Biography
Patricia Heaton is an American comedienne, actor, and producer well known for her roles in the comedy films Beethoven and Memoirs of an Invisible Man after landing a recurrent part in the ABC drama series Thirtysomething. Before being cast as Debra Barone in the CBS sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond, Heaton starred in the brief sitcoms Room for Two, Someone Like Me, and Women of the House.
Age
She is 66 years old as of 4 March 2024. She was born in 1958 in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Her real name is Patricia Helen Heaton.
Family – Education
The daughter of Patricia (née Hurd) and Chuck Heaton, a sportswriter for The Plain Dealer, Heaton was born in Bay Village, Ohio. Her mother had an aneurysm and died when she was twelve. Raised as a devoted Catholic, Heaton was the fourth of five children. Heaton’s siblings are three sisters, Frances, Alice, and Sharon (a Dominican nun currently serving as an assistant registrar at Aquinas College in Nashville), and one brother, Michael, who passed away in September 2022 at the age of 66. Michael was a writer for The Plain Dealer’s Friday Magazine as well as the “Minister of Culture” column.
Since 1990, Heaton has been wed to David Hunt, an English actor and filmmaker. As of 2002, they split their time between Cambridge and Los Angeles and had four sons. In 2002, Villard Books published her memoir, Motherhood and Hollywood: How to Get a Job Like Mine. She characterized herself as having gone through a “Protestant wilderness” following her divorce from her first husband, Constantine Yankoglu.
Husband
Heaton’s first marriage was dissolved by the Catholic Church in June 2017, and she resumed her Catholic faith.
Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $40 million.
Height
She stands at a height of 5 feet 2 inches (1.57 m).
Plastic Surgery
Heaton has disclosed her history of plastic surgery, mentioning four Caesarean sections, a tummy tuck, and a breast reduction.
Everybody Loves Raymond
Known for her work on the CBS comedy Everybody Loves Raymond as Debra Barone, Debra Heaton has received two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Comedy Series. She became the first cast member to win an Emmy after being nominated for the prize in 2000 and 2001. In addition, Heaton has been nominated five times for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series, two Viewers for Quality Television Awards for Best Actress in a Quality Comedy Series, and a Screen Actors Guild trophy for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. The nine seasons of the show came to an end in 2005.
In addition, Heaton acted in a number of made-for-TV films, such as The Goodbye Girl, Miracle in the Woods, and A Town Without Christmas. Her nomination for an Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie Screen Actors Guild Award was granted. She produced and acted in The Engagement Ring in 2005.
Back to You
In the American sitcom Back to You, she portrayed Kelly Marsha Carr, Chuck’s co-anchor, up to New Year’s Eve 1996, when he departed WURG. She became inebriated while researching a piece on drunk driving, and as a result, she had sex with Chuck and became pregnant with her daughter. She took every opportunity to vent her anger at Chuck upon his return. She disclosed that, in reality, Gracie, her daughter, is Chuck’s offspring.
Despite their many arguments off-screen, Chuck Darling and Kelly Carr, co-anchors of the Pittsburgh news show WURG News 9, had a fantastic on-screen connection. But Chuck took a job elsewhere and moved out. Chuck leaves a large market LA newscast after making an embarrassing comment that leads to his firing. Ten years later, he returns to Pittsburgh to work as an anchor on the newscast he had abandoned. Chuck finds out that he is the father of Carr’s daughter, who is ten years old. In the “Something’s Up There” episode, their daughter Gracie celebrates her eleventh birthday.
The Middle
She appeared as Frances Patricia “Frankie” Heck in the American television sitcom The Middle.The show centers on middle-class, middle-aged Frances “Frankie” Heck and her husband Mike, who reside in the made-up town of Orson, Indiana, which is modeled off the actual town of Jasper, Indiana. Their three kids are named Brick, Sue, and Axl.
After struggling as a salesman at first, Frankie eventually works as a dental assistant. Mike is a stoic quarry manager who provides stability for the family. The children are unique: Axl is a popular but slothful adolescent, Sue is vivacious but awkward among people, and Brick is a bright but reserved reader who exhibits characteristics of autism. Axl’s pals Sean and Darrin, Mike’s brother Rusty, Frankie’s elderly Aunt Edie, Brad, Sue’s first lover, and Bob, her coworker, are among the other characters.
Carol’s Second Act
In the US medical television series Carol’s Second Act, she portrayed Dr. Carol Kenney, the senior intern at Loyola Memorial Hospital and the eldest member of the newest batch. Carol has two adult children and is divorced. She was a high school science teacher before attending medical school. She claims to be in her early 50s in the “Peer Evaluations” episode. Carol Kenney begins an extraordinary second act after raising her two children and leaving the teaching profession. She finishes medical school and starts an internship at Loyola Memorial Hospital in order to fulfill her dream of becoming a doctor.
Movies
♦ 2025 – The Unbreakable Boy †
♦ 2023 – Unexpected
♦ 2022 – Mending the Line
♦ 2018 – Smallfoot
♦ 2017 – The Star
♦ 2014 – Moms’ Night Out
♦ 2007 – Amazing Grace
♦ 1996 – Space Jam
♦ 1994 – The New Age
♦ 1992 – Memoirs of an Invisible Man
♦ 1992 – Beethoven
TV Shows
♦ 2019–2020 – Carol’s Second Act
♦ 2015–2016 – Patricia Heaton Parties
♦ 2011 – Easy to Assemble
♦ 2009–2018 – The Middle
♦ 2008 – Front of the Class
♦ 2007–2008 – Back to You
♦ 2006 – Untitled Patricia Heaton Project
♦ 2006 – The Path to 9/11
♦ 2005 – The Engagement Ring
♦ 2004 – The Goodbye Girl
♦ 2004 – Danny Phantom
♦ 2001 – A Town Without Christmas
♦ 1999 – The King of Queens
♦ 1997 – Miracle in the Woods
♦ 1996–2005 – Everybody Loves Raymond
♦ 1996 – Party of Five
♦ 1995 – Women of the House
♦ 1994 – Someone Like Me