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{{short description|American actress}}
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| years_active    = 1962–present
| parents         = [[Penny Edwards (actress)|Penny Edwards]]<br>Ralph Winters
| spouse          = Warren Chaney (1984–present)
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* real estate agent
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'''Deborah Winters''' is an American film and television actress and realtor who has appeared in films such as ''[[Kotch]]'', ''[[The People Next Door (1970 film)|The People Next Door]]'', ''[[Class of '44]]'' and the television miniseries ''[[The Winds of War (TV miniseries)|The Winds of War]]''.
==Early life==
Deborah Winters was born in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], the daughter of Ralph Winters, head of television casting for [[Universal Studios]] for 28 years, and actress [[Penny Edwards (actress)|Penny Edwards]].<ref name=nyt>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121104130630/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/77014/Deborah-Winters New York Times (Deborah Winters)]</ref><ref name=bfi>{{Cite web |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/94211 |title=British Film Institute (BFI) Database |access-date=August 19, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024023448/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/94211 |archive-date=October 24, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chron.com/neighborhood/bayarea/news/article/Friendswood-theater-stages-classic-show-6849431.php |title=Friendswood theater stages classic show |work=[[Houston Chronicle]] |date=February 23, 2016 |access-date=April 2, 2016 |author=Maines, Don}}</ref> She began her film and television career at age five after moving to New York, where she attended the [[Professional Children's School]]. She later commenced professional training at the [[Stella Adler Studio of Acting]], [[New York City]]. She returned to [[Los Angeles]] in 1968, where she studied acting under [[Lee Strasberg]] at the [[Lee Strasberg Institute]]. Winters continued working, appearing in commercials for [[Kinney Shoes]], [[Gulf Oil]], [[Lincoln-Mercury]], [[Quaker Oats]], and others. In 1966, she received her first major screen role in the [[Fred Coe]] comedy-drama, ''[[Me, Natalie]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/384384809/?match=1&terms=%22Deborah%20Winters%22 |title=Deborah Wintrs' rising star |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=March 9, 1978 |first=Lydia |last=Lane |page=IV 8}}</ref>
==Film and television career==
Winters was first cast in the 1968 motion picture ''[[Me, Natalie]]'', opposite [[Patty Duke]], [[James Farentino]], and [[Martin Balsam]]. She followed shortly afterwards with a second co-starring role opposite [[Michael Douglas]] in his first film, the 1969 ''[[Hail, Hero!]]'', directed by [[David Miller (director)|David Miller]]. This was followed by a starring role in the ''[[CBS Playhouse]]'' production of ''The People Next Door'' which led to the motion picture remake the following year.
[[The People Next Door (1970 film)|''The People Next Door'']] received positive reviews. [[Roger Ebert]] said in his ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' review, "Deborah Winters, is disturbing at first because you think she's too mannered. Gradually the mannerisms become indispensable to the characterization."<ref>Roger Ebert's [[Chicago Sun-Times]] Review [http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19700928/REVIEWS/9280301/1023]</ref>
[[Jack Lemmon]] cast Winters as the female lead opposite [[Walter Matthau]] in his sole directorial project, ''[[Kotch]]'' in 1971. [[Time (magazine)|''Time'']] wrote of Winters in its October 11, 1972, review, "Winters is one of the few young actresses with comic timing."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081221205729/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,903193,00.html Senescent Saint, ''Time'', October 11, 1971]</ref> Winters continued acting with starring roles in film and episodic television including ''[[Blue Sunshine (film)|Blue Sunshine]]'' (1977),<ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/blue-sunshine-remake-vincent-newman-1201338371/ |title=Horror Film 'Blue Sunshine' Gets Remake From 'We're the Millers' Producer (EXCLUSIVE) |last=McNary |first=Dave |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=October 24, 2014 |access-date=December 20, 2015}}</ref> ''[[The Outing (film)|The Outing]]'' (1987),<ref name=rhm>{{cite book |title=Regional Horror Films, 1958-1990: A State-by-State Guide with Interviews |last=Albright |first=Brian |publisher=[[McFarland & Company]] |year=2012 |isbn=9781476600420 |page=307 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=39jxgdy3IhcC&pg=PA307}}</ref> and ''[[Lottery!]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1320&dat=19831020&id=_tUTAAAAIBAJ&pg=6749,1436043&hl=en |title=Entertaining News and Rumors |last=Sherwood |first=Rick |work=[[The Gainesville Sun]] |date=October 20, 1983 |page=2D}}</ref>
==Personal life==
Winters is married to Warren Chaney. {{as of|2000}}, she worked as a real estate agent.<ref name=rhm/>
==Selected filmography==
===Film===
*''[[Me, Natalie]]'' (1969)<ref name=bfi/> – Betty
*''[[Hail, Hero!]]'' (1969)<ref name=bfi/> – Becky
*''[[The People Next Door (1970 film)|The People Next Door]]'' (1970)<ref name=bfi/> – Maxie Mason
*''[[Kotch]]'' (1971)<ref name=bfi/> – Erica Herzenstiel
*''Cilali Ibo Teksas fatihi'' (1972)
*''[[Class of '44]]'' (1973)<ref name=bfi/> – Julie
*''[[Six Characters in Search of an Author]]'' (1976)<ref name=bfi/> – The Ingenue
*''[[Blue Sunshine (film)|Blue Sunshine]]'' (1977)<ref name=bfi/> – Alicia Sweeney
*''[[The Outing (film)|The Outing]]'' (1987)<ref name=bfi/> – Eve Ferrell / Young Arab Woman / Old Arab Woman
*''Behind the Mask'' (1992)<ref name=bfi/> – Annie Strayton
===Television===
*''[[Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo]]'' (1977)<ref name=bfi/> – Cindy Beck
*''Crisis in Sun Valley'' (1978)<ref name=bfi/> – Sandy
*''[[The Winds of War (TV miniseries)|The Winds of War]]'' (1983)<ref>{{cite book |title=Epic Television Miniseries: A Critical History |last1=De Vito |first1=John |last2=Tropea |first2=Frank |publisher=[[McFarland & Company]] |year=2010 |isbn=9780786457335 |page=82 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OtQ8DuHHouQC&pg=PA82}}</ref> – Janice Lacouture Henry
*''[[Little Girl Lost (TV movie)|Little Girl Lost]]'' (1988)<ref name=nyt/> – File Clerk
==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.deborahwinters.com/}}
* {{IMDb name|0935922}}
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