Debra Jo Rupp Bio | Wiki
Debra Jo Rupp is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Kitty Forman on the Fox sitcom That ’70s Show and its sequel series That ’90s Show. Debra also portrayed Alice Knight-Buffay on the third through fifth seasons of Friends.
She voiced Mary Lou Helperman in the animated series Teacher’s Pet and its sequel film. Additionally, she played the timid secretary Miss Patterson in Big in 1988. In 2012, Debra starred as sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer in Dr. Ruth – All the Way on the St. Germain Stage of the Barrington Stage Company.
Debra Jo Rupp Age
Debra was born on February 24, 1951, in Glendale, California, United States. She is 71 years old.
Debra Jo Rupp Height
She is a woman of average stature and stands at a height of 5 ft 2 in (Approx. 1.58 m).
Debra Jo Rupp Family
She was born in Glendale, California, to her parents Margaret A. Williams Rupp and John E. Rupp Jr. Debra grew up in Boxford, Massachusetts, alongside her siblings Robin Lee and Rebecca Louise. She has a niece and a nephew. She is a lifelong Democrat.
Debra Jo Rupp Husband
Debra has never married or had children. She has two homes, one in Lee, Massachusetts, where she stays when she is doing theatrical projects in New York, and another one in Los Angeles, where she stays during television and film projects. Debra said in an interview that she is a Methodist.
Debra Jo Rupp Education
She attended Masconomet Regional High School, graduating in 1969. Debra always dreamed of being an actress, but her parents were firmly opposed to the idea. They sent her to the University of Rochester in New York because it offered no theater classes, but the school added a drama department in Debra’s freshman year.
On campus, she was an active member of Drama House, a small theater club and venue. After graduating with a B.A. in 1974, she moved to New York to begin her acting career.
Debra Jo Rupp Movies And Tv Shows
2017–2020 The Ranch
2017–2018 This Is Us
2018 I Feel Bad
2019 Grey’s Anatomy
2020 At Home with Amy Sedaris
2021 WandaVision
2021 Marvel Studios: Assembled
2023–future That ’90s Show
2023 Agatha: Coven of Chaos
2008 Jackson
2010 She’s Out of My League
2011 Spooky Buddies
2012 She Wants Me
2012 Congratulations
2013 Super Buddies
2014 The Opposite of Sex
2019 Fair Market Value
2019 The Social Ones
Debra Jo Rupp Friends
Debra appeared in several episodes of Friends as Alice Knight in the third through fifth seasons. She portrayed a home economics teacher who fell in love with and married Phoebe Buffay’s much younger half-brother, Frank Jr.
Friends revolve around six friends in their 20s and 30s who live in Manhattan, New York City. The series was produced by Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television. The original executive producers were Kevin S. Bright, Kauffman, and Crane.
Debra Jo Rupp Wandavision
In 2021, she joined the limited television series WandaVision as Mrs. Hart, Wanda and Vision’s neighbor. Debra will reprise her role in the spin-off series, Agatha: Coven of Chaos. WandaVision follows Wanda Maximoff and Vision as they live an idyllic suburban life in the town of Westview, New Jersey until their reality starts moving through different decades of sitcom homages and television tropes. Schaeffer served as head writer for the series, which was directed by Matt Shakman.
Debra Jo Rupp Seinfeld
Debra portrayed Jerry Seinfeld’s eccentric booking agent Katie on an episode of Seinfeld. She reprised the role in 1996. Seinfeld focuses on his personal life with three of his friends: best friend George Costanza, former girlfriend Elaine Benes, and his neighbor from across the hall, Cosmo Kramer. It is set mostly in an apartment building in Manhattan’s Upper West Side in New York City.
Debra Jo Rupp That 70s Show
In 1998, Debra began portraying Kitty Forman in the comedy series, That ’70s Show. The show ended in 2006. Debra appeared soon after in a dramatic television role as the wife of a murdered pharmaceutical CEO on the crime drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. In the episode, entitled “Infiltrated”, Rupp’s character desperately attempts to hide her slain husband’s past sexual abuses.
Debra Jo Rupp Big
Debra landed her first feature-film role as Miss Patterson in 1988, the timid secretary of Tom Hanks’ Josh Baskin, in the comedy Big. Upon release, Big was met with wide critical acclaim, particularly for Hanks’ performance. It was a huge commercial success as well, grossing $151 million worldwide against a production budget of $18 million.
Debra Jo Rupp Net Worth
She earns her wealth from her career, therefore, she has amassed a fortune over the years. Debra’s estimated net worth is $5 million.
Is Debra Jo Rupp Married
Debra has never married or had children. She has two homes, one in Lee, Massachusetts, and another one in Los Angeles. In Massachusetts, she stays when she is doing theatrical projects in New York, and in Los Angeles, she stays during television and film projects. Debra said in an interview that she is a Methodist.