By Danielle Daniels
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS
Patricia Helen Heaton (born March 4, 1958) is an American actress, producer and comedienne. She began her career appearing in a recurring role in the ABC drama series, Thirtysomething (1989–1991), and later appearing in the comedy films Memoirs of an Invisible Man and Beethoven (both 1992). Heaton went to star in the short-lived sitcoms Room for Two (1992–93), Someone Like Me (1994) and Women of the House (1995) before landing the role of Debra Barone in the CBS sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond (1996–2005, TBC).
For her role in Everybody Loves Raymond, Heaton received seven Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series nominations, winning the award in 2000 and 2001. She received five nominations for an Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series as well and won Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in 2003. She also played the leading roles in the made-for-television movies A Town Without Christmas (2001), The Goodbye Girl (2004) for which she received Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie, and Front of the Class (2008).
From 2009 to 2018, Heaton starred as Frances “Frankie” Heck in the ABC comedy series, The Middle for which she received Critics’ Choice Television Award nomination for Best Actress in a Comedy Series. She hosted and produced Food Network cooking series Patricia Heaton Parties (2015–16) winning Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Culinary Program.
EARLY LIFE
Patricia Heaton was born in Bay Village, Ohio, the daughter of Patricia (née Hurd) and Chuck Heaton, who was a sportswriter for The Plain Dealer. When she was 12, her mother died of an aneurysm. The fourth of five children, Heaton was raised as a devout Catholic.
Heaton has three sisters, Sharon (now a Dominican nun, and presently assistant registrar at Aquinas College in Nashville), Alice, and Frances, and one brother, Michael, who died in September 2022 at the age of 66 and was the “Minister of Culture” columnist for The Plain Dealer and a writer for the paper’s Friday Magazine.
While attending Ohio State University, she became a sister of Delta Gamma sorority. She later graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in drama. In 1980, Heaton moved to New York City to study with drama teacher William Esper. Heaton made her first Broadway appearance in the chorus of Don’t Get God Started (1987), after which fellow students and she created Stage Three, an off-Broadway acting troupe.
TODAY’S ALMANAC
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If the plant hasn’t bloomed in 12 years, it may be impossible to get it to do so, but we’d certainly try. Keep the plant cool; it likes temperatures around 45 degrees Fahrenheit. Water it sparingly, and don’t worry about fertilizer. Clivias like to be root-bound, so repot it only when absolutely necessary. Should you get the plant to flower (which will occur toward the beginning of summer), place it outside, where it can enjoy the sunshine and heat (water it well), then bring it back inside in the fall and follow the low-water, cool-temperature routine. If you’d like to experiment, try dividing the plant. We don’t know if this will help it flower, but it’s worth a shot. Read more about caring for clivias.
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Born
- Antonio Vivaldi (composer) –
- Benjamin Waterhouse (physician) –
- Knute Rockne (football coach) –
- John Garfield (actor) –
- Alan Sillitoe (novelist) –
- Alice Mitchell Rivlin (government official) –
- Miriam Makeba (singer) –
- Barbara McNair (singer) –
- Kay Lenz (actress) –
- Catherine O’Hara (actress) –
- Patricia Heaton (actress) –
- Dav Pilkey (children’s book author and illustrator) –
- Jason Sellers (country singer) –
- Landon Donovan (soccer player) –
- Andrea Bowen (actress) –
Died
- John Candy (comedian) –
- Minnie Pearl (comedienne & singer) –
- George Pake (computer pioneer) –
- Horton Foote (playwright & screenwriter) –
- Luke Perry (actor) –
Events
- William Penn was given a charter for lands in the New World by King Charles II–
- The first Congress met in NY–
- Vermont became the 14th state of the Union–
- George Washington was inaugurated for a second term as President of the United States in Philadelphia; John Adams became Vice President. George Washington’s second inaugural address was the shortest on record—135 words. It took him only two minutes to read it.–
- John Adams was inaugurated as the second U.S. President; Thomas Jefferson became Vice President–
- Thomas Jefferson became the first president to be inaugurated in the new U.S. capital of Washington, D.C.; Aaron Burr became Vice President–
- James Madison inaugurated as 4th U.S. President–
- James Monroe inaugurated as 5th U.S. President–
- John Quincy Adams inaugurated as 6th U.S. President–
- Granite Railway was chartered, Quincy, Massachusetts –
- Andrew Jackson inaugurated as the 7th U.S. President–
- John Quincy Adams returned to the House of Representatives. He was the first former president to do so and served for nine consecutive terms–
- Martin Van Buren inaugurated as the 8th U.S. President–
- William H. Harrison inaugurated as 9th U.S. President; upon his death a month later, the vice president, John Tyler, became the 10th U.S. President–
- James Polk inaugurated as 11th U.S. President–
- Franklin Pierce became the 14th U.S. President–
- James Buchanan became the 15th U.S. President–
- Abraham Lincoln became the 16th U.S. President–
- Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated for a second term as U.S. President; Vice President, Andrew Johnson–
- Ulysses S. Grant became the 18th U.S. President–
- Benjamin Harrison was sworn in as the 23rd U.S. President–
- Rep. Jeanette Rankin became first woman in Congress–
- In his first inaugural speech, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt told his fellow Americans that, … the only thing we have to fear is fear itself, referring to the Great Depression.–
- Nuclear-power plant began operation in Antarctica–
- Earthquake destroyed parts of Bucharest Romania, and nearby area, leaving 1,500 dead–
- Voyager I spacecraft revealed rings of Jupiter–
- Bertha Wilson became the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada–
- Machinists strike Eastern Airlines. Pilots and flight attendants honor picket lines–
- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown awarded an honorary knighthood to U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy–
Weather
- Southern New Hampshire received four feet of snow in nine days–
- Deadly avalanche occurred at Rogers Pass in British Columbia–
- Snow in Oahu, Hawaii–
- Blizzard hit Cape Cod, Massachusetts–
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