Deborah Van Valkenburgh

Deborah Van Valkenburgh
Van Valkenburgh at the Alamo Drafthouse screening of Streets of Fire
Born	Deborah Gaye Van Valkenburgh August 29, 1952 Schenectady, New York, U.S.
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Pratt Institute
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1979–present
Known for	Too Close for Comfort, The Warriors

Deborah Gaye Van Valkenburgh^[1] (born August 29, 1952) is an American actress. She is known as Ted Knight's daughter in the role of Jackie Rush on the ABC television situation comedy Too Close for Comfort, and for her role as Mercy in the cult 1979 film The Warriors. In 2012, won the Supporting Actress in a Fantasy Film award at the PollyGrind Film Festival for the film Road to Hell.

Biography

Van Valkenburgh graduated from Shaker High School, Latham, NY in June, 1970. She graduated from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, N.Y. with a BFA in Painting & Drawing.

Filmography

Movies

• Broken Hart (short) (2009)
• Road to Hell (2008)
• Backwoods (2008)
• The Devil's Rejects (2005) - Casey
• 30 Days in Hell (2005) - Herself
• Mystery Woman: Mystery Weekend (2005) - Beth
• Criminal (2004) - Woman in Elevator
• Venus Conspiracy (2003) - Zoe
• Firestarter 2: Rekindled (2002) - Mary Conant
• Chasing Destiny (2001) - Suzy Aquado
• Where No Fan Has Gone Before: The Making of 'Free Enterprise' (1999) - Herself
• Free Enterprise (1998) - Marlena
• Mean Guns (1997) - Cam
• Brainsmasher... A Love Story (1993) - Cammy Crain
• Phantom of the Ritz (1992) - Nancy Drawing
• One Man Out (1989) - Liliana
• Rampage (1988) - Kate Fraser
• C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf (1988) - Nikki Pappas
• A Bunny's Tale (1985) - Pearl
• Streets of Fire (1984) - Reva
• King of the Mountain (1981) - Tina
• The Warriors (1979) - Mercy

TV

• Messengers (TV series) (2015) - Farmers wife
• Castle (2011) - Ruth Spurloch
• The Event (2010) - Mrs. Larson
• Ghost Whisperer (2010) - Madame Greta
• Without a Trace (2009) - Margot
• The Unit (2009) - Madam
• Criminal Minds (2006) - Betty
• Standoff (2006) - Goldstein
• Cold Case (2005) - Geraldine
• ER (2004) - Louise Garvin
• Once and Again (2002) - Ms. Gonzalez
• The Huntress (2001) - 911 Operator #4
• Chicago Hope (1998) - Robin Kleiman
• Mean Guns (1997) - Cam
• The Marshal (1995) - ????
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1995) - Detective Preston Past Tense, Part II
• Quantum Leap (1993) - Diana St. Cloud
• Picket Fences (1992) - Myra Marino
• Bodies of Evidence (1992) - Donna Flint
• Monsters (1990) - Deborah Levitt
• MacGyver (1990) - Sandra Masters/Sue Edwards
• Cagney & Lacey (1988) - Valerie Bailey
• Crime Story (1987) - Luca's Attorney
• Houston Knights (1987) - Lady Smoke
• Hotel (1985) - Camila Palandrini
• Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story (1985) - Kimberly
• Too Close for Comfort (1980) - Jackie Rush (1980–1985)

Awards

PollyGrind Film Festival

• Supporting Actress in a Fantasy Film: 2012 (won)

Other

• The Warriors (VG)

References

1. Deborah Van Valkenburgh Biography (1952-)

External links

• Official website
• Deborah Van Valkenburgh at the Internet Movie Database