Patricia Helen Heaton (born March 4, 1958 in Bay Village, Ohio) is an Emmy Award-winning American actress best known for playing lead character and Ray Barone's wife Debra Barone on the CBS television sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond. She recently made a return to television opposite Kelsey Grammer in the FOX comedy series Back To You. is the 63rd day of the year (64th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Jan. ... Bay Village is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. ... // Actress Kim Basinger and her brother Mick purchase Braselton, Georgia for $20 million. ... David Hunt is a British actor who has worked as an actor in both the United Kingdom and the United States. ... An Emmy Award. ... This is a list of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series winners: 1974: Mary Tyler Moore, The Mary Tyler Moore Show 1975: Valerie Harper, Rhoda 1976: Mary Tyler Moore, The Mary Tyler Moore Show 1977: Beatrice Arthur, Maude 1978: Jean Stapleton, All In The... Everybody Loves Raymond is an American sitcom originally broadcast on CBS from 1996 to 2005. ... Everybody Loves Raymond is an American sitcom originally broadcast on CBS from 1996 to 2005. ... is the 63rd day of the year (64th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Jan. ... Bay Village is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. ... An Emmy Award. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... Information Gender Male Age 45 (in 2005) Date of birth 1960 Date of death Unknown (still alive) Occupation Sportswriter for Newsday (1996-20??) Family Frank Barone (father) Marie Barone (mother) Robert Barone (brother) Spouse(s) Debra Barone Children Geoffrey Barone (son) Michael Barone (son) Ally Barone (daughter) Episode count 210... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article is about the broadcast network. ... Everybody Loves Raymond is an American sitcom originally broadcast on CBS from 1996 to 2005. ... Allen Kelsey Grammer (born February 21, 1955 in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands) is a six-time Emmy and a two-time Golden Globe-winning American actor who is best known for his two-decade portrayal of psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane, whom he played for nine years on Cheers... This article is about the animal. ... Back to You is an American situation comedy series created and executive produced by Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan. ...

Childhood and family

Patricia Helen Heaton was born on March 4, 1958 in Bay Village, Ohio. Heaton was the second youngest of five children born to an Irish American Roman Catholic family in Bay Village, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. Her late father was a well-known Cleveland Plain Dealer sportswriter, Chuck Heaton. Patricia spent her grade school years attending St. Raphael Elementary School in Bay Village, Ohio. is the 63rd day of the year (64th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Jan. ... Irish population density in the United States, 1872. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... Bay Village is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. ... Cleveland redirects here. ... The Plain Dealer is the major daily newspaper of Cleveland, Ohio. ... Bay Village is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. ...

When Heaton was twelve, her mother died.^[1] Heaton has three sisters, Sharon, Alice, and Frances, and one brother, Michael, who is the "Minister of Culture" columnist for the Plain Dealer and a writer for the paper's Friday Magazine.

Her memoir, Motherhood and Hollywood: How to Get a Job Like Mine, was published by Villard Books in 2002. Heaton has been married to British actor David Hunt since 1990. The couple has four sons: Sam Hunt (b. 1994); John Basil Hunt (b. 1996); Joseph Charles 'Joe' Hunt (b. 1997); and Daniel Patrick 'Dan' Hunt (b. January 20, 1999). They divide their time between Los Angeles and England, where they own a country estate. Her first marriage (1984-1987) ended in divorce. David Hunt is a British actor who has worked as an actor in both the United Kingdom and the United States. ... is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ...

Heaton was once quoted as saying "once a Catholic, always a Catholic;" however, she now attends an Evangelical Presbyterian Church with Hunt and their kids.^[2] The Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC) is an American church body holding to presbyterian governance and Reformed theology, expressed in an orthodox, conservative vein. ...

Career

After graduating from Ohio State University, where she became a sister of Delta Gamma Sorority, with a B.A. in drama in 1980, Heaton moved to New York City to study with drama teacher William Esper. The Ohio State University (OSU) is a coeducational public research university in the state of Ohio. ... Delta Gamma (ΔΓ) is one of the oldest and largest womens fraternities[1] in the United States and Canada, with its Executive Offices based in Columbus, Ohio. ... A Bachelor of Arts (B.A. or A.B.) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or program in the arts and/or sciences. ... For other uses, see Drama (disambiguation). ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ...

