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Debra Winger

Debra Winger

Actor · Born May 16, 1955 (71) · Cleveland Heights, Ohio, USA

Mary Debra Winger (born May 16, 1955) is an American actress. A three-time Oscar nominee, she received awards for acting in Terms of Endearment, for which she won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress in 1983, and in A Dangerous Woman, for which she won the Tokyo International Film Festival Award for Best Actress in 1993. Description above from the Wikipedia article Debra Winger, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
May 16, 1955 (71)
From
Cleveland Heights, Ohio, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
36 on MovieCove · 53 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 63 days to Oct 26Down 22% in 30 days

What are Debra Winger's films like?

Across their 30 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Comedy11 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 47th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama9 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 62nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Biography2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 83rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 55th percentile
: browse their Crime movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
33%
Self
23%
Society
14%
Morality
13%
Survival
9%
Power
4%
Ideas
4%
Family bonds9 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love9 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth5 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose6 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief5 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age4 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice3 titles, browse their movies with this themeIsolation4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 26 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 15 · Stylized 10 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 8 · Charged 15 · Intense 3

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 12 · Shifting 9 · Whiplash 5

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 12 · Some laughs 10 · Funny 4

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 18 · Even-paced 8 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 15 · Engaged 10 · Full focus 1

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 9 · Affecting 10 · Heavy 7

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 18 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 4

Roles they play

18 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 6 of 18 analyzed roles.

Ally
6 of 18
Hero
6 of 18
Shapeshifter
3 of 18
Trickster
2 of 18
Mentor
1 of 18
Show the 18 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Melancholic
17
Tense
13
Bittersweet
11
Warm
10
Contemplative
9
Other
25

How their films linger

Hopeful13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteDevastating3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy7
  • Bittersweet17
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous4

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Debra Winger's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 22 of their 36 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (8).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Debra Winger's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

53 credits, 36 with a MovieCove page; 14 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Accused(2023)

    Show 1 episode · as Margot

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows

  • Mr. Corman(2021)

    Show 4 episodes · Songs · as Ruth Corman · as Ruth Corman (archive footage)

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all shows

  • Ultra City Smiths (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 6 episodes · as Trish McSapphire (voice)

  • With/In: Volume 2(2021)

    as (segment "Still Life")

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Kajillionaire(2020)

    as Theresa

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 14 episodes · as Narrator (voice)

  • Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda(2017)

    as Kit (archive footage)

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • The Lovers(2017)

    as Mary

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • When We Rise(2017)

    Show 4 episodes · as Elena Kagan

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows

  • Oh Jerome, No (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Hypnotherapist

  • The Ranch(2016)

    Show 80 episodes · as Maggie

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows

  • Boychoir(2014)

    as Ms. Steel

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • The Red Tent(2014)

    Show 2 episodes · as Rebecca

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows

  • Lola Versus(2012)

    as Robin

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • How It Ended (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Wife

  • Rachel Getting Married(2008)

    as Abby Buchman

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • In Treatment(2008)

    Show 7 episodes · as Frances Greer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows

  • The Life and Faith of CS Lewis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Actor

  • Sometimes in April(2005)

    as Prudence Bushnell

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Dawn Anna (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Dawn Anna Townsend

  • Eulogy(2004)

    as Alice Collins

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Radio(2003)

    as Linda Jones

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Big Bad Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Producer · as Marilyn

  • Rumi: Poet of the Heart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Narrator (voice)

  • The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as The Wicked Witch of the West

  • Forget Paris(1995)

    as Ellen Andrews Gordon

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Shadowlands(1993)

    as Joy Gresham

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • A Dangerous Woman(1993)

    as Martha

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Wilder Napalm(1993)

    as Vida

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Leap of Faith(1992)

    as Jane Larson

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • The Sheltering Sky(1990)

    as Kit

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Law & Order(1990)

    Show 1 episode · as Principal Woodside

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows

  • Everybody Wins(1990)

    as Angela Crispini

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Plymptoons: The Complete Early Works of Bill Plympton (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Show 1 episode · as Narrator (voice)

  • Betrayed(1988)

    as Katie Phillips / Cathy Weaver

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Made in Heaven(1987)

    as Emmett Humbird

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Black Widow(1987)

    as Alexandra

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Legal Eagles(1986)

    as Laura J. Kelly

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Mike's Murder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    as Betty Parrish

  • Terms of Endearment(1983)

    as Emma Greenway Horton

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • An Officer and a Gentleman(1982)

    as Paula Pokrifki

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial(1982)

    as Nurse Zombie Carrying Poodle (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Cannery Row(1982)

    as Suzy DeSoto

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • The Alan Thicke Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Urban Cowboy(1980)

    as Sissy

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • French Postcards(1979)

    as Melanie

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Thank God It's Friday(1978)

    as Jennifer

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Special Olympics (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as Sherrie Hensley

  • Szysznyk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Slumber Party '57 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Debbie

  • Wonder Woman(1975)

    Show 3 episodes · as Drusilla / Wonder Girl

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all shows

  • Police Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • What May Be (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Agnes

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 53 titles, 52 of them dated from 1974 to 2023; peak year 1983.

Biggest box office

An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)

$130M worldwide

Highest rated

Sometimes in April (2005)

Midcredits 96th

Most popular right now

The Ranch (2016)

Film career

19742023

Peak 1983 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Top draw in 16 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 1978Screen debut· Thank God It's Friday
  • 1984First top-billed film· Mike's Murder
  • 1990Career best· The Sheltering Sky
  • 2016Career best· The Ranch

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting53 of 53: 51 only acting, 2 with another role · typical Midcredits score57thProducing1 of 53: 0 only producing, 1 with another roleOther crew1 of 53: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

By decade

1970s7 · acting1980s12 · acting1990s10 · acting2000s8 · 8 acting · 1 crew2010s9 · acting2020s6 · 6 acting · 1 crew

Billing

usually 2nd · top billed in 32% of 25 roles
788803

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Debra Winger's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 57th percentile, the median of all 28; across their 26 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 57th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

57thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 26

Approval · how many liked their films

55thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 26

Reach · how many have seen their films

84thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 26

Midcredits score across 36 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up10
  • 50th to 74th15
  • 25th to 49th9
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

20 of their 36 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved4
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser20
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed10

Most divisive · actor

When We Rise (2017)

86th percentile spread · 20% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

Midcredits 97th · 85% liked

Reviewers score the acting 75/100 in their films, across 24 reviewed titles; fans 83, detractors 48. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Debra Winger's work okay for kids?

Across up to 15 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity and alcohol & drugs run heavier than most films and violence & gore lighter.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore7 titles13–55 · median 33 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity15 titles16–61 · median 42 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity8 titles42–82 · median 62 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs7 titles23–73 · median 46 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense7 titles10–64 · median 45 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Debra Winger work with?

People who share at least 2 of Debra Winger's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jeremy Thomas shares the most, 3.

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers