Deborah van valkenburgh biography
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| Deborah Van Valkenburgh | |
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| Born: | Deborah Gaye Van Valkenburgh August 29, 1952 Schenectady, New York, USA |
| Role: | Gail |
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Deborah Gaye Van Valkenburgh (bornAugust 29, 1952; age 72) played Gail during Season 4 of The Shield.
Biography and career[]
Deborah Van Valkenburgh was born in Schenectady, New York. She graduated from Shaker High School in Latham, New York in June 1970. After that, Van Valkenburgh graduated from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, with a Bachelor's degree in Painting & Drawing. As a teen in New York, she performed in coffee houses with the folk band Spur of the Moment, and during college she sang in a duo popularly known as The Myrtle Avenue Watermelon.
Van Valkenburgh started acting in theater, and debuted on Broadway in the revival of the musical Hair. After that, she became known for playing Mercy in Walter Hill's cult classic film The Warriors, in 1979. Van Valkenburgh has also appeared
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Deborah Van Valkenburgh will be
appearing at the Hollywood Show, January 4 & 5th
at the Loew's Hotel / Hollywood & Highland, Hollywood.
Born on August 29, 1952, Deborah Van Valkenburgh began her acting career on Broadway appearing in the play "Hair". She also appeared in off-Broadway plays "Honeybee", "The Tempest", "Six Characters in Search of an Author", "Hay Fever", "When Did You gods See Your Mother?", "Iolanthe", "It Ain't Aardvark" and "Minutemen".
In addition to acting in numerous New York shows, Deborah has also acted in regional and touring company productions of "A View from the Bridge", "Mooney's Kid Don't Cry" and "The Children's Hour". Ms. Van Valkenburgh's big acting break came when she landed the role of Jackie Rush on the hit ABC series "Too Close For Comfort" (1980). Deborah has studied acting with William Esper and
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Deborah Van Valkenburgh
American actress
Deborah Van Valkenburgh (born August 29, 1952) is an American actress best known for her screen debut as Mercy in the 1979 cult filmThe Warriors,[2] and her role as Jackie Rush for five seasons (1980–1985) on the television situation comedyToo Close for Comfort.[3] In 2012, she won the Best Supporting Actress in a Fantasy Film award at the PollyGrind Underground Film Festival for the film Road to Hell.[4]
Education
[edit]Van Valkenburgh graduated from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, with a BFA in painting and drawing.[5]
Career
[edit]She started her acting career on Broadway performing in "Hair". Van Valkenburgh also appeared in Off-Broadway plays, including Honeybee, The Tempest, Six Characters in Search of an Author, Hay Fever, When Did You last See Your Mother?, Iolanthe, It Ain't Aardvark, and Minutemen. Besides acting in many New York plays, she has acted in regio