Deborah Goodrich
American former actress, story editor, and author (born 1958)
About Deborah Goodrich
Born 1958. Deborah Goodrich is an American television actor and film actor.
Deborah Goodrich Royce (née Goodrich; May 11, 1958) is an American former actress, story editor, and author. She is best known for her screen roles in Just One of the Guys and the horror films April Fool's Day (1986) and Remote Control (1988).
Goodrich published her debut novel, Finding Mrs. Ford, through the Post Hill Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, in 2019.
Biography Goodrich was raised in Warren, Michigan. She graduated summa cum laude from Lake Erie College in Painesville, Ohio in 1980, earning a bachelor's degree in modern foreign languages with a minor in dance. Goodrich started acting in 1980 with the film Those Lips, Those Eyes. Thereafter she played several roles in television series and films such as All My Children (1982–1983) and St. Elsewhere (1986). She stopped acting in 1992 to dedicate herself to her work as a story editor with Miramax.
Goodrich is on the boards of the New York Botanical Garden, the PRASAD Project, the Avon Theatre in Stamford, Connecticut (which she co-founded), and the Greenwich Historical Society. She is on the advisory boards of the American Film Institute, the Greenwich International Film Festival, the Preservation Society of Newport County, and the Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach.
In 2014, she joined the board of the Greenwich International Film Festival.
Her first novel, Finding Mrs. Ford, a literary thriller, will be published on June 25, 2019 by Post Hill Press and distributed by Simon & Schuster.
Filmography Film
Those Lips, Those Eyes Dancer
Old Friends Susan King
Just One of the Guys Deborah
Peyton Place: The Next Generation Kelly Carson Television Film
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Who is Deborah Goodrich?
American former actress, story editor, and author (born 1958)
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Deborah Goodrich was born on 11 May 1958 in Mamaroneck.
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Deborah Goodrich is a television actor and film actor.
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