Theater

Heaton made her first Broadway appearance in the chorus of the Don't Get God Started (1987), after which she and fellow students created Stage Three, an off-Broadway acting troupe. For other uses of Broadway, see Broadway. ... Off-Broadway plays or musicals are performed in New York City in smaller theatres than Broadway, but larger than Off-Off-Broadway, productions. ...

In January 2007, Heaton returned to the stage to co-star with Tony Shalhoub in the off-Broadway play The Scene at Second Stage Theater in New York City.^[3] For this performance, Heaton was nominated in the Outstanding Lead Actress category for the 22nd Lucille Lortel Awards. Tony Shalhoub (born October 9, 1953) is a three-time Emmy Award and Golden Globe-winning American television and film actor. ... The Lucille Lortel Awards recognize excellence in New York Off-Broadway theatre. ...

Television

When Stage Three brought one of their productions to Los Angeles, Heaton caught the eye of a casting director for the ABC drama thirtysomething. She was cast as an oncologist, leading to six appearances on the series from 1989-1991. Other TV guest appearances include: Alien Nation (1989), Matlock (1990), Party of Five (1996), The King of Queens (1999), and Danny Phantom (2004). Los Angeles and L.A. redirect here. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American television network. ... Thirtysomething (1987 – 1991) was a ground-breaking and award-winning American television drama created by Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick for United Artists Television. ... Please refer to cancer for the biology of malignant disease, as well as a list of malignant diseases. ... Alien Nation may refer to: Alien Nation (film), the 1988 motion picture Alien Nation (TV series), the 1989–1990 television series Alien Nation (TV series episode), the 1989 pilot episode of the television series Alien Nation (Comic Books), a 1990s series of comic books based on the Tenctonese. ... Matlock was a long-running American television legal drama. ... Party of Five is an American dramatic television series that premiered on FOX Network, September 12, 1994 and ended on May 3, 2000 after six seasons. ... The King of Queens is an Emmy nominated, American comedy series that ran for nine seasons, from 1998 until 2007. ... Danny Phantom is an animated television series created by Butch Hartman for Nickelodeon, produced by Billionfold Studios. ...

Heaton was featured in three short-lived sitcoms - Room for Two (1992) with Linda Lavin, Someone Like Me (1994), and Women of the House (1995) with Delta Burke and Terri Garr - 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. She was nominated in each of the series' last seven seasons for the 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. Room for Two was a 1940 comedy film. ... Linda Lavin as Alice Hyatt on Alice. ... Someone Like Me is a song from the 2000 Disney film: The Tigger Movie which is sung by the films main character Tigger (voiced by Jim Cummings) when he realizes that hes the only one, that is: The only Tigger in the world. ... Women of the House was a spin-off of Designing Women made to star Delta Burke, who reconciled with her producers after a bitter war. ... Delta Ramona Leah Burke (born July 30, 1956 in Orlando, Florida) is an American television and film actress. ... Teri Garr (born December 11, 1949 in Lakewood, Ohio) is a United States actress. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Everybody Loves Raymond is an American sitcom originally broadcast on CBS from 1996 to 2005. ... Raymond Romano (born December 21, 1957 in Queens, New York) is an Emmy Award-winning and Golden Globe-nominated, American actor and comedian best known for his starring role on the sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond. ... Doris May Roberts (b. ... Peter Lawrence Boyle (October 18, 1935 – December 12, 2006)[1][2] was an Emmy Award-winning American actor who is perhaps best known for his role as Frank Barone on the sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond. ... Brad Garrett (born Brad H. Gerstenfeld[1] on April 14, 1960) is a three-time Emmy Award-winning American actor and comedian known for his roles on the television sitcoms Everybody Loves Raymond and Til Death. ... Monica Horan (born January 29, 1963 in Darby, Pennsylvania) is an American actress. ... An Emmy Award. ... Viewers for Quality Television (also called VQT) was an American nonprofit organization (under 501(c)(3)) founded in 1984 to advocate network television series that members of the organization voted to be of the highest quality. ... The Screen Actors Guild (S.A.G.) is the labor union representing over 120,000 film actors in the United States. ...

Starting September 2007, Heaton began to co-star with Kelsey Grammer in Back to You, a new situation comedy on FOX. Allen Kelsey Grammer (born February 21, 1955 in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands) is a six-time Emmy and a two-time Golden Globe-winning American actor who is best known for his two-decade portrayal of psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane, whom he played for nine years on Cheers... Back to You is an upcoming American situation comedy created and executive produced by Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan. ...

Film

Heaton's television movies include Shattered Dreams (1990), Miracle in the Woods (1997), A Town Without Christmas (2001), as well as the remake of Neil Simon's The Goodbye Girl (2004) with Jeff Daniels, and The Engagement Ring (2005), both for TNT. Neil Simon (1966) Neil Simon (born Marvin Neil Simon July 4, 1927 in The Bronx, New York City), is a Jewish American playwright and screenwriter. ... The Goodbye Girl is a 1977 American comedy film. ... Jeff Daniels and Patricia Heaton in a scene from the TNT cable network remake of The Goodbye Girl Jeff Daniels (born February 19, 1955 in Athens, Georgia) is an American actor. ... The Engagement Ring (Azerbaijani: ) is a full-length Azerbaijani comedy film released in 1991. ... Turner Network Television, usually referred to as TNT, is an American cable TV network created by media mogul Ted Turner and currently owned by the Turner Broadcasting System division of Time Warner. ...

Heaton also played former U.S. Ambassador to Yemen, Barbara Bodine, in the controversial 2006 ABC docudrama The Path to 9/11. Her feature films include Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992), Beethoven (1992), The New Age (1994), and Space Jam (1996). Barbara K. Bodine (born 1948 in St. ... Promotional material for The Path to 9/11 The Path to 9/11 was a controversial Emmy Award-nominated two-part miniseries that aired in the United States on ABC television on September 10, 2006 and September 11, 2006 and also in other countries. ... Memoirs of an Invisible Man is a 1992 film directed by John Carpenter and released by Warner Bros. ... Beethoven is a 1992 comedy film directed by Brian Levant and written by John Hughes. ... The New Age was a British literary magazine, noted for its wide influence under the editorship from 1907 to 1922 of A. R. Orage. ... This article is about the motion picture. ...

Heaton was the producer for the 2005 documentary The Bituminous Coal Queens of Pennsylvania, which was directed by her husband.

Other credits

In 2003, Heaton appeared in a series of television and radio commercials as spokesperson for the various incarnations of the grocery chain Albertsons, such as Acme, Jewel and Shaw's. In 2007, Albertsons created the Crazy About Food slogan/campaign and Heaton's association with the company ended.^[4] She has also appeared in advertisements for Pantene hair-care products. This article is about Acme Markets, the Philadelphia-area division of Supervalu. ... For the defunct Australia supermarket chain see Jewel Food Stores (Australia) Jewel is an American supermarket chain that has 203 stores in the Chicago metropolitan area, northern and central Illinois. ... Shaws, along with sister store, Star Market, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Eden Prairie, Minnesota-based Supervalu. ... Pantene is a brand of hair care products owned by Procter & Gamble. ...

Political and social advocacy

Heaton is supportive of pro-life groups and causes, opposing abortion, euthanasia, and the death penalty. This article is about the social movement. ... For mercy killings not performed on humans, see Animal euthanasia. ... Capital punishment, or the death penalty, is the execution of a convicted criminal by the state as punishment for crimes known as capital crimes or capital offences. ...

