Deborah M. Pratt is an American actress, writer

Writer

A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....

 and television producer

Television producer

The primary role of a television Producer is to allow all aspects of video production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking...

. She was a co-executive producer and a writer on the Quantum Leap TV series which was created by her then-husband, Donald Bellisario

Donald Bellisario

Donald Paul Bellisario is an American television producer and screenwriter who created and sometimes wrote episodes for the TV series Magnum, P.I., Airwolf, Quantum Leap, JAG, and NCIS...

, and acted in television series including Quantum Leap, Magnum, P.I.

Magnum, P.I.

Magnum, P.I. is an American television series starring Tom Selleck as Thomas Magnum, a private investigator living on Oahu, Hawaii. The series ran from 1980 to 1988 in first-run broadcast on the American CBS television network....

and Airwolf

Airwolf

Airwolf is an American television series that ran from 1984 until 1987. The program centers on a high-tech military helicopter, code named Airwolf, and its crew as they undertake various missions, many involving espionage, with a Cold War theme....

. In 2000, she directed Cora Unashamed

Cora Unashamed

Cora Unashamed is a TV movie from The American Collection directed by Deborah M. Pratt, starring Regina Taylor and Cherry Jones, and released in 2000. The movie is based on a short story by the same name in The Ways of White Folks, a collection of short stories by Langston Hughes...

for Masterpiece Theatre

Masterpiece Theatre

Masterpiece is a drama anthology television series produced by WGBH Boston. It premiered on Public Broadcasting Service on January 10, 1971, making it America's longest-running weekly prime time drama series. The series has presented numerous acclaimed British productions...

's The American Collection

The American Collection

The American Collection was a spinoff series of Masterpiece Theater, which ran from 2000 to 2003, for the former series' 30th anniversary. It was funded originally by Exxon Mobil ; however, funding for both series was withdrawn in 2005. It aired on PBS...

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In 2006 she began to publish a series of novels with a spiritual science-fantasy theme and an accompanying Web presence, The Vision Quest. The press kit for the novel and website describe The Vision Quest as a "multi-platform entertainment project," including a trilogy of novels and a series of animated Flash movies leading to a feature film, a game and live-action feature film.

Pratt is a recipient of The Lillian Gish

Lillian Gish

Lillian Diana Gish was an American stage, screen and television actress whose film acting career spanned 75 years, from 1912 to 1987....

 Award from Women in Film, The Angel Award, The Golden Block Award, and Six B.E.N. Awards.

Filmography (selection)

• 2010: Peep World
  Peep World
  Peep World is a 2011 American comedy-drama film directed by Barry W. Blaustein and starring an ensemble cast, including Ron Rifkin, Lesley Ann Warren, Ben Schwartz, Michael C. Hall, Sarah Silverman, Rainn Wilson, Kate Mara, Judy Greer, Stephen Tobolowsky, Taraji P...
  
  as Cassandra Williamson
• 2009: Quantum Leap: A Leap to Di for as voice of Ziggy
• 2008: Chinaman's Chance as Rachel
• 2006: Unspoken as Madison (V)
• 1999: Our Friend, Martin
  Our Friend, Martin
  Our Friend, Martin is a 1999 animated children's educational film about Martin Luther King, Jr. and the American civil rights movement. Two friends travel through time, meeting Dr. King at several points during his life...
  
  
• 1998: The Net (Producer)
• 1994: Undercover Cops
  Undercover Cops
  is an arcade-style beat 'em up video game by Irem. It is Irem's first attempt in the modern beat 'em up genre that was founded by Capcom's Final Fight. A few years later after its release, a lot of the team who made the game went on to form Nazca, who created the Metal Slug game series...
  
  as Dr. Allison
• 1992: Tequila and Bonetti
  Tequila and Bonetti
  Tequila and Bonetti is an American comedy-drama series starring Jack Scalia. The series originally aired on CBS from January 17, 1992 to April 17, 1992...
  
  as Nicole
• 1989-1993: Quantum Leap as voice of Ziggy (recurring)
• 1989: Quantum Leap episode A Portrait for Troian as Troian
• 1988: Last Rites as Robin Dwyer
• 1987: Hunter as Sandra Browning
• 1987: Three on a Match as Sissy
• 1984-1985: Airwolf
  Airwolf
  Airwolf is an American television series that ran from 1984 until 1987. The program centers on a high-tech military helicopter, code named Airwolf, and its crew as they undertake various missions, many involving espionage, with a Cold War theme....
  
  as Marella
• 1984: Magnum P.I. as Gloria (TC's girlfriend)
• 1983: Gimme a Break! as Vanessa
• 1983: Benson as Jill
• 1983: Spacehunter as Meagan
• 1983: Prime Times
• 1982: The New Odd Couple as Sandra
• 1982: She's with Me as Bonnie Madison
• 1982: Strike Force
• 1980: Phyl & Mikhy as Connie
• 1980: Katmandu
• 1979: Happy Days as Kat Mandu
• 1978: Love Is Not Enough as Susan
• 1978: CHiPs
  CHiPs
  CHiPs is an American television drama series produced by MGM Studios that originally aired on NBC from September 15, 1977, to July 17, 1983. CHiPs followed the lives of two motorcycle police officers of the California Highway Patrol...
  
  as Carol
• 1975: Policewoman as Kate

Literature

• The Vision Quest: The Age of Light. VGM Publishing, 2006. ISBN 978-09787309-0-1
• The Vision Quest: The Odyssey. VGM Publishing, 2008. ISBN 9780-9787309-1-8

External links

• Deborah Pratt bio at The Vision Quest.com
• "ActorsE Chat Show" with Deborah Pratt and Matthew Ziff
  Matthew Ziff
  Matthew Ziff is an American actor born and raised on the East coast. No stranger to being in the spot light, having been a model and commercial actor from the age of two months old. He signed with the Wilhelmina Models and began modeling baby clothes...
  
  , host Steve Nave on Actors Entertainment