Debbie
a bee
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/Name	Hebrew
Meaning	Honey bee
Other names
Related names	Deb, Debs, Debra, Deborah

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Debbie (or Deb) is a fairly common given name, usually feminine, short for Deborah (or Debra) (which means "bee" in Hebrew) and is popular in most English-speaking countries. It reached its height of popularity in the United States in the 1970s.

Notable people[link]

• Debbie Allen, American actress, choreographer and film director
• Debbie Armstrong, American athlete
• Debra Bowen, American politician
• Debbie Brill, Canadian high jumper
• Debbie Cook, Californian politician, mayor of Huntington Beach, California
• Deborah Cox, Canadian R&B singer
• Debra DiGiovanni, Canadian comedian
• Debbie Fuller, Canadian diver
• Deborah "Debbie" Gibson, American pop singer
• Déborah Gyurscek, Uruguayan pole vaulter
• Deborah "Debbie" Harry, the lead singer from the band Blondie
• Debbie LaPlante, American hurdler
• Debbie Marti, English high jumper
• Debbie Matenopoulos, American television personality and actress
• Debbie McLeod, Scottish field hockey goalkeeper
• Debbie Meyer, American swimmer
• Debbie Pettibone, member of America-cubed sailing team that competed for the America's Cup in 1995
• Debbie Reynolds, an American actress (born Mary Frances Reynolds) chose "Debbie" as her stage name
• Debby Ryan, American actress
• Deborah Sampson, First American female soldier
• Debbie Stabenow, American legislator
• Debbie Turner, Miss Missouri who was crowned Miss America in 1990
• Debbie Turner, former child actor who portrayed Marta von Trapp in 'The Sound of Music'
• Debbie Wasserman Schultz, American legislator
• Debby (polar bear), the world's oldest polar bear

Fictional characters[link]

• Debbie Does Dallas
• Debbie Downer, character on Saturday Night Live portrayed by Rachel Dratch
• Debbie Dingle (portrayed by Charley Webb), a recurring character in the British soap opera, Emmerdale
• Debbie Gallagher (portrayed by Rebecca Ryan), one of the lead characters in British television drama, Shameless
• Debbie Dean (portrayed by Jodi Albert) character in long British show Hollyoaks

Songs about Debbie[link]

• "Debbie" by R. Stevie Moore from the album Everything You Always Wanted To Know About R. Stevie Moore But Were Afraid To Ask
• "Debbie," one of two new songs, and the only single released, from the B-52s' 1998 compilation album Time Capsule: Songs for a Future Generation

In Israel[link]

In its original Biblical form, "Dvora" (דבורה) is a common female name in contemporary Israel, including:

• Dvora Baron, writer
• Dvora Bartonov, musician
• Dvora Ben-Shir, writer
• Justice Dvora Berliner of the Israeli Supreme Court
• Dvora Silverstein, writer

Debbie Gibson
Debbie Gibson at the Cinema City Film Festival
Background information
Birth name	Deborah Ann Gibson
Born	(1970-08-31) August 31, 1970 (age 41) Brooklyn, New York, United States
Genres	Pop, Dance-pop, Adult Contemporary, pop rock
Occupations	Singer-songwriter, record producer, actress, teen idol
Instruments	Vocals, piano
Years active	1986–present
Labels	Atlantic EMI SMEJ
Associated acts	Jordan Knight Eric Martin Tiffany
Website	Official Site
Notable instruments
Liberace grand piano: Baldwin SD10, Serial No. pending Finish: Austrian rhinestones

Deborah Ann "Debbie" Gibson (born August 31, 1970) is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. In 1988 she was pronounced the youngest artist to write, produce, and perform a #1 single on the Billboard Hot 100, with her song "Foolish Beat" and she remains the youngest female to write, record, and perform a #1 single.^[1] She has gone on to starring roles on Broadway and touring musicals, as well as independent film and television work. She continues to record, and reached the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart as high as #24 during 2006 in a duet with Jordan Knight titled "Say Goodbye". In 2010, the album Ms. Vocalist, from Sony Japan was Top 10 on the Japanese Billboard chart and the first single from the album, “I Love You”, hit #1.^[2]

Early life[link]

Debbie Gibson was born in Brooklyn, New York, the third daughter of four for Diane and Joseph Gibson.^[3][4][5] She grew up in the Long Island suburb of Merrick and was raised Catholic. At the age of five, she began performing in community theater with her sisters Karen, Michele, and Denise, and cousin T.J Normandin and wrote her first song, "Make Sure You Know Your Classroom". At age eight, she sang in the children's chorus at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York. She began playing the ukulele and taking piano lessons soon after, including with American pianist Morton Estrin.^[6] She said that her household was probably the only one where bystanders would hear kids fighting over piano playing time.

Music career[link]

1987–1990[link]

In 1987, while performing around the United States at nightclub venues, Gibson was recording what would become her debut album, "Out Of The Blue". It was recorded in four weeks. Four singles from Out Of The Blue reached the Top 5 of the Billboard Hot 100: "Only in My Dreams", "Shake Your Love", "Out Of The Blue", and the #1 hit "Foolish Beat", followed by "Staying Together", which performed more modestly, reaching #22. "Foolish Beat" set a record for Gibson, making her (at 17) the youngest artist ever to write, produce, and perform a Billboard #1 single, as entered in the 1988 Guinness Book of World Records, and she remains the youngest female artist to do so. Out Of The Blue was established as a hit album and she had success in the UK and southeast Asia, filling stadiums with her Out Of The Blue tour. By the end of 1988, Out of the Blue had gone triple platinum.^[7] The Out Of The Blue music video compilation was certified platinum by the RIAA; the concert tour video was certified 2x platinum. In October 1988, Gibson sang the national anthem for Game One of the Major League Baseball World Series.

Electric Youth was released in early 1989, and spent five weeks at #1 on Billboard's Top 200 Album Chart. The first single released, "Lost in Your Eyes", was #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks, garnering her another achievement as the first female to have both an album and single simultaneously at #1. (She shared the 1989 ASCAP Songwriter of the Year Award with Bruce Springsteen.) Subsequent singles from the album were "Electric Youth" (#11), "No More Rhyme" (No. 17), and "We Could Be Together" (No. 71). The Electric Youth album was certified 2x platinum by the RIAA. The successful "Electric Youth" world tour and Live Around the World VHS (2x platinum) followed.

