Trivia

According to Ray Romano, Patricia won the role of Debra on Everybody Loves Raymond (1996) because she was the only actress willing to kiss him at the auditions. It actually came down to a draw between her and Jane Sibbett - CBS liked Sibbett, but Romano preferred Patricia, who was much closer to how he pictured Debra, and the producers backed him up.

Auditioned for the role as Elaine Benes on the situation comedy Seinfeld (1989), which went to Julia Louis-Dreyfus.

Tony Shalhoub was the best man at Patty's wedding to David Hunt. Tony knew David before Patty came into the picture.

She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 6653 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on May 22, 2012.

Has four sons with her husband David Hunt: Samuel David Hunt (born September 1, 1993), John Basil Hunt (born May 15, 1995), Joseph Charles 'Joe' Hunt (born June 2, 1997) and Daniel Patrick 'Dan' Hunt (born January 20, 1999).

Daughter of Chuck Heaton, sportswriter for the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Attended St. Raphael's Catholic Primary School in Bay Village, Ohio.

Told Entertainment Tonight (1981) she was considering adopting a child. She already has four sons (none adopted). All four of her sons appear with her in the latest Jewel commercial when she's at home going over details of a party and her sons are all watching television and checking off items she lists. (November 2001)

In a story released on May 24, 2011, Ms. Heaton says she has lost work because of her beliefs about abortion, and other Christian values.

Her sister Sharon Heaton is a Dominican nun.

Her mother passed away of an aneurysm when she was age 12.

Once worked at People magazine.

While attending Bay High School she sang in the choir, performed in the Stage Band, and was a member of the Rockettes Drill Team with the Bay Rockets' Marching Band.

Ranked #24 on the TV Guide Network special, Funniest Women on TV (2011).

Her brother and father were writers for the local Cleveland newspaper, The Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Part owner of an Italian bistro "Vento" in her hometown of Bay Village, located next door to the community theater. (2009)

Edited news film at ABC station Channel 5 (WEWS) in Cleveland, when she was in college as a summer intern in the late 1970s.

Honorary Chair of Feminists for Life - a nonsectarian, nonpartisan, grassroots organization established 30 years ago which opposes domestic violence, child abuse, infanticide, and abortion - the cause to which she was most passionately drawn.

In a 2006 TV Guide/Bravo poll, she was named the television personality who would make the best real-life housewife with 72% of the vote, far surpassing runner-up Teri Hatcher from Desperate Housewives (2004).

On the old television site of Everybody Loves Raymond (1996), Heaton listed Gary Oldman as her favorite actor.

Authored the book "Your Second Act: Inspiring Stories of Transformation" which was published in July 2020.

All of her children were born by Caesarian section. The damage to her body was repaired with plastic surgery.

Wrote "Patricia Heaton's Food for Family & Friends: 100 Favorite Recipes for a Busy, Happy Life" which was published in 2018.

Has three sisters: Sharon Heaton, Alice Heaton and Frances Heaton.

Her brother, Michael Heaton, writes columns for the Cleveland Plain Dealer under the heading of "Minister of Culture".

Friends with Tony Shalhoub, Lucinda Jenney and Andrew Breitbart.

Spokeswoman for supermarkets owned by Alberstons, Inc., including Albertsons (West Coast, Rocky Mountain, Great Plains and Gulf Coast States), Acme Markets (Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania), and Jewel-Osco (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa and Wisconsin).

She has English, German and Irish ancestry.

Attended and graduated from Bay High School in Bay Village, Ohio (1976).

Received her Bachelor's degree in Drama from Ohio State University from Columbus, Ohio (1980). Is a sister of the Delta Gamma sorority.

Has worked with Dan Castellaneta, Michael McKean, David Duchovny, Ray Romano, Kelsey Grammer, and Neil Flynn. Of those six actors, Grammer is the only one with whom she did not play husband and wife and Flynn is the only one not to have ever acted on The Simpsons (1989).

Spoke at Loyola Marymount University with Serrin Foster as a representative of Feminists for Life and as a guest of the Respect Life Club of Loyola Marymount University. (January 2006)