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Deborah Rush Biography ((?)-)

Born April 10, in Chatham, NJ; married Walter Leland "Chip" Cronkite; children: two sons, including Peter.

Nationality

American

Gender

Female

Occupation

Actress

Birth Details

April 10,

Chatham, New Jersey, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Appearances
• First girl in bar, Oliver's Story, Paramount, 1978
• Dental assistant, 10, Warner Bros., 1979
• Sister Mary Magdalen, Honky Tonk Freeway, Universal, 1981
• Judith, Split Image (also known as Captured), Orion, 1982
• Patsy, A Night in Heaven, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1983
• Lita Fox, Zelig, Warner Bros., 1983
• Brenda Dunck, Compromising Positions, Paramount, 1985
• Rita, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Orion, 1985
• D. D., Heat, New Century/Vista, 1987
• Binky Shelton, Big Business, Buena Vista, 1988
• Michele Dempsey, Family Business (also known as Conseil de familie), TriStar, 1989
• Mrs. Zellner, Parents, Vestron, 1989
• People reporter, She-Devil, Orion, 1989
• Linda, My Blue Heaven, Warner Bros., 1990
• Denise Scanlan, Passed Away, Buena Vista, 1992
• Trish, Reckless, Samuel Goldwyn Company, 1995
• Ava Blazer, In & Out, Paramount, 1997
• Veronica Grant, You've Got Mail, Warner Bros., 1998
• Lenore, Three to Tango, Warner Bros., 1999
• Diner hostess, Advice from a Caterpillar, 1999
• Gwen Jackson, The Good Girl, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2002
• Mrs. Patterson, Bad Company, Buena Vista, 2002
• Stage Appearances
• Goldie Pot, Dance with Me, Mayfair Theatre, New York City, 1975
• Eliante, The Misanthrope, Anspacher Theatre, Public Theatre, New York City, 1977
• Frederick Jordan's Dream, New Dramatists Theatre, New York City, 1977-1978
• All's Well that Ends Well, New York Shakespeare Festival, Delacorte Theatre, Public Theatre, New York City, 1978
• Bianca, The Taming of the Shrew, New York Shakespeare Festival, Delacorte Theatre, Public Theatre, 1978
• Mother Quid, Holeville, Attic Theatre, Brooklyn Academy of Music,Brooklyn, NY, 1979
• Randy Newman's Maybe I'm Doing It Wrong, Production Company Theatre, New York City, 1981
• Alice in Concert, Anspacher Theatre, Public Theatre, 1981, then Astor Place Theatre, New York City, 1982
• Meg, The Actor's Nightmare (double-bill with Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You), Playwrights Horizons Theatre, New York City,1981-1982 then Westside Arts Theatre, New York City, 1982
• Hermia, A Midsummer Night's Dream, New York Shakespeare Festival,Delacorte Theatre, Public Theatre, 1982
• Mrs. Wall, A New Approach to Human Sacrifice, Circle Repertory Theatre, New York City, 1983
• Sheila, The Birthday Present, Circle Repertory Theatre, 1983
• Brooke Ashton, Noises Off, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City,1983-1984 then Center Theatre Group, Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, 1984-1985
• Jackie Coryton, Hay Fever, Music Box Theatre, New York City, 1985-1986
• Frances Black, Light Up the Sky, Center Theatre Group, Ahmanson Theatre, 1986-1987
• Silvia, Two Gentlemen of Verona, New York Shakespeare Festival, Delacorte Theatre, Public Theatre, 1987
• Chloe Haddock, Lips Together, Teeth Apart, Manhattan Theatre ClubStage I, New York City, 1991
• Gorgeous Teitelbaum, The Sisters Rosensweig, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City, 1993-1994
• Twice Removed, Sharon Stage, Sharon, CT, 1995
• The Largest Elizabeth in the World, New York Stage and Film Theatre, Poughkeepsie, NY, 1996
• The Revelers, New York Stage and Film Theatre, 1996
• Catherine, Arms and the Man, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Williamstown, MA, 1997
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Millie, Ryan's Hope, ABC, 1985
• Mitzi, Stir Crazy, CBS, 1985
• Helen Winston, Spin City (also known as Spin), ABC, 1996-1997
• Christine Dunn, All My Children (also known as All My Children:The Summer of Seduction), ABC, 2001
• Movies
• Stephanie Didcot, Unnatural Pursuits, Arts and Entertainment, 1994
• Heidi Anderson, Earthly Possessions, HBO, 1999
• Also appeared in Against the Law, The Dictator, and WithTwo Lumps of Ice.
• Pilots
• Estelle Parker, Home Again (also known as There's No Place LikeHome), ABC, 1988
• Phoebe Halliwell, The Client (also known as John Grisham's TheClient), CBS, 1995
• Episodic
• "No Room at the Inn," Spenser: For Hire, ABC, 1985
• Penelope Worth, "The Pinnacle," Crime Story, 1987
• Judy, "Things That Go Bump in the Night," Leg Work, 1987
• Frances Houston, "Blood," Law & Order, 1997
• Christina Harlin, "Russian Love Poem," Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (also known as Law & Order: SVU), NBC and USA Network,2000
• Alice Wolfe, "Meet the Wolfes," Madigan Men, ABC, 2000
• Mrs. Sara Blank, "Invisible Love," Strangers with Candy, Comedy Central, 2000
• Other
• Alice at the Palace, 1981
• Isabel Hazard, John Jakes' Heaven & Hell: North & South, PartIII (miniseries; also known as Heaven & Hell: North & South, Part III), ABC, 1994