Debra Sandlund

Debra Stipe (née Sandlund; born May 29, 1962, in Geneseo, Illinois) is an American television and film actress. She's a graduate of Northwestern University where she studied both Opera and Theatre. She won the Miss Dream Girl USA 1987 Pageant and had a recurring role as Cindy on Full House opposite Bob Saget. Since marrying Greg Stipe in 1991, she is usually billed as "Debra Stipe". She and her daughter Sarah run an acting coaching studio in Cumming, Georgia.

Career '80s career After winning the Miss Dream Girl USA 1987 Pageant she garnered attention and dove into acting in film and television. 1987 She got a role in the independent movie Tough Guys Don't Dance earning a nomination for Best Female Lead from the Independent Spirit Awards. She guest starred in several well-known series including NBC action-adventure series The A-Team, Fox's police crime drama 21 Jump Street starring Johnny Depp, NBC's legal drama L.A. Law, NBC and later ABC legal drama/mystery series Matlock starring Andy Griffith, ABC's Moonlighting starring Cybil Shepherd and Bruce Willis, and ABC's sitcom Who's the Boss? starring Tony Danza.

'90s career She continued success in television guest starring on popular series ABC's Head of the Class, NBC's sitcom Blossom starring Mayiam Bialik, ABC's sitcom Full House opposite Bob Saget, NBC and later CBS police procedural/crime drama In the Heat of the Night opposite Alan Autry in two episodes serving as the backdoor pilot for what would have been a spin-off series, but it was never picked up. She guest starred on Murder, She Wrote starring Angela Lansbury, and Parker Lewis Can't Lose.

Later career She hit an acting dry spell in the 2000s with a single acting credit guest starring on single episode of the Lifetime drama series Army Wives. In the 2010s she returned to television guest starring in Tyler Perry's House of Payne, Devious Maids, Satisfaction, Queen Sugar, and acted, produced and wrote the series Life @ Stipes.

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Television