Style and Influence[link]

In tandem with the second album, she created a perfume called Electric Youth that was distributed by Revlon, and other makeup essentials for young girls that were distributed nationwide through Natural Wonder Cosmetics, another of her sponsors at the time, among the first of artists to do so.^[8] Debbie Gibson and other artists of the time made side ponytails and crimped hair popular. She also made tight, rolled up jeans and wearing two Swatch watches popular. Her influences were Madonna and Olivia Newton John, though she has often said she admires Elton John and Billy Joel as favorite artists. She appeared on the covers of teen magazines globally, such as Tiger Beat. Her successes opened the doorway for many of today's pop princesses.

1990–1995[link]

She recorded two more albums for Atlantic Records: Anything Is Possible (1990) and Body Mind Soul (1993). "Anything Is Possible", co-written with Motown mainstay Lamont Dozier, peaked at #26 on Billboard's Hot 100 in 1991. Subsequent singles from Anything Is Possible failed to chart on the Hot 100, although "One Step Ahead" scored on the Billboard Hot Maxi Singles and Hot Dance chart, peaking at #21 and #18 respectively. Body Mind Soul spawned another minor hit in "Losin' Myself", which was accompanied by a somewhat controversial Matthew Rolston-directed video clip featuring Gibson as a stripper. The second single from the album, "Shock Your Mama", would become a minor hit in Europe and the UK; however "Losin' Myself" remains Debbie Gibson's last appearance on the Billboard Hot 100.

Gibson on the set of the video for "No More Rhyme"

During this time, Gibson was part of the supergroup that recorded the charity single Voices that Care which peaked at #11 on Billboard's Hot 100.

In 1995, she signed with EMI's SBK Records division and recorded what would be her only album for the label, Think With Your Heart. It was an Adult Contemporary-heavy album consisting of piano and keyboard ballads recorded predominantly with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. The album's producer, Niko Bolas (usually Neil Young's co-producer), was producing the reunion album for veteran punk band Circle Jerks, and invited Gibson to a recording session for that band's album. She sang background vocals on the song "I Wanna Destroy You", as well as appearing at and participating in the Circle Jerks' performance at punk venue CBGB, wearing one of the band's t-shirts and sharing a microphone with frontman Keith Morris.

Later independent releases[link]

After parting company with EMI, Gibson formed her own record label, Espiritu, to release her original material. Her sixth album, Deborah, marked her full return to dance-pop. Deborah includes the lead single "Only Words". "Only Words" (Dance Edit) became a Top 40 Hot Dance Music/Club Play hit. The album's other single was the ballad, "Naturally". Though it only sold 20,000 in the US, Deborah remains well-respected.

In 2001, she released her seventh album on her new record label, Golden Egg, titled M.Y.O.B.---i.e. Mind Your Own Business. It featured three singles: the sensual pop song "What You Want", the Latin-infused Dance-pop song "Your Secret," and the bass heavy "M.Y.O.B." Highlights from the album include the sultry Latin flavored Smooth Jazz song "In Blue", a vintage style ballad "Wishing You Were Here", "Jaded", and a remix of "M.Y.O.B." with the background vocals of her two nieces.

In 2005, Gibson co-wrote and recorded a song titled "Someone You Love" with the O'Neill Brothers. With the O'Neill Brothers, she released an updated, acoustic version of her #1 hit "Lost in Your Eyes". There was an Emmy-nominated PBS special in 2005.^[9][10]

She had a resurgence of popularity in niche markets. Her single "Your Secret" came back from its dormant state and became popular on some radio stations including Super 91.7 WMPH in Wilmington, Delaware. "Your Secret" has been on their request show, Total Control Radio, for 12 months; it reached #1 on its third week on that station's chart in May 2006. It charted along with a few of her other singles, "M.Y.O.B." and "Only Words" (Dance Edit), the Eurodance mix. They all have become recurrent hits on WMPH.^[11]

Theater career[link]

Deborah Gibson debuted on Broadway in 1992, playing Eponine in Les Misérables. She then went to London and starred as Sandy in Grease---a role 800 other girls tried out for before producers chose Gibson---in a West End production.^[12] The show broke box office sales records.^[13] The single version of "You're the One That I Want", a duet with Craig McLachlan, taken from the Original Cast Recording, reached #13 on the UK charts in 1993.

On returning to the States, she appeared in the Broadway touring production, this time playing Rizzo. She played Fanny Brice in a revamped Funny Girl tour. She has had many successful theater credits; she was among the many actresses who took the starring role of Belle in the Broadway production of Beauty and the Beast. She replaced Kerry Butler in July 1997 and was in the show until 1998 when she was then succeeded by Kim Huber. She also starred the critically lauded production of Gypsy (in a production staged at The Paper Mill Playhouse). She starred as Louise opposite Broadway legend Betty Buckley. She participated in the national tour of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, where she played the part of The Narrator, and starred as Cinderella in the national tour of Rodgers & Hammerstein's musical with Eartha Kitt as the Fairy Godmother. In October 2002, she starred as Velma Kelly in the Boston production of Chicago. In 2003, she played Sally Bowles in the Broadway revival of Cabaret. From March to April 2004, she played the role of 'Marta' in the UCLA Reprise! production of Company.

Gibson starred as Anna Leonowens in Cabrillo Music Theatre's production of the Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II musical The King and I which began October 17, 2008 in the Kavli Theatre at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza and ran through October 26.^[14]

Reality television[link]

In mid-2003, Gibson was a judge on the American Idol spin-off American Juniors which lasted one season. In January 2006, she joined the cast of Skating with Celebrities on Fox Television, partnered with former Canadian World Champion figure skater Kurt Browning. She was voted out in the third episode.

Gibson competed on the fifth season of The Celebrity Apprentice, which began airing on February 19, 2012.^[15] On the fourth task, she won $50,000 for her charity, Children International.^[16] Gibson was fired on April 4, 2012 in the seventh task because she had brought in the least amount of money between her teammates in the boardroom, Dayana Mendoza and Teresa Giudice.^[17] While both Mendoza and Giudice were arguably weaker candidates going forward, given that Mendoza was cited as the women's weakest link and Giudice had failed the task as project manager, Gibson was fired instead.

Music 2005–present[link]

The March 2005 issue of Playboy featured a nude pictorial of Gibson, coinciding with the release of her single, "Naked". She has said that the magazine had asked her five times to pose for them since she turned 18.^[5] She agreed to pose in an effort to revamp her image, describing how one casting call called her agent, not realizing that Gibson had long since outgrown her teenage image.^[18] The single peaked at No. 35 on the Billboard "Hot single sales" chart in March 2005.^[19]

In November 2005 it was announced that Debbie would go on tour with The O'Neill Brothers for "Someone you love Tour" ^[20] in 2006. "Lost in your eyes" was revamped with a acoustic sound and a song "Someone you love" was written and performed by Debbie and The O'Neill Brothers and also these 2 songs appeared on the The O'Neill Brothers album "Someone you love".

The 2006 single, "Say Goodbye," featuring dance-pop artist Jordan Knight, has made a good impression on the Soft AC and Hot AC radio formats, becoming the third-most added single on the format during summer 2006. It debuted at No. 35 on the Billboard magazine Hot Contemporary chart, peaking at No. 24 in early September through late November^[21] The same year, Gibson appeared in the independent film Coffee Date with Wilson Cruz and Jonathan Silverman and soundtrack song called "Sounds like love"

On November 14, 2006, Gibson released the song "Famous" on her official website. The song was written by Gibson and Tiziano Lugli, and the recording was produced by T. Lugli.

On March 5, 2009, Gibson announced via YouTube video blog that she would be releasing a new song/video called Already Gone.^[22] Released on her official website and reverberation. The song was released first on March 9, 2009 then video on March 13, 2009.^[23] Bylli Crayone(Singer/Songwriter/Producer and Fan of Gibsons) interviewed Debbie about the song and asked if this was the direction she would be going for new album.^[24] The song was written by Gibson and produced by Fred Coury (Drummer from Cinderalla)and music video produced by Guy Birtwhistle .Starring Birtwhisle,Gibson and Steve Valentine(Crossing Jordan)and directed by John Knowles.

Gibson gives sneak peek of a new song on June 5, 2009 through her YouTube video blog uploaded herself.^[25] In January 2010 an unofficial clip "Cougar" was uploaded on YouTube.^[26] She also became a spokesperson for Murad's Resurgence Skin Care and plays piano and sings a line of the song called "Cougar" ^[27]

It was announced on her official website that "I Love You", the first single off her newest album Ms Vocalist, is No. 1 on the international cable radio charts for the week of November 3. Debbie covered J-Pop tunes for the Ms Vocalist album that were originally sung by Japanese artists like Chage and Aska (Say Yes), Yutaka Ozaki (I love you), Sekaiju no Dareyori Kitto (by Miho Nakayama & WANDS) among others, plus Japanese/English version of her hit No. 1 song Lost in your eyes and a duet with Eric Martin. The first official music video from the new album is "I Love You" which was released on Gibson Official YouTube site on October 19, 2010.^[28]

It was announced in November 2010 by Gibson herself that she would be doing an "DG Live From the Living Room" on "Stageit.com on December 1, 2010. This concert sold out. Here is the setlist she performed "Heart Of The Matter" by Don Henley,^[29] Rich Girl,I dreamed a dream, Coming home,^[30] medley of : Another Brick Falls,Deep Down,Helplessly in love,We could be together,^[31] "The Rose",^[32] You don't have to see" and brief news about upcoming album 2011 ^[33]-(as of December 2011 no album),^[34] then concluded the encore with "Silent Night" ^[35]

Her song "Rise", from the forthcoming documentary "3 Billion and Counting", was included on the short list for an Academy Award for Best Song in a Film in 2010,which in 2011 didn't receive. Rise is available on I-tunes. In the summer of 2011, she released Rise on I-tunes. and also performed it on Good Morning America in NY.

In January 2011, Gibson wrote,performed and produced the song "Snake Charmer" for the film Mega Python vs. Gatoroid which is available on iTunes.^[36]

Also clips of "Rise","Cougar" and "Don't wake me" are available on her official site after the site was revamped.^[37]

Throughout many TV/press and internet related interviews,Gibson has confirmed that she is working on a studio new album of new material and would like to do a Christmas album. No official confirmation when either album will be released.

Gibson continues to tour and has become a popular attraction at gay pride parades and various charity and music festivals around the US.

On May 2007 the world premiere of Electric Youth: The Musical was unveiled at The Starlight Theatre in Orlando, FL. The musical featured 14 of Gibsons's songs and was directed by Dean Parker. ^[38] On August 24, 2007, Gibson and Frankie Avalon hosted Time Life Presents Dick Clark's American Bandstand 50th Anniversary Collection.^[39]

Debbie Gibson at LA Pride 2007

In September 2007, Gibson considered creating a camp on the West Coast. She is the founder and creator of Camp Electric Youth,^[40] a children's summer day camp which ran from July 7–18, 2008. It claims to be the first camp of its kind in the Los Angeles area. The camp was reportedly attended by "over 120 talented singers, actors and dancers" from around the world.

Gibson was a judge for the online talent competition, Total Pop Star,^[41] along with Andrew Van Slee (producer and judge),and Joey Lawrence (from Blossom). The first season ran from Nov 12, 2007 – May 30, 2008, though it was later extended to June. The show ended abruptly into the 2nd season.

In January 2008, Gibson announced that she would revive and perform her 1980s hits—along with her Broadway role songs—during a three-run week in May 2008 at Harrah's in Atlantic City.^[42] Stuck in the '80s|tampabay.com: Archives</ref>

She later appeared on the April 2008 cover of Lavender Magazine (a GLBT magazine in Minnesota)^[43] and was interviewed about her career and upcoming projects. Then on the 24th, Gibson hosted and performed on Spotlightlive 80's Karaoke Experience in New York^[44] singing songs such as "Only in My Dreams", "Out of the Blue", "Love Shack" (an original hit for the B-52's) and "9 to 5". She performed with Samantha Fox, Tiffany, & Rick Astley at the Colisee Pepsi in Quebec City, Canada on April 10, 2009.^[45]

She performed as Mother Nature in Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy at Foxwoods/MGM Casino from July 27 to September 1, 2010.^[46]

On April 18, 2011, Gibson confirmed via Twitter that she will be touring with fellow 1980s pop princess Tiffany during the summer of 2011. Tiffany also made the announcement via the New York Post.^[47]

In June 2011, Gibson appeared in Katy Perry's music video "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" alongside several other guest stars.

On August 13, 2011, the final night of the Journey Through The 80s Tour, Gibson and Tiffany sold out Chicago's House of Blues.

Movies and television[link]

On January 6, 2008 Gibson appeared on Deal or No Deal along with Corey Feldman as part of an 1980s special.

Gibson co-starred with actor Lorenzo Lamas in the low-budget action/adventure film Mega Shark Versus Giant Octopus, produced by The Asylum and released on May 19, 2009.^[48] This film drew in 2 million viewers on Syfy in 2009. The film's trailer has become a viral hit, scoring over one million hits on MTV.com and YouTube.^[49] The film premiered at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. Ironically, Gibson's former music rival Tiffany had her film Necrosis (a.k.a. Blood Snow) premiere at the Cannes as well.^[50]

Tiffany and Debbie Gibson starred in a Syfy original movie entitled Mega Python vs. Gatoroid, aired on January 29, 2011.^[51] The pairing was at the suggestion of Tiffany, who wanted to play off their supposed rivalry.^[52]

Personal life[link]

Over the years, Gibson has been the subject of stalkers. Robert Bardo, who was convicted for murdering actress Rebecca Schaeffer in 1989, had a wall in his house adorned with pictures of Gibson and Tiffany.^[53] In May 1998, Michael Falkner, a disgruntled fan from Eau Claire, WI, was arrested outside Manhattan's Palace Theater, where Gibson was performing in the live musical adaptation of Disney's Beauty and the Beast. This was after Gibson received threatening letters, emails and faxes from Falkner, who used the alias 'Starcade'.^[54][55] However, a temporary restraining order was not issued by the court, and a court date was set to determine if a restraining order was appropriate in the matter.^[56] The proceeding was dismissed when Gibson failed to show up at the courthouse for the hearing to present her case.^[57]

Although never married, Gibson was once engaged to Jonathan Kanterman and is currently in a relationship with Dr. Rutledge Taylor.^[58][59]

Discography[link]

Studio albums[link]

• Out of the Blue (1987)
• Electric Youth (1989)
• Anything Is Possible (1990)
• Body Mind Soul (1993)
• Think With Your Heart (1995)
• Deborah (1997)
• M.Y.O.B. (2001)
• Colored Lights: The Broadway Album (2003)
• Ms. Vocalist (2010)^[60]

Charted singles[link]

The following singles charted in the U.S., the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Japan, Switzerland, Republic of Ireland and/or the Netherlands.

Filmography[link]

Film[link]

• Ghostbusters (1984) (uncredited)^[64]
• The Manhattan Project (1986) (uncredited)
• Sweet Liberty (1986) (uncredited)
• My Girlfriend's Boyfriend (1999)
• Wedding Band (2001)
• Soulkeeper (2001)
• Celeste in the City (2004)
• Coffee Date (2006)
• Body/Antibody (2007)
• Mega Shark Versus Giant Octopus (2009)
• Mega Python vs. Gatoroid (2011)

Television[link]

• Beverly Hills, 90210 East Side Story (1991)
• Street Justice as Gabrielle in Backbeat (1991)
• Step by Step (1995)
• The Kidsongs Television Show: Fun With Manners (1995)
• That '80s Show (2002)
• Maggie Bloom as Maggie Bloom (2000)
• American Juniors as judge (2003)
• Skating with Celebrities (2006)
• Rita Rocks as Cindy Schotz "Old Friends" (2009)
• Celebrity Ghost Stories (2010)
• Celebrity Apprentice (2012)

Awards and achievements[link]

Career highlights[link]

• Youngest person to ever write, produce and perform a No. 1 single (1988)
• Debut Album of the Year - "Out of the Blue" - New York Music Awards (1989)
• Debut Artist of the Year - New York Music Awards (1989)
• ASCAP Songwriter of the Year (tied with Bruce Springsteen) (1989)
• Nominated Favorite Female Music Performer - People's Choice Awards (1990)
• Rock Producer of the Year - American Songwriter Awards (1990)
• Nominated Best Pop Female Vocalist - American Music Awards (1990)
• Artist of the Year - New York Music Awards (1990)
• Song of the Year - "Lost In Your Eyes" - New York Music Awards (1990)
• Best Pop Female Vocalist - New York Music Awards (1990)

Active supporter of charities[link]

• Pediatric AIDS Foundation^{[citation needed]}
• The Make-A-Wish Foundation^{[citation needed]}
• St. Mary's Children & Families Foundation^[65]
• Red Cross Clothes Drive^{[citation needed]}
• Children International^[66]
• Long Island Head Injury Association^{[citation needed]}

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Debbie Gibson

• Official website
• Debbie Gibson at Allmusic
• Debbie Gibson at the Internet Movie Database
• Deborah Gibson atlantaboy.com interview

Debbie Harry
Debbie Harry at the premiere of SqueezeBox! at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival
Background information
Birth name	Deborah Ann Harry
Born	(1945-07-01) July 1, 1945 (age 66) Miami, Florida, U.S.
Genres	New Wave, pop, rock, punk rock, power pop, disco, hip hop
Occupations	Vocalist, musician, actress
Instruments	Vocals, percussion, tambourine, tambura, finger cymbals, clarinet
Years active	1965–present
Labels	Capitol Records Chrysalis Records Geffen/Warner Bros. Sire/Warner Bros.
Associated acts	Blondie
Website	www.deborah-harry.com

Deborah Ann "Debbie" Harry (born July 1, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter and actress, best known for being the lead singer of the punk rock and new wave band Blondie. She has also had success as a solo artist, and in the mid-1990s she performed and recorded as part of The Jazz Passengers. Her acting career spans over thirty film roles and numerous television appearances.

Life and early career[link]

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Harry was born in Miami, Florida, and adopted by Catherine Harry and Richard Smith, gift shop proprietors in Hawthorne, New Jersey.^[1] She attended Hawthorne High School, where she graduated in 1963.^[2] She graduated from Centenary College in Hackettstown, New Jersey, with an Associate of Arts degree in 1965.^{[citation needed]} Before starting her singing career she moved to New York City in the late 1960s and worked as a secretary at BBC Radio's office there for one year.^[3] Later, she was a waitress at Max's Kansas City,^[4] a go-go dancer in Union City, New Jersey, discothèque,^{[citation needed]} and a Playboy Bunny.^[5]

Deborah Harry began her musical career in the late '60s with the folk rock group The Wind in the Willows,^[6] that recorded one album for Capitol Records. Harry then joined The Stilettos, with Elda Gentile and Amanda Jones, in 1974. The Stilettos included her eventual boyfriend and Blondie guitarist Chris Stein.^[7] When Harry and Stein left the Stilettos, they formed Angel and the Snake, with Tish and Snooky Bellomo. Shortly thereafter, Harry and Stein formed Blondie, naming it for the term of address men often yelled at Harry when she bleached her hair.^[8] Blondie quickly became regulars at Max's Kansas City and CBGB in New York City.^[4] After a debut album in 1976, commercial success followed in the late 1970s to the early 1980s, first in Australia and Europe, then in the United States.

