Debra Jo Rupp

Debra Jo Rupp is an American television and film actress.http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/186574/Debra_Jo_Rupp Born in Southern California, Rupp grew up in Massachusetts and attended Masconomet Region High School in Topsfield. She went to and graduated from the University of Rochester in 1974 before moving to New York City shortly thereafter.http://www.that70sshow.com/

Rupp's longest-running role was as Kitty Forman on the television sitcom That '70s Show. Since the finale of That '70s Show in 2006, Rupp has enjoyed television appearances in shows such as Better with You, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and As the World Turns. She currently stars on the ABC sitcom Better with You.http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/better/304562

Rupp worked in New York City theater circles before moving on to television and film.http://www.that70sshow.com/ In 1988, she made her film debut in the 1988 Tom Hanks film, Big. http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/186574/Debra_Jo_Rupp

Following her film debut, Rupp appeared over the next several years in several different films and television shows. She appeared on Seinfeld as Jerry Seinfeld's booking agent, Friends as Phoebe's sister-in-law, and the HBO mini-series From the Earth to the Moon. She also lent her voice to a television series called Teacher's Pet. Her most enduring role was as Kitty Forman on That '70s Show.http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/186574/Debra_Jo_Rupp

On the big screen, Rupp has appeared in such films as Death Becomes Her, with Meryl Streep, and Sgt. Bilko, with Steve Martin. She also performed as Mae in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.http://www.that70sshow.com

1. 2010: Better with Youhttp://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/186574/Debra_Jo_Rupp
2. 2008: As the World Turnshttp://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/186574/Debra_Jo_Rupp
3. 2006: Law & Order: Special Victims Unithttp://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/186574/Debra_Jo_Rupp
4. 1998-2006: That '70s Showhttp://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/186574/Debra_Jo_Rupp
5. 1997, 1998: Friendshttp://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/186574/Debra_Jo_Rupp
6. 1995, 1996: Seinfeldhttp://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/186574/Debra_Jo_Rupp
7. 1995: ERhttp://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/186574/Debra_Jo_Rupp
8. 1993: L.A. Lawhttp://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/186574/Debra_Jo_Rupp

1. 2007: Kickin' It Old Skoolhttp://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/186574/Debra_Jo_Rupp
2. 2004: Teacher's Pet (voice role)http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/186574/Debra_Jo_Rupp
3. 2004: Spymatehttp://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/186574/Debra_Jo_Rupp
4. 2000: Lucky 13http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/186574/Debra_Jo_Rupp
5. 1998: From the Earth to the Moonhttp://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/186574/Debra_Jo_Rupp
6. 1996: Sgt. Bilkohttp://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/186574/Debra_Jo_Rupp
7. 1992: Death Becomes Herhttp://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/186574/Debra_Jo_Rupp
8. 1988: Bighttp://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/186574/Debra_Jo_Rupp

"I think [being a] matriarch is in the stars now, given my age, but this is a different kind of role. Kitty was ever cheerful, but Vicky, not so much. And she has a nice hairdo!" -- seattlepi.comhttp://www.seattlepi.com/tvguide/428374_tvgif13.html