Patricia Heaton

Patricia Heaton in an appearance on Dr. Phil

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.

She was born in Bay Village, a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio, the daughter of well-known Cleveland Plain Dealer sportswriter Chuck Heaton. She moved to New York City to study with drama teacher William Esper after graduating from Ohio State University.

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. 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 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. Since 1999, she has been nominated every year for an Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Emmy, winning the award twice. She has also collected two Viewers for Quality Television awards and a Screen Actors Guild trophy for her work on the series.

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. Her feature films include Memoirs of an Invisible Man, Beethoven, and Space Jam.

Heaton is a pro-life activist and is the honorary chairperson of Feminists for Life. This nonsectarian, nonpartisan organization is opposed to domestic violence, child abuse, infanticide, and abortion.

Her memoir, Motherhood and Hollywood - How to Get a Job Like Mine, was published by Villard Books in 2002.

Heaton has been married to British businessman David Hunt II since 1990. The couple has four sons and divides their time between Los Angeles and England, where they own a country estate. She also had a brief marriage (84-87) that ended in divorce.

Since 2003, Heaton has appeared in a series of humorous television and radio commercials as spokesperson for the Albertsons grocery store chain.

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.


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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. Thuy Trang died upon impact because she did not have her seat belt on. Since 2003, Heaton has appeared in a series of humorous television and radio commercials as spokesperson for the Albertsons grocery store chain. The other woman driver remained unharmed, because she had on a seat belt. She also had a brief marriage (84-87) that ended in divorce. She was hit by another car driven by another woman. The couple has four sons and divides their time between Los Angeles and England, where they own a country estate. She was driving on Interstate Highway 5 between San Francisco and Los Angeles, California.

Heaton has been married to British businessman David Hunt II since 1990. Thuy Trang died in a car accident on September 3, 2001, in San Francisco, California. Her memoir, Motherhood and Hollywood - How to Get a Job Like Mine, was published by Villard Books in 2002. She was also in the played in the movie "The Crow: City of Angels", "Spy Hard," and "Cyberstrike". This nonsectarian, nonpartisan organization is opposed to domestic violence, child abuse, infanticide, and abortion. She played Trini Kwan, the yellow ranger, on the original cast of the television series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. Heaton is a pro-life activist and is the honorary chairperson of Feminists for Life. She graduated from Banning High School and then attended University of California, Irvine, while she also moonlighted as an actress.

Her feature films include Memoirs of an Invisible Man, Beethoven, and Space Jam. In 1980, they were reunited in Little Saigon, California, and she began to learn Kung fu at the age of nine. 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. Thuy's father was contacted and he then petitioned the United States government for political asylum for his family. She has also collected two Viewers for Quality Television awards and a Screen Actors Guild trophy for her work on the series. In 1979, her mother, two brothers and sister, secretly boarded a cargo ship with hundreds of other persecuted Southern Vietnamese and arrived in Hong Kong. Since 1999, she has been nominated every year for an Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Emmy, winning the award twice. government officials to politically pressure the Communist government of Vietnam.

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. He vowed to bring his family to the United States and work hard to contact U.S. 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. He decided to return home to retrieve his family, but the route was blocked by the North Vietnamese Army, fearing for his life he left South Vietnam and was given political asylum, by the United States. 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. The Communist forces during a fierce battle overcame his battalion, due to their low ammunition and air support. She moved to New York City to study with drama teacher William Esper after graduating from Ohio State University. Her father was a soldier in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) and was defending the capital Saigon, from the Communist North Vietnamese Army and their Viet Cong agents, during the Fall of Saigon.

She was born in Bay Village, a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio, the daughter of well-known Cleveland Plain Dealer sportswriter Chuck Heaton. Thuy Trang (December 14, 1973 - September 3, 2001), was a Vietnamese-American actress, and was was born in the Saigon, South Vietnam. 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.