While leading Blondie, Harry and Stein became life as well as musical partners, although they never married; Harry has no children.^[9] In the mid-1980s, she took a few years off to care for Stein while he suffered with Pemphigus, a rare autoimmune disease that affects the skin and mucous membranes. Stein and Harry broke up in the 1990s, but continued to work together. In 1999, Harry was deemed the 12th greatest woman of rock and roll by VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll^[10] and in 2002, she was called the 18th sexiest artist of all time by VH1's 100 Sexiest Artists.^[11]

Blondie[link]

Debbie Harry performing in Toronto in 1977

With her two-tone bleached-blonde hair, Harry quickly became a punk icon.^[12] Her look was further popularized by the band's early presence in the music video revolution of the era. She was a regular at Studio 54. In June 1979, Blondie was featured on the cover of Rolling Stone. Harry's persona, combining cool sexuality with streetwise style, became so closely associated with the group's name that many came to believe "Blondie" was the singer's name. The difference between the individual Harry and the band Blondie was famously highlighted with a "Blondie is a Group" button campaign by the band in 1979.^[13] In 1981 Harry issued a press release to clarify that her name was not "Debbie Blondie" or "Debbie Harry", but Deborah Harry, though Harry later described her character in the band as being named "Blondie", as in this quote from the No Exit tour book:

Hi, it's Deb. You know, when I woke up this morning I had a realization about myself. I was always Blondie. People always called me Blondie, ever since I was a little kid. What I realized is that at some point I became Dirty Harry. I couldn't be Blondie anymore, so I became Dirty Harry.^[14]

During 1976 and 1977, Blondie released their first two albums. The second experienced some marginal success outside the United States. However, 1978's Parallel Lines (US #6, UK #1) shot the group to international success and included the global smash hit single "Heart of Glass." Riding the crest of Disco's domination, the infectious track hit #1 in the US and sold nearly two million copies. The follow-up single "One Way Or Another" reached #24 on Billboard's Hot 100. The album was the band's biggest success, a platinum-selling top ten success in the US and was also the biggest selling album of 1979 in the UK.

The release of the platinum-selling Eat to the Beat album (US #17, UK #1) in 1979 and Autoamerican (US #7, UK #3) in 1980 continued the band's run of hits, including "Dreaming", "Atomic" and three more US #1 singles: "The Tide Is High", "Rapture" and "Call Me" from the soundtrack to the film American Gigolo, which became Billboard's #1 song of 1980.

After a year-long hiatus in 1981, during which Harry released her first solo album (see below), Blondie regrouped and released their sixth studio album The Hunter (US #33, UK #9). The album met with a disastrous reception, peaking at #33 in the US and falling rapidly off the charts. The single "Island of Lost Souls" briefly cracked the US Top 40 though narrowly missed the top ten in the UK, where the album had been a top ten entry but sold far less than their previous albums. Blondie launched a worldwide tour to support the release, but it was cut short due to slow ticket sales. Stein also fell seriously ill with the rare autoimmune disease, pemphigus. Coupled with declining record sales and internal struggles, the band split up.

Later in the 1980s, the remix album Once More Into The Bleach was released, featuring remixes of tracks by Blondie and from Harry's solo career. The mid-1990s saw the release of further Blondie remix albums Beautiful in Europe and Remixed Remade Remodeled in the US. New mixes of "Heart of Glass", "Atomic" and "Union City Blue" were released as singles and all made the UK Top 40, while remixes of "Atomic", "Rapture" and "Heart of Glass" had major success on the US dance charts.

Reunion[link]

In 1997, Blondie began working together again for the first time in 15 years. Two tracks were recorded with TV Mania, the production trio of two Duran Duran members, Nick Rhodes and Warren Cuccurullo, and producer Anthony J. Resta. "Studio 54" and "Pop Trash Movie" were scheduled for release on a Blondie compilation, entitled This Is Blondie. However, the project and the tracks were shelved as the four original members (Harry, Stein, Clem Burke and Jimmy Destri) embarked on sessions for what would become Blondie's seventh studio album. During this period, they released a cover of Iggy Pop's "Ordinary Bummer" on the tribute album We Will Fall (1997).

After a final tour of Europe with The Jazz Passengers in the summer of 1998, Deborah Harry resumed duties as lead vocalist of Blondie. Prior to the release of No Exit, the band completed a sold out tour of Europe. Dates at London's Lyceum Theatre were recorded by the BBC and aired on national BBC Radio 1. A week before the release of No Exit, the lead single "Maria" debuted at No. 1 in the UK, giving Blondie their sixth UK No.1 hit. "Maria" also reached #1 in 14 different countries, the top 10 on the US Dance Charts and Top 15 on the US Adult Top 40 Charts. No Exit debuted at No.3 in the UK and #17 in the US and Blondie announced dates for a major arena tour that summer, during which they played the Glastonbury Festival and Party in the Park in London. "Nothing Is Real but the Girl" was another UK Top-30 hit, while the title track was released as a limited-edition single to coincide with further arena dates in November of that year.

Tracks culled from dates throughout the 1999 world tour were released as a live album, titled Live in the US and Livid in the UK and were released in late 1999 and early 2000, respectively. A Blondie Live companion DVD was also released, recorded at a show in New York City's The Town Hall.

Harry performing in July 2007.

Although Blondie commenced recording tracks for the follow-up to No Exit in 2001, the sessions were besieged with problems including the loss of master tapes after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. In the winter of 2002, Blondie returned with a full-scale UK tour. This preceded the release of a new single in 2003 entitled "Good Boys" (a hit across the UK and Europe that autumn, and top 10 on the US Dance Charts the following spring) and the release of Blondie's eighth studio album, The Curse of Blondie. The band toured throughout 2003 and 2004, completing two further full-scale tours of the UK.

A second live album, entitled Live By Request, was released in 2005, along with a companion DVD set. In that year, the band also released the mash-up "Rapture Riders," which combined their 1981 hit "Rapture" with The Doors' "Riders on the Storm". This track was taken from a greatest hits compilation entitled Sound and Vision (first issued in the UK as Sight + Sound), released with a companion DVD and new mixes of "In the Flesh" and "Good Boys".

