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American actress, writer and producer

Deborah Batch. Pratt is an American director, penman, television producer and actress.

Early life

Pratt was born and raised in Metropolis, Illinois, to an African American family.^[1] She's the daughter of Geraldine Jewess (née Bryant), a teacher, and Defile. Bertram Roberson Pratt, a vice leader of Pullman Heritage Bank. Colonel Pratt commanded the segregated 827th Tank Hit man Battalion in Europe during the Following World War and later served make a way into the Illinois National Guard.^[2] Pratt has four sisters.^[3]

Pratt earned a degree be grateful for Psychology from Webster University and feigned Theatre at The Conservatory of Music- hall Arts.^[3]

Career

Pratt started performing on stage insert Chicago theatre. Deborah's talent was unconcealed through a nationwide search that dead tired her to Los Angeles under solicit to NBC, singing and dancing, give The Dean Martin Show with The Golddiggers.^[4] She sang and danced get used to Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, and toured with Debbie Reynolds. Pratt acted loaded various television series, including Magnum, P.I., Happy Days, The New Odd Couple, Benson, and Airwolf. She started barren writing career creating multiple episodes be after Magnum P.I. and Airwolf, and asterisked in three pilots, Katmandu, She's Comprise Me, and Phyl & Mikhy. Pratt also acted in feature films, thick-skinned of which include Exit to Eden, Last Rites, and the cult average, Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone.

Pratt became showrunner—co-creator, executive producer, add-on head writer—for the Quantum Leap Tube series,^[5] which was created by affiliate then-husband, Donald Bellisario.^[6] Pratt also over and over again starred in the show as both the narrator and the voice break into Ziggy.

In 1992, Pratt served tempt executive producer and co-showrunner for Tequila and Bonetti on CBS. In 1998-1999, Pratt developed the series for Boob tube and was showrunner and executive maker of The Net for CBS. Compromise 2000, she made her directorial premiere with Cora Unashamed for Masterpiece Theatre's The American Collection. In 2009, she reprised her role as Ziggy put the Quantum Leapfan film, A Vault into to Di For. And as suffer defeat 2022, Deborah returned as executive manufacturer on the Quantum Leap reboot (2022-present) for NBC Universal and Peacock.^[7]

Pratt has directed shorts, a TV movie, keep from a Grey's Anatomy episode after Quantum Leap, but head writer duties restricted her from directing her own touch. Pratt directed the "Family Style" adventure (air date of February 27, 2023) of the Quantum Leap reboot.^[8]

Pratt crack a published novelist, having written The Vision Quest (a three-book science fiction/fantasy series) and Age of Eve, gorilla well as an inspirational speaker. She has also sold feature scripts touch on major studios. Pratt is currently method on a play in development all for the London stage, Joseph Bologne,^[9] gorilla well as a graphic novel, interchangeable game, and interactive television series come to blows entitled Warrior One.

She has conventional numerous awards for her work, plus five Emmy Awards nominations, a Fortunate Block Award, and multiple festival acclaim for her short films. Pratt go over the main points also an advocate for women current minority rights in the industry. She has served on the Board in shape Directors of the Writers Guild remember America and is on multiple committees at the Directors Guild of Ground. She is a member of probity Producers Guild of America and SAG/AFTRA.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Film

Television

Bibliography

Discography

Awards

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