I ended up rewatching Terms of Endearment, because of the other thread.

As a young actress she had beautiful eyes, gorgeous hair, a great voice. She was big for awhile. I read on Wikipedia that she took a break on purpose and that she was a principal on a Netflix streamer called The Ranch for a few recent years.

Also know there are often references to how she had so many difficult relationships on sets.

What is the story?

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April 2, 2023 5:48 AM

Never got the hype. Not more beautiful or talented than the many in her age range. Like Val Kilmer, she nuked her own career through bullheaded behavior.

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August 7, 2022 7:40 PM

She was known for arriving on set, announcing she "wasn't feeling it", then leaving, and thus leaving her costars and the crew without a job for the day. People eventually stopped hiring her.

I think she is a big talent, but she definitely ruined her own career.

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August 7, 2022 7:42 PM

I liked her in An Officer and a Gentleman. After that? Not so much.

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August 7, 2022 7:43 PM

R4- I always thought Richard Gere looked too ETHNIC to have ancestors who were on the Mayflower.

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August 7, 2022 7:48 PM

She had drug and mental health issues. She alienated a lot of big stars and directors so no one wanted to work with her. In hindsight I wonder if she was really talented or just on drugs.

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August 7, 2022 7:51 PM

He's not only selfish and egomaniacal but she's also genuinely nasty and vindictive. She frequently trash-talked her fellow performers or her directors. Mental health problems do not excuse you for being a mean person.

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August 7, 2022 7:54 PM

In my mind she’s the same as Lindsay Wagner, Linda Blair, Margot Kidder and Lynda Carter.

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August 7, 2022 7:55 PM

R8 agreed. Silver lining is that few under 40 know who Debra Winger is.

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August 7, 2022 7:56 PM

She's difficult. Allegedly.

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August 7, 2022 7:56 PM

Debra Winger has been vocal about her on-set clash with Gere. In a 2009 interview with the Daily Mail, she explained that insecurity about her own acting skills was one of the reasons she sometimes lashed out on her co-stars on set. Winger admitted she "took it out on everybody," but added a disclaimer about the film she made with Gere. "It's no secret that I didn't love 'An Officer and A Gentleman' then, and I certainly don't love it now, so at least no one could accuse me of being inconsistent," she said.

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August 7, 2022 7:59 PM

God, she was sooooooo cute back in the day! I want to go up one side of her and down the other with nothing but lips and tongue. UGH!

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August 7, 2022 8:21 PM

Watching Terms of Endearment I thought she had that intangible stuff going on the equals start quality. I can't explain it or define it, she just seemed to me to pop somehow.

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August 7, 2022 8:34 PM

Leap of Faith (1992) is somewhat underrated and probably the best movie she starred in post-Terms of Endearment. 1

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April 2, 2023 5:48 AM