In the winter of 2005, Blondie toured the UK for the fourth time in as many years. In 2006, they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Around this time, Blondie released a new studio track, a cover of Roxy Music's 1982 hit "More Than This". This was to promote their "Road Rage" tour and the single was made available for free download.

At the end of 2006, a new mix of "Heart of Glass" became a club hit in Europe, while Harry released the single "New York New York", a collaboration with Moby. The song debuted on YouTube, some four weeks before its official release.

In the summer of 2007, Blondie toured in the UK once again. Around this time, Harry delineated the different personas (Blondie the band, her role in the band, and Deborah Harry the singer) to an interviewer who asked why she played only solo music on the 2007 True Colors Tour: "I've put together a new trio with no Blondie members in it—I really want to make a clear definition between Debbie's solo projects and Blondie—and I hope that the audience can appreciate that and also appreciate this other material."^[15]

On July 3, 2008, Blondie commenced a world tour to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Parallel Lines with a sell-out concert at the amphitheatre in Ra'anana, Israel. During the tour, drummer Clem Burke stated that the tour had inspired the band to make another record, Panic of Girls,^[16] their first new album since the release of The Curse of Blondie in 2003.

In 2009, Blondie went on tour with Pat Benatar for the "Call Me Invincible" tour. The majority of the shows were opened by The Donnas. In December 2009, Blondie recorded their version of the traditional song "We Three Kings" to coincide with the band's new album.

In the summer of 2010, Blondie began a UK tour, including venues in Newcastle, Manchester, Sheffield and Dublin. They also played festivals including the Isle of Wight and Rockness Festival in Inverness, Scotland. Tracks from their forthcoming album Panic of Girls were performed during their tour of the UK, notably 'D-Day' and 'What I Heard'.

The album got released first in July 2011 in the United Kingdom, with Germany, USA and Japan following. As a marketing innovation, the band made a lot of special editions with different bonus tracks and added content (extra cds, magazines, etc.). It got good reviews from the press and spotted Nº1 in Amazon. "Mother" was the first single, accompanied by a video, and "What I Heard" was the second.

Solo albums[link]

Harry has released five solo albums. She began her solo career in 1981 with KooKoo. Produced by Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards of Chic, the album peaked at #28 in the US and #6 in the UK;^[17] it was later certified gold in the US and Silver in the UK. "Backfired", the first single from the album, had a video directed by H. R. Giger (who also created the album's front cover featuring Harry's face with metal skewers through it) and climbed to #43 on the Billboard Hot 100, #29 on the Hot Dance Club Songs and #32 on the UK Singles Chart.^[17] "The Jam Was Moving" was lifted as the second single and peaked at #82 in the US. After Blondie split up in 1982, Harry's solo output slowed down as she cared for ailing partner Chris Stein. She released the single "Rush Rush" in 1983 (taken from the film Scarface), but this was unsuccessful. A new single, "Feel The Spin" (taken from the film Krush Groove) was released as a limited 12" single in 1985, but again was unsuccessful.

In 1986, Harry released her second solo album on Geffen Records called Rockbird, which peaked at #97 in the US and #31 in the UK^[17] (where it has been certified Gold for 100,000 sales by the BPI). The single "French Kissin' in the USA" gave Harry her only UK solo top 10 hit (#8) and became a moderate US hit (#57). Other singles released from the album were "Free to Fall" and "In Love with Love", which hit #1 on the US Dance Charts and was released with several remixes.

Her next solo venture was the album Def, Dumb and Blonde in 1989. At this point Harry reverted from "Debbie" to "Deborah" as her professional name. The first single "I Want That Man" was a hit in Europe, Australia, and on the US Modern Rock Charts. The success of the single propelled the album to #12 on the UK chart^[17] where it earned a Silver disc. However, with little promotion from her record company in the US, it peaked at #123. She followed this up with the ballad "Brite Side" and the club hit "Sweet and Low". "Maybe for Sure", a track originally recorded by Blondie for the Rock and Rule animated film, was the fourth single released from the album in June 1990 to coincide with a UK tour (her second in six months). "Kiss It Better" was also a Top 15 Modern Rock single in the US.

From 1989 to 1991, Harry toured extensively across the world with former Blondie guitarist Chris Stein, Underworld's Karl Hyde, and future Blondie bassist Leigh Foxx. In July 1991, she played Wembley Stadium supporting INXS. In 1991, Chrysalis released a new "best of" compilation in Europe entitled The Complete Picture: The Very Best of Deborah Harry and Blondie, containing hits with Blondie as well as solo hits. The collection reached #3 in the UK album chart^[17] and earned a Gold disc. The album also included her duet with Iggy Pop on the Cole Porter song "Well, Did You Evah!" from the Red Hot + Blue AIDS charity album produced by the Red Hot Organization and released at the end of 1990.

Harry's fourth solo album, Debravation, appeared in July 1993. The album's first single was "I Can See Clearly", which peaked at #23 in the UK^[17] and #2 on the US dance charts. This was followed by "Strike Me Pink" in September. Controversy surrounded the latter track's promotional video, which featured a man drowning in a water tank, resulting in it being banned. US editions of the album feature two additional tracks recorded with pre-recorded music by R.E.M.: "Tear Drops" and "My Last Date (With You)," a remake of a 1961 Skeeter Davis hit.

In November 1993, Harry toured the UK with Stein, Peter Min, Greta Brinkman and James Murphy ^{[disambiguation needed ]}. The set list of the Debravation Tour featured an offbeat selection of Harry material including the previously unreleased track "Close Your Eyes" (from 1989) and "Ordinary Bummer" (from the Stein-produced Iggy Pop album Zombie Birdhouse; a track that, under the moniker "Adolph's Dog," Blondie covered in 1997). Tentative plans to record these shows and release them as a double live CD never came to fruition. However, a cover of The Rolling Stones' "Wild Horses" is available as a bootleg. At the end of 1993, Chrysalis released the Blondie rarities collection Blonde and Beyond, which featured the previously unreleased tracks "Scenery" and "Underground Girl". In early 1994, Harry took the Debravation tour to the US.^[18] In the UK, Harry's long tenure with Chrysalis Records also came to an end after lacklustre sales of Debravation, but the label released all of Blondie's albums and Harry's KooKoo album (for the first time on CD) as remastered editions with bonus tracks.

