Patricia Helen Heaton, commonly known as Patricia Heaton, is a famous American actress, as well as a television and film producer. As an actress, Patricia Heaton is perhaps best known for her role of Debra Barone, a fictional character from a popular sitcom called “Everybody Loves Raymond”. The sitcom first aired in 1996 and was on air for 9 seasons until 2005. A winner of Emmy Awards, Screen Actors Guild Awards and Writers Guild of America Awards, “Everybody Loves Raymond” enjoyed a fair amount of commercial success while it was still on air. The series inspired the creation of the Russian version of the show, as well as other versions that were made in Poland, Egypt and Great Britain. The sitcom also generated a large viewership, as the season finale was watched by a total of 32.94 million viewers.
Patricia Heaton Net Worth $40 Million
When the show ended, Patricia Heaton went on to appear in other television projects, until in 2009 she landed a role in another sitcom entitled “The Middle”, where she portrays Frankie Heck, who is one of the main characters in the series. The series, starring Neil Flynn, Eden Sher and Chris Kattan, has been on air for five seasons, and has received generally positive reviews, both from the critics as well as its audience.
An award-winning show, “The Middle” significantly contributed to Patricia Heaton’s wealth, as she has been earning $250 000 per episode of the show. A famous actress, how rich is Patricia Heaton? According to sources, Patricia Heaton’s net worth is estimated to be $40 million. Undoubtedly, the majority of Patricia Heaton’s net worth and wealth comes from her acting career.
Patricia Heaton was born in 1958, in Bay Village, Ohio, where she attended Ohio State University, from which she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in drama. Heaton continued her studies in New York, where she moved to soon after her graduation. Several years later, Heaton received an opportunity to appear in her first Broadway performance entitled “Don’t Get God Started”. Heaton’s appearance inspired her and some of her friends to create “Stage Three”, which was an acting troupe. It was due to her performances with “Stage Three” that Patricia Heaton was noticed by a casting director for a drama series called “Thirtysomething”, where she was cast to portray an oncologist. Heaton’s appearance on this show gave her an opportunity to star in other series, such as “The King of Queens”, “Danny Phantom” and others.
Heaton was also featured in several movies, including “Space Jam” with Michael Jordan and Bill Murray, “Memoirs of an Invisible Man” with Chevy Chase, and “Beethoven” with Charles Grodin. Prior to her big break with “Everybody Loves Raymond” and later with “The Middle”, Patricia Heaton starred in several other short-lived sitcoms, namely “Someone Like Me”, “Women of the House” and “Room for Two”.
Heaton’s contributions to film industry have been awarded with Primetime Emmy Awards, Screen Actors Guild Awards and Viewers for Quality Television award, as well as a star on the famous Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Emmy Awards, Screen Actors Guild Awards, Writers Guild of America Awards, Primetime Emmy Awards, Screen Actors Guild Awards, Viewers for Quality Television award
Nominations
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series, Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series, Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Culinary Program, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseri...
Movies
“Everybody Loves Raymond”, “The Middle”, “Thirtysomething”, “The King of Queens”, “Danny Phantom”, “Space Jam”
TV Shows
“Don’t Get God Started”, “Someone Like Me”, “Women of the House”, “Room for Two”
A woman experiencing an unplanned pregnancy also deserves to experience unplanned joy.
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Every 36 seconds in America a women lays her body down, forced to choose abortion out of a lack of practical resources and emotional support. Abortion is a reflection that society has failed women.
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My favorite body part? My feet. They're not pretty but they get me where I want to go.
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She has English, German and Irish ancestry.
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She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6653 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on May 22, 2012.
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Spoke at Loyola Marymount University with Serrin Foster as a representative of Feminists for Life and as a guest of the Respect Life Club of Loyola Marymount University. [January 2006]
In a story released on May 24, 2011, Ms. Heaton says she has lost work because of her beliefs about abortion, and other Christian values.
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Once worked at People magazine.
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Part owner of an Italian bistro "Vento" in her hometown of Bay Village, located next door to the community theater. [2009]
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Edited news film at ABC station Channel 5 (WEWS) in Cleveland, when she was in college as a summer intern in the late 1970s.
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Tony Shalhoub was the best man at Patty's wedding to David Hunt. Tony knew David before Patty came into the picture.
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In a 2006 TV Guide/Bravo poll, she was named the TV personality who would make the best real-life housewife with 72% of the vote, far surpassing runner-up Teri Hatcher from Desperate Housewives (2004).
According to Ray Romano, Patricia won the role of Debra on Everybody Loves Raymond (1996) because she was the only actress willing to kiss him at the auditions. It actually came down to a draw between her and Jane Sibbett - CBS liked Sibbett, but Romano preferred Patricia, who was much closer to how he pictured Debra, and the producers backed him up.
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All of her children were born by Caesarian section. The damage to her body was repaired with plastic surgery.
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Auditioned for the role as Elaine Benes on the situation comedy Seinfeld (1989), which went to Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
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Spokeswoman for supermarkets owned by Alberstons, Inc., including Albertsons (West Coast, Rocky Mountain, Great Plains and Gulf Coast States), Acme Markets (Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania), and Jewel-Osco (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa and Wisconsin).
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Received her Bachelor's degree in Drama from Ohio State University from Columbus, Ohio (1980). Is a sister of the Delta Gamma sorority.
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Honorary Chair of Feminists for Life - a nonsectarian, nonpartisan, grassroots organization established 30 years ago which opposes domestic violence, child abuse, infanticide, and abortion - the cause to which she was most passionately drawn.
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Attended and graduated from Bay High School in Bay Village, Ohio (1976).
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Told Entertainment Tonight (1981) she was considering adopting a child. She already has four sons (none adopted). All four of her sons appear with her in the latest Jewel commercial when she's at home going over details of a party and her sons are all watching television and checking off items she lists. [November 2001]
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While attending Bay High School she sang in the choir, performed in the Stage Band, and was a member of the Rockettes Drill Team with the Bay Rockets' Marching Band.
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Has three sisters: Sharon Heaton, Alice Heaton and Frances Heaton.
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Has four sons with her husband David Hunt: Samuel David Hunt (born September 1, 1993), John Basil Hunt (born May 15, 1995), Joseph Charles 'Joe' Hunt (born June 2, 1997) and Daniel Patrick 'Dan' Hunt (born January 20, 1999).
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Her brother, Michael Heaton, writes columns for the Cleveland Plain Dealer under the heading of "Minister of Culture".
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Daughter of Chuck Heaton, sportswriter for the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Attended St. Raphael's Catholic Primary School in Bay Village, Ohio.