Heaton's advocacy became particularly visible during the debate regarding Terri Schiavo.^[5] In addition, Heaton is Honorary Chair of Feminists for Life, a non-partisan organization which opposes abortion and embryonic stem cell research and supports other pro-life causes. Theresa Terri Schindler Schiavo (December 3, 1963 – March 31, 2005), from St. ... Feminists for Life of America (FFL) is a non-sectarian, non-partisan, nonprofit pro-life feminist organization established in 1972. ... There is widespread controversy over stem cell research largely due to techniques used in the creation and usage of human embryonic stem cells. ...

In October 2006, Heaton appeared in a commercial opposing a Missouri state constitutional amendment concerning embryonic stem cell research, which subsequently passed. The ad was a response to Michael J. Fox's ad supporting the amendment and the election of Democratic Senate hopeful Claire McCaskill. Appearing with Heaton were actor Jim Caviezel, pitcher Jeff Suppan of the St. Louis Cardinals (now of the Milwaukee Brewers), Mike Sweeney of the Kansas City Royals and Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner, formerly of the St. Louis Rams. ^[6] Heaton later said she regretted doing the ad and sent an apology to Fox saying she wasn't aware of Fox's ad before she did hers.^[1] This article is about the U.S. state. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... For other persons named Michael Fox, see Michael Fox (disambiguation). ... Claire McCaskill (born July 24, 1953) is an American Democratic politician, currently the junior United States Senator from the state of Missouri and former State Auditor of Missouri. ... James Patrick Caviezel (born September 26, 1968 in Mount Vernon, Washington) is a movie actor with a wide variety of film roles to his credit. ... Jeffrey Scot Suppan (born January 2, 1975, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma), is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers. ... Major league affiliations National League (1892–present) Central Division (1994–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 1, 2, 6, 9, 14, 17, 20, 42, 42, 45, 85 Name St. ... This article is about the contemporary American major league baseball team. ... For other persons named Mike Sweeney, see Mike Sweeney (disambiguation). ... Major league affiliations American League (1969–present) Central Division (1994–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 5, 10, 20, 42 Name Kansas City Royals (1969–present) Other nicknames The Boys in Blue Ballpark Kauffman Stadium (1973–present) a. ... City Glendale, Arizona Other nicknames The Cards, The Birds, Big Red, The Buzzsaw Team colors Cardinal Red, Black, and White Head Coach Ken Whisenhunt Owner Bill Bidwill General manager Rod Graves Mascot Big Red League/Conference affiliations National Football League (1920–present) Western Division (1933-1949) American Conference (1950-1952... Kurtis Eugene Warner (born June 22, 1971, Burlington, Iowa) is a professional American football quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals. ... City St. ...

Heaton has also been an advocate for several other organizations, including Heifer International, a nonprofit world-hunger organization, and World Vision, a Christian relief organization. Heifer International logo Heifer International is a charitable organization dedicated to tracking the many girlfriends of Daryl Francis Hudec. ... This article is about the charitable organization. ...

Heaton's eldest sister, Sharon, is a Roman Catholic Dominican nun and second-grade school teacher at St. Mary Star of the Sea in Virginia. The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... As well as the friars, Dominican sisters , also known as the Order of Preachers, live their lives supported by four common values, often referred to as the Four Pillars of Dominican Life, they are: community life, common prayer, study, and service. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ...

Emmy Awards

Heaton has won two Emmy Awards:

• Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, Everybody Loves Raymond, 2000
• Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, Everybody Loves Raymond, 2001

Other nominations were : This is a list of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series winners: 1974: Mary Tyler Moore, The Mary Tyler Moore Show 1975: Valerie Harper, Rhoda 1976: Mary Tyler Moore, The Mary Tyler Moore Show 1977: Beatrice Arthur, Maude 1978: Jean Stapleton, All In The...

• 1999 - Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series - Everybody Loves Raymond
• 2002 - Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series - Everybody Loves Raymond
• 2003 - Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series - Everybody Loves Raymond
• 2004 - Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series - Everybody Loves Raymond
• 2005 - Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series - Everybody Loves Raymond

See also

• Pro-life feminism

Pro-life feminism is the opposition to abortion based on feminism. ...

Notes and references

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External links

• Patricia Heaton at the Internet Movie Database
• Patricia Heaton fansite