Debbie Harry Trivia

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  • She and Blondie are credited, due to the rapped section of the song "Rapture" (which, among other things, name-drops Fab 5 Freddy) and its graffiti-filled video, with helping to popularize hip hop music, especially among white audiences.
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  • Was up for the female lead roles in the movies Raging Bull (1980) and TRON (1982).
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  • Eat To The Beat, released in 1979, is an early video collection by Blondie. The late model Gia Carangi appears in the eighth video, "Atomic".
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  • Ranked #18 on VH1's 100 Sexiest Artists.
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  • Ranked #12 on VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock N Roll.
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  • Dyed her hair red for her role as James Woods's masochistic girlfriend in David Cronenberg's Videodrome (1983).
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  • Has admitted to getting a face lift.
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  • Starred in the Broadway play "Teaneck Tanzi" with Andy Kaufman. She played a female wrestler and Kaufman played the ref. The play closed after opening day. The play was her Broadway debut.
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  • Singer/actress.
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  • Her band Blondie broke up (1982).
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  • Was the original choice for Pris in Blade Runner (1982).
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  • She and her band Blondie reunited and released their first album since their 1982 breakup (1998).
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  • Name of her band was originally called "Angel and the Snakes," but she changed the name to Blondie after the countless cat calls from truck drivers who would yell out the window at her when she was walking down the street, "Hey! Blondie!" Lead singer and songwriter for punk rock group Blondie.
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  • Former Playboy bunny.
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  • Was a good friend of Nancy Spungen.
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  • Blondie was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame on March 13, 2006.
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  • Has stated that if she had the choice of any actress to play her in a film, she would choose Michelle Pfeiffer. Not surprisingly, Michelle stated in an interview that when she was in her twenties, strangers would come up to her thinking she was Debbie Harry.
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  • Blondie`s video for their hit song "Rapture" featured a cameo appearance New York artist/Andy Warhol disciple Jean Michel Basquiat, whose life was portrayed in the Basquiat (1996).
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  • Was a former beautician, barmaid and Playboy bunny.
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  • Her band "Blondie" broke up in 1982
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  • She`s a former Playboy bunny.
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  • In 1998, Deborah and her band "Blondie" reunited and released their first album since their 1982 breakup.
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  • Name of her band was originally called "Angel and the Snakes, " but she changed the name to "Blondie" after the countless cat calls from truck drivers who would yell out the window at her when she was walking down the street, "Hey! Blondie!"
    Posted by Super Star Editor marylou000
  • She has admitted to getting a face lift.
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  • In 1981 "Harper`s Bazaar" named her to their 10 Most Beautiful Women in America list.
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  • She was ranked #12 on VH1`s 100 Greatest Women of Rock N Roll.
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  • Debbie became the oldest female to have a #1 single in Britain, at the age of 53, on February 23, 1999, a record she still holds.
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  • Debbie did a voice part for the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City as a cab dispatcher
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  • Debbie and Blondie toured with Iggy Pop in 1977.
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  • Debbie has done many benefit concerts for AIDS awareness.
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  • Debbie refuses to find her birth parents, saying "I know who I am, and it would be an insult to the Harrys."
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  • Debbie has done television commercials, including ones for Sara Lee, Revlon, and Gloria Vanderbilt Jeans.
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  • As of 1989, she dropped using Debbie as a stage name and returned to using Deborah.
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  • Deborah was considered for the role of Pris in Blade Runner (1982) but Daryl Hannah was chosen instead
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  • Debbie was one of the artists to perform in the 2006 closing night at New York`s legendary punk club, CBGB`s.
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  • Deborah was chosen as one of People Magazine`s annual 100 Most Beautiful People in the World, Beauty over 60, in May 2007.
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