---
name: "Deborah Strang"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/deborah-strang"
fi1m_id: "deborah-strang"
imdb_id: "nm0833338"
tmdb_id: 1214388
wikidata_id: "Q26807836"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "12 November 1950"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-03T02:02:15.399867+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Deborah Strang

## Identity

Deborah Strang

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/deborah-strang
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** deborah-strang
- **IMDb ID:** nm0833338
- **TMDB ID:** 1214388
- **Wikidata ID:** Q26807836
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26807836, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0833338/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1214388

Actor. Born 12 November 1950 in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 12 November 1950, Big Stone Gap, Virginia, USA
- **Active:** 2003–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 76 (1), 2020s 80 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26807836, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0833338/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1214388

## Biography

Deborah Strang is an American actress. She was born on 12 November 1950 in Big Stone Gap, Virginia.

Strang has appeared in numerous film and television roles, including Dianne Wainford in *Kiss the Girls* (1997), Jerry's Mom in *Eagle Eye* (2008) and Carol in *C'mon C'mon* (2021). Her television credits include guest appearances in *The X-Files* (1993), *Grey's Anatomy* (2005), *NCIS* (2003), *Castle* (2009), *9-1-1* (2018) and voice roles in *Young Justice* (2010) as Granny Goodness and Gretchen Goode. She has also worked extensively in theatre as a company member of A Noise Within in Los Angeles.

She trained in the MFA theatre programme at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and began her career in Boston and New York before moving to Los Angeles in 1989.

*Sources: imdb.com, rottentomatoes.com, southpasadenan.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *C'mon C'mon* (2021), Fi1m 80, as Carol — [page](https://film.one/film/cmon-cmon.md)
- *Carnivàle* (2003), Fi1m 76, as Becca Donovan — [page](https://film.one/tv/carnivale.md)

## Complete filmography (46)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Tracker* (2024), series, as Ava Kinderson
- *Outer Range* (2022), series, as Mustang Sally
- *C'mon C'mon* (2021), as Carol — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/cmon-cmon.md)
- *Stumptown* (2019), series, as Betty Welles
- *9-1-1* (2018), series, as Adele Summers
- *Salt Water* (2016), as Dr. Satterfield
- *Scorpion* (2014), series, as Earth Momma
- *The Newsroom* (2012), series, as Gloria Hansen
- *House of Lies* (2012), series, as Carolyn Kroll
- *Young Justice* (2010), series, as Granny Goodness (voice), Gretchen Goode (voice), Gretchen Goode / Granny Goodness (voice)
- *Castle* (2009), series, as Ruby — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/castle.md)
- *Eagle Eye* (2008), as Jerry's Mom
- *The Spectacular Spider-Man: Attack of the Lizard* (2008), as Aunt May Parker (voice)
- *The Spectacular Spider-Man* (2008), series, as May Parker (voice)
- *Ghost Whisperer* (2005), series, as Mrs. Grimaldi
- *Close to Home* (2005), series, as Maxine Peters
- *Threshold* (2005), series, Actor
- *Grey's Anatomy* (2005), series, as Randee Heller — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/greys-anatomy.md)
- *Numb3rs* (2005), series, as Martha Biggs (uncredited)
- *Promised Land* (2004), as Sue
- *Cold Case* (2003), series, as Julia Chapin
- *NCIS* (2003), series, as Diane Warner — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/ncis.md)
- *Carnivàle* (2003), series, as Becca Donovan — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/carnivale.md)
- *Breathing Hard* (2001), as Dorothy
- *The Division* (2001), series, Actor
- *The District* (2000), series, as Mrs. Stockwell
- *The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Spring Break Adventure* (1999), as Aunt Grace
- *Family Law* (1999), series, as Ann Cooper
- *Providence* (1999), series, as Elizabeth Gurwyn
- *Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror* (1998), as Mrs. O'Brien
- *Kiss the Girls* (1997), as Dianne Wainford
- *Profiler* (1996), series, as Mrs. Poole
- *Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead* (1995), as Dodie
- *Touched by an Angel* (1994), series, as Ellen Hauk
- *ER* (1994), series, as Mrs. Drane — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *The X-Files* (1993), series, as Inspector B.J. Morrow — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md)
- *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine* (1993), series, as Admiral T'Lara — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-deep-space-nine.md)
- *Sisters* (1991), series, Actor
- *Absolute Strangers* (1991), as Tracy Jordan
- *Quantum Leap* (1989), series, as Aggie
- *Monsters* (1988), series, as Xantipe Finch
- *L.A. Law* (1986), series, as Carol Graf
- *Hunter* (1984), series, as Arlene Miller
- *Night Court* (1984), series, as Susan Daley
- *Knots Landing* (1979), series, as Ida Morgan
- *Smiley* (1979), as Mom

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