As Blondie had reconvened in the late 1990s, it was several years before Harry resumed her solo career. In 2006, Harry started work in New York City on tracks for her fifth solo album Necessary Evil (2007). Working with production duo Super Buddha (who produced the remix of Blondie's "In the Flesh" for the 2005 Sound and Vision compilation), the first music to surface in was a hip hop track entitled "Dirty and Deep" in which she spoke out against rapper Lil' Kim's incarceration.

Throughout 2006, a number of new tracks surfaced on Harry's MySpace page, including "Charm Alarm", "Deep End", "Love With A Vengeance", "School for Scandal" and "Necessary Evil", as well as duets she recorded with Miss Guy (of Toilet Böys fame). These were "God Save New York" and "New York Groove". A streaming version of the lead single, "Two Times Blue", was added to Harry's MySpace page in May 2007. On 6 June 2007, an iTunes downloadable version was released via her official website.

Harry joined Cyndi Lauper's True Colors Tour for the Human Rights Campaign. She is a strong advocate for gay rights and same-sex marriage. Though she has stated that she identifies as mostly heterosexual, Harry has said she has had intimate relationships with both men and women.^[19][20]

Harry's fifth solo album, Necessary Evil, was released in 2007 on Eleven Seven Music after Harry completed both a solo tour of the US in June 2007 and a European tour with Blondie in July 2007. The first single, "Two Times Blue", peaked at #5 on the US Dance Club Play chart. The album peaked at #86 in the UK and #37 in the US Billboard Top Independent Albums chart.

To promote the album, Harry appeared on various talk shows to perform "Two Times Blue". She also started a 22-date US tour on November 8, lasting until December 9, playing small venues and clubs across the country. On January 18, 2008, an official music video for "If I Had You" was released.^[21]

Other musical projects[link]

In 1983, Harry teamed up with Giorgio Moroder (with whom she had worked previously on Blondie's "Call Me") on the song "Rush Rush," which was featured in the film Scarface and in the video game Grand Theft Auto III. Rush Rush was also sampled and covered by the rapper Cam'ron (under the title "Yeo Man (Rush Rush Get The Yeo)". Harry's single "Feel the Spin", produced by John "Jellybean" Benitez, was released (as a 12" single only) in 1985. That song, along with the whole soundtrack to the film Krush Groove, peaked at #5 on the US Dance Charts. The song's "uno, dos, tres, quatro." intro has been sampled on a number of records, including S'Express' "Theme from S'Express".

Marky Ramone of the Ramones and Harry attend a screening of Burning Down the House, a 2009 documentary about CBGB's heyday.

While recording her fourth album in 1992, Harry collaborated with German heavy metal band Die Haut on the track "Don't Cross My Mind", and released the song "Prelude to a Kiss" on the soundtrack to the film of the same name. She also released a cover of "Summertime Blues" from the soundtrack to the film That Night in Australia.

In the mid-1990s, Harry teamed up with New York avant-garde jazz ensemble The Jazz Passengers. Between 1994 and 1998 she was a permanent member of the troupe, touring North America and Europe. She was a featured vocalist on their 1994 album In Love singing the track "Dog In Sand". The follow-up album, 1997's Individually Twisted, is credited as "The Jazz Passengers featuring Deborah Harry" and Harry sings vocals throughout, teaming up with guest Elvis Costello for a cover of "Doncha Go Way Mad". The album also features a re-recorded version of the song "The Tide Is High". A live album entitled Live In Spain, again featuring Harry on vocals, was released in 1998.

Harry collaborated on a number of other projects with other artists. She featured as vocalist on Talking Heads side project The Heads' 1996 release No Talking, Just Head (performing the title track and "Punk Lolita"). She also sings on a cover of "Strawberry Fields Forever" and on the song "Estrella de Mar" by Argentine band Los Fabulosos Cadillacs. In 1997 she collaborated with Jazz Passenger Bill Ware in his side project Groove Thing, singing lead vocals on the club hit "Command and Obey". Another JP collaboration appeared on the Edgar Allan Poe tribute album Closed on Account of Rabies (1997). Harry also reunited with Blondie keyboardist Jimmy Destri for a cover of Otis Blackwell's "Don't Be Cruel" for the 1995 tribute album Brace Yourself. During this period, she also recorded a duet with Robert Jacks entitled "Der Einzige Weg (The Only Way) - Theme from Texas Chainsaw Massacre," which was recorded in German and in English, although these did not surface until 1999. Likewise, at the end of 1999, Chrysalis Records released a "best of" compilation of her solo recordings entitled Most of All - The Best of Deborah Harry, and a remix of her 1989 hit "I Want That Man".

Aside from writing and recording material for Blondie, Harry pursued various other projects. She appears on the 2001 Bill Ware album Vibes 4 singing the track 'Me and You' as well as on ex-Police guitarist Andy Summers's album Peggy's Blue Skylight on the track "Weird Nightmare". A techno cover of Stan Jones' "Ghost Riders in the Sky" was featured on the soundtrack to the film Three Business Men and was available on her website to download. Harry sings on two tracks on Andrea Griminelli's Cinema Italiano project: "You'll Come To Me" (inspired by Amarcord's main theme) and "When Love Comes By" (from Il Postino), as well as on a tribute album reinterpreting the music of Harold Arlen, on which she sings the title track "Stormy Weather". In May 2002, she accompanied The Jazz Passengers and the BBC Concert Orchestra in a performance of her jazz material at the Barbican Centre in London. In 2003, she was featured vocalist on the song "Uncontrollable Love" by electro-clash dance producers Blow Up. She also sang on the version of "Waltzing Matilda" recorded by Dan Zanes and Friends, released on the 2003 album House Party.

Harry also contributed to Fall Out Boy's 2008 album Folie à Deux. She sings on the chorus of the album's closer "West Coast Smoker".

Harry is a credited co-writer on a song called "Supersensual" that appears on Australian singer Natalie Bassingthwaighte's debut album 1000 Stars. The song samples the recognizable "woo-ooo-wo-oh" refrain from "Heart of Glass".

Acting roles[link]

Harry appeared on Broadway with Andy Kaufman in the wrestling play Teaneck Tanzi. A retitled version of the British play Trafford Tanzi, the show opened and closed in one night. Later that year Harry, who had already appeared in a number of independent and underground films, made her major motion picture debut in the David Cronenberg film Videodrome.

Following the release of Rockbird, Harry took a number of acting roles including the villainous Velma Von Tussle in John Waters' Hairspray (1988).

