--- name: "Patricia Heaton" canonical: "https://film.one/person/patricia-heaton" fi1m_id: "patricia-heaton" imdb_id: "nm0005004" tmdb_id: 26996 wikidata_id: "Q231004" roles: ["Actor"] born: "4 March 1958" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-10-04T22:12:59.606869+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." --- # Patricia Heaton ## Identity Patricia Heaton - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/patricia-heaton - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** patricia-heaton - **IMDb ID:** nm0005004 - **TMDB ID:** 26996 - **Wikidata ID:** Q231004 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Heaton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q231004, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005004/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/26996 Actor. Born 4 March 1958 in Bay Village, Ohio, USA. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 4 March 1958, Bay Village, Ohio, USA - **Active:** 1992–2009 - **Also known as:** پاتریشا هیتون, Patricia Helen Heaton - **Primetime Emmy Awards:** 2 Emmys (2 won) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Heaton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q231004, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005004/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/26996 ## Biography Patricia Heaton is an American actress. She studied acting in New York with William Esper and made her Broadway debut in the musical Don't Get God Started. She later formed the Off-Broadway company Stage Three. Heaton is known for her role as Debra Barone in the CBS sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond (1996–2005) and as Frankie Heck in the ABC sitcom The Middle (2009–2018). Her film credits include Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992), Beethoven (1992) as Brie, and Space Jam (1996). She won two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for Everybody Loves Raymond and a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Culinary Program as host of Patricia Heaton Parties (2015–2016). *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Beethoven* (1992), Fi1m 60, as Brie — [page](https://film.one/film/beethoven.md) ## Complete filmography (36) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Merv* (2025), as MJ Owens - *The Beldham* (2025), as Sadie - *The Ritual* (2025), as Mother Superior - *The Unbreakable Boy* (2025), as Marcia (Scott's Mom) - *Frasier* (2023), series, as Holly - *Mending the Line* (2023), as Dr. Burke - *Unexpected* (2022), Producer - *Carol's Second Act* (2019), series, as Carol Kenney · Executive Producer - *Smallfoot* (2018), as Mama Bear (voice) - *The Star* (2017), as Edith (voice) - *Christmas at Cartwright's* (2014), Executive Producer - *Moms' Night Out* (2014), as Sondra · Executive Producer - *The Christmas Heart* (2012), Executive Producer - *The Middle* (2009), series, as Frankie Heck - *Front of the Class* (2008), as Ellen Cohen - *Back to You* (2007), series, as Kelly Carr - *Amazing Grace* (2006), Producer - *The Path to 9/11* (2006), series, Actor - *The Engagement Ring* (2005), as Sara Rosa Anselmi - *Danny Phantom* (2004), series, as Lunch Lady Ghost (voice) - *The Goodbye Girl* (2004), as Paula McFadden - *A Town Without Christmas* (2001), as MJ Jensen - *The King of Queens* (1998), series, as Debra Barone - *Miracle in the Woods* (1997), as Wanda Briggs - *Space Jam* (1996), as Woman Fan - *Everybody Loves Raymond* (1996), series, as Debra Barone - *Women of the House* (1995), series, as Natalie Hollingsworth - *The New Age* (1994), as Anna - *Party of Five* (1994), series, as Robin Merrin — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/party-of-five.md) - *Someone Like Me* (1994), series, Actor - *Beethoven* (1992), as Brie — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/beethoven.md) - *Room for Two* (1992), series, as Jill Kurland - *Memoirs of an Invisible Man* (1992), as Ellen - *Alien Nation* (1989), series, as Amanda Q. Russle - *thirtysomething* (1987), series, Actor - *Matlock* (1986), series, as Ellie Stanford ## Gallery - ![Actress Patricia Heaton discussing her experience of where she was when the 9/11 attacks happened in an interview with Pop Goes the Culture TV (2021)](https://film.one/media/person/3651661/gallery-0d484e51efc5.png) Actress Patricia Heaton discussing her experience of where she was when the 9/11 attacks happened in an interview with Pop Goes the Culture TV (2021) — Pop Goes The Culture TV, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/PatriciaHeaton2021.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Photo of actress Patricia Heaton and family in parade, May 2008. Cropped from source photo.](https://film.one/media/person/3651661/gallery-00833bdcb076.jpg) Photo of actress Patricia Heaton and family in parade, May 2008. Cropped from source photo. — mikemeck, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/PatriciaHeaton_IndyParade2008_crop.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Patricia Heaton](https://film.one/media/person/3651661/gallery-0acee0eaa0f2.jpg) Patricia Heaton — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Primetime Emmy Awards — 2 won - 2001: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (won), for *Everybody Loves Raymond* - 2000: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (won), for *Everybody Loves Raymond* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/patricia-heaton