History of patricia heaton

Patricia Helen Heaton born March 4, [ 1 ] is an American actress. She began her career appearing in a recurring role in the ABC drama series Thirtysomething — and later appearing in the comedy films Memoirs of an Invisible Man and Beethoven both When she was 12, her mother died of an aneurysm.

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The fourth of five children, [ 3 ] 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 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.

She later graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in drama. Heaton auditioned for the role of Elaine Benes on Seinfeld in She was cast as an oncologist , leading to six appearances on the series from to In , Heaton made her big screen debut appearing in a supporting role in the comedy-drama film Memoirs of an Invisible Man directed by John Carpenter.

Later that year, she appeared in the box-office hit family comedy film Beethoven. Later that year, Heaton appeared in the comedy-drama film The New Age. The series received positive reviews and has been on top ten television rankings and won Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series twice.

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She was nominated in each of the series' last seven seasons for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series , winning in and With her win in , she became the first of the cast members on the show to win an Emmy. While starring on Everybody Loves Raymond , Heaton played the leading roles in a number of made-for-television movies.

In , Heaton appeared in a series of television and radio commercials as spokesperson for the various incarnations of the grocery chain Albertsons , such as Acme , Jewel and Shaw's. Heaton also was featured on the cover of the company's and annual reports.