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Winger was born in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, into a Jewish family, to Robert Winger, a meat packer, and Ruth (née Felder), an office manager.
She is from a Jewish family (originally from Austria-Hungary and the Russian Empire). Her maternal grandparents called her Mary, while her parents called her Debra (her father named her Debra after his favorite actress, Debra Paget). The family moved to California when Debra was five.
- May 16, 1955
Mar 7, 2002 · In a sunny hotel room overlooking the Pacific, Debra Winger is telling Jewish tales as big and bad as “Big Bad Love,” her first film since abruptly quitting show business seven years ago.
- Naomi Pfefferman
Debra Winger. Mary Debra Winger was born May 16, 1955 in Cleveland, Ohio, to Ruth (Felder), an office manager, and Robert Jack Winger, a meat packer. She is from a Jewish family (originally from Austria-Hungary and the Russian Empire).
She is from a Jewish family (originally from Austria-Hungary and the Russian Empire). Her maternal grandparents called her Mary, while her parents called her Debra (her father named her Debra after his favorite actress, Debra Paget). The family moved to California when Debra was five.
- January 1, 1
- 1.63 m
- Cleveland Heights, Ohio, USA
Apr 25, 2008 · Raised in a secular Jewish household in Cleveland, Winger volunteered on a kibbutz in 1972 and has maintained her connection ever since. In fact, she was introduced to the bilingual schools...
Jan 9, 1994 · Ms. Winger, who grew up in an Orthodox Jewish home, said she was raising her son as a Jew, a reflection, in part, of her own recent identification with her background.
