Charles Shaughnessy

He is best known for playing Shane Donovan on Days of Our Lives from 1984 to 1992, as well as his portrayal of Maxwell Sheffield on The Nanny from 1993 to 1999. While Heaton has been quoted as saying "...once a Catholic, always a Catholic...", according to her book and following interviews, she currently attends a Presbyterian church. He was born in London, England. Since 2003, Heaton has appeared in a series of humorous television and radio commercials as spokesperson for the Albertsons grocery store chain. Charles Shaughnessy (born February 9, 1955) is a television and film actor of British descent. She also had a brief marriage (84-87) that ended in divorce. The couple has four sons and divides their time between Los Angeles and England, where they own a country estate.

Heaton has been married to British businessman David Hunt II since 1990. Her memoir, Motherhood and Hollywood - How to Get a Job Like Mine, was published by Villard Books in 2002. This nonsectarian, nonpartisan organization is opposed to domestic violence, child abuse, infanticide, and abortion. Heaton is a pro-life activist and is the honorary chairperson of Feminists for Life.

Her feature films include Memoirs of an Invisible Man, Beethoven, and Space Jam. Heaton's made-for-television movies include Shattered Dreams, Miracle in the Woods, A Town Without Christmas, and the remake of Neil Simon's The Goodbye Girl with Jeff Daniels for TNT. She has also collected two Viewers for Quality Television awards and a Screen Actors Guild trophy for her work on the series. Since 1999, she has been nominated every year for an Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Emmy, winning the award twice.

She was featured in three unsuccessful sitcoms - Room for Two (1992) with Linda Lavin, Someone Like Me (1994), and Women of the House (1995) with Delta Burke - before landing the plum role of beleagured wife, mother, and in-law Debra Barone in Everybody Loves Raymond (1996 - 2004) with Ray Romano. When they brought one of their productions to Los Angeles, Heaton caught the eye of a casting director for the ABC drama thirtysomething, leading to three appearances on the series. She made her Broadway debut in the musical Don't Get God Started, after which she and fellow students created Stage Three, an off-Broadway acting troupe. She moved to New York City to study with drama teacher William Esper after graduating from Ohio State University.

She was born in Bay Village, a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio, the daughter of well-known Cleveland Plain Dealer sportswriter Chuck Heaton. Patricia Heaton (born March 4, 1958) is an American actress best-known for co-starring as the wife of the title character in the CBS comedy series Everybody Loves Raymond.