An American actress, born in New Jersey, on April 13, 1953. After completing her studies, she decided to pursue acting, so she began training with a comedy theater group. She then headed to New York and made her debut on Broadway in the musical Dance with Me. During the same decade, Deborah participated in many Shakespearean plays, including All's Well That Ends Well. She began appearing in cinema and on television in the late seventies, making her film debut in a small role in the movie Oliver's Story (1978), which was a remake of the famous romantic movie Love Story.