subsequent years, Rupp controlled her weight and kicked smoking for good. On That '70s Show, Kitty Forman's smoking addiction was also written out of the show, in tune with Rupp's new lifestyle choice. 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Twenty-five years after All My Children gave Rupp her first acting job, she returned for one episode in December 2005 as a homeless woman named Victoria. December 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → 31 December 2005 (Saturday) 25-year-old Scottish human rights worker Kate Burton and her parents are freed unharmed in the Gaza Strip by the Palestinian gunmen who kidnapped them two days earlier. ...

She occasionally appeared on Seinfeld as Jerry Seinfeld's (somewhat annoying) booking agent. Seinfeld is an Emmy Award-winning United States based television sitcom that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, running a total of nine seasons. ... Jerome (Jerry) Seinfeld is a semi-fictional character on the US television sitcom Seinfeld (1989–1998) who was named after, based on, and played by comedian Jerry Seinfeld. ...

External link

• Debra Jo Rupp at the Internet Movie Database