A cover of The Castaways' "Liar Liar" from the soundtrack to the film Married to the Mob was released as a single in the US. Harry's version of Michael Jay's "Mind Over Matter" was also recorded in this period, but never released. Harry starred in a film called Forever Lulu, also known as Crazy Streets, in 1987 alongside Alec Baldwin. She had only one line but made appearances throughout the film. She also starred in the film Intimate Stranger as Cory Wheeler, a telephone sex worker being pursued by a serial killer.^{[citation needed]} Harry's other film roles include Roadie, Union City, New York Beat Movie (otherwise known as Downtown '81), Rock & Rule, Tales from the Darkside: The Movie, Six Ways to Sunday, The Fluffer, Cop Land, Heavy, My Life Without Me, Spun and Full Grown Men. Her television appearances include roles on Tales from the Darkside, Will & Grace, The Muppet Show, MADtv, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Absolutely Fabulous, Saturday Night Live, The Adventures of Pete and Pete, and Wiseguy.^[22]

Current projects[link]

• Harry is one of the faces of MAC Cosmetics' Viva Glam VI campaign (2006). The campaign donates every cent of the selling price of their lipstick shades to the MAC AIDS Fund, which helps people living with HIV/AIDS worldwide. She is also one of the faces of the RockStars of Science Campaign (2010) alongside other musicians Bret Michaels, Ann & Nancy Wilson of Heart, B.O.B., Keri Hilson, Jay Sean and Timbaland.

• She recently completed recording a new album with Blondie titled Panic Of Girls, which was released on July 4, 2011.

Discography[link]

Studio albums[link]

Compilation albums[link]

Other albums[link]

Harry has made guest appearances on several albums:^[33]

• 'Bout Love (Bill Withers album featuring backing vocals by Debbie Harry) (1978)
• Heart on a Wall (Jimmy Destri album featuring backing vocals by Debbie Harry) (1981)
• Halfway to Sanity (Ramones album featuring backing vocals by Debbie Harry on 1 song: "Go Lil' Camaro Go") (1987)
• Hairspray: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Debbie Harry features on the song "Hairspray" by Rachel Sweet)
• Like A Girl, I Want You To Keep Coming (Various artists CD - Debbie Harry song: "Invocation to Papa Legba") (1989)
• Standing in the Spotlight (Dee Dee Ramone album featuring backing vocals by Debbie Harry on 2 songs: "Mashed Potato Kid" and "German Kid") (1989)
• Big Trash (Thompson Twins album featuring backing vocals by Debbie Harry on 1 song: "Sugar Daddy", and spoken-word telephone vocals on "Queen of the USA") (1989)
• Just Say Da (Various artists CD - Debbie Harry song: "Maybe for Sure (Tunguska Event 7" Mix)") (1990)
• Prelude to a Kiss Soundtrack - (Various artists - Debbie Harry song: "Prelude to a Kiss") (1992)
• Get Out (Various artists promotional CD issued with Out magazine charter subscriptions - Debbie Harry song: "I Want That Man (Remix/Edit)") (1992)
• Cash Cow (Various artists CD - Debbie Harry song: "Moroccan Rock (Pipe of Pain)") (1993)
• Heck on Wheels Volume 3 (Various artists promotional CD - Debbie Harry song: "Communion") (1993)
• Head On (Die Haut album featuring vocals by Debbie Harry on 1 song: "Don't Cross My Mind") (1993)
• Brace Yourself! A Tribute to Otis Blackwell(various artists tribute album - Debbie Harry song: "Don't Be Cruel") (1994)
• In Love (The Jazz Passengers featuring Deborah Harry vocals on 1 song: "Dog in Sand") (1994)
• Rey Azúcar (Los Fabulosos Cadillacs album - Debbie Harry Vocals on 2 songs: "Strawberry Fields Forever" & "Estrella de Mar") (1995)
• Virtuosity Soundtrack (Soundtrack album - Debbie Harry vocals on 1 song: "No Talking, Just Head" (with The Heads)) (1995)
• No Talking, Just Head (The Heads album - Debbie Harry vocals on 1 song: "No Talking, Just Head") (1996)
• Individually Twisted (The Jazz Passengers featuring Deborah Harry) (1996)
• Live In Spain (The Jazz Passengers featuring Deborah Harry) (1997)
• Six Ways to Sunday Soundtrack - (Soundtrack featuring 2 Debbie Harry songs: "Sunday Girl" (with Blondie and "More, More, More" a short speaking part in "Sex Ed")
• Covers EP (Franz Ferdinand EP featuring the duet "Live Alone") (2011)

Singles[link]

Filmography[link]

Features[link]

• Unmade Beds (1976)
• Deadly Hero (1976)
• The Blank Generation (1976) (documentary)
• The Foreigner (1978)
• Mr. Mike's Mondo Video (1979)
• Union City (1980)
• Roadie (1980)
• Downtown 81 (1981)
• Rock & Rule (1983 (voice)
• Videodrome (1983)
• Terror in the Aisles (1984)
• Forever Lulu (1987)
• Satisfaction (1988)
• Hairspray (1988)
• New York Stories (1989)
• Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990)
• Intimate Stranger (1992)
• Body Bags (1993)
• Dead Beat (1994)
• Drop Dead Rock (1995)
• Heavy (1995)
• Wigstock: The Movie (1995) (documentary)
• Cop Land (1997)
• Six Ways to Sunday (1997)
• Joe's Day (1998)
• Zoo (1999)
• Red Lipstick (2000)
• The Fluffer (2001)
• Deuces Wild (2002)
• Spun (2002)
• Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002) (Voice)
• All I Want (2002)
• End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones (2003) (documentary)
• My Life Without Me (2003)
• A Good Night to Die (2003)
• Ghostlight (2003)
• The Tulse Luper Suitcases (2003)
• Mayor of the Sunset Strip (2003) (documentary)
• Picture This: Blondie and Debbie Harry (2004) (documentary)
• Kiki and Herb Reloaded (2005) (documentary)
• Face Addict (2005) (documentary)
• Too Tough to Die: A Tribute to Johnny Ramone (2006) (documentary)
• Full Grown Men (2006)
• Anamorph (2007)
• Elegy (2008)
• Hotel Gramercy Park (2008) (documentary)

Short subjects[link]

• A New Face of Debbie Harry (1982)
• Sandman (1996)
• Who Is Harry Smith? (1998)
• Drive (2002)
• Honey Trap (2005)
• Patch (2005)
• I Remember You Now... (2005)

References[link]