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Debbie Rochon | |
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 Debbie Rochon 2004 photo taken by Gary Cook, Image Group | |
| Born | Vancouver,British Columbia, Canada |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1982–present |
| Website | debbierochon |
Debbie Ann Rochon (born November 3) is a Canadian actress and former stage performer, best known for her work in independenthorror films andcounterculture films.
When Rochon was ten years old, her parents were deemed unfit to raise her, and she was remanded tofoster care. Shuttled from one foster home to the next, Rochon ran away toVancouver. When she was 14 and homeless, she was violently robbed by a homeless man, who assaulted her with a knife and slashed her upper right arm, leaving her with a large vertical scar.
In 1980 Rochon was cast as a punk-fan rock-concert extra inLadies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains after being alerted to an open-casting call by another homeless youth. She worked for three months and earned $300 cash a week. That experience made her fall in love with filmmaking and acting. By age 17, she had saved enough money to move to New York City. Rochon worked withoff-off-Broadway theater companies, performing in over 25 stage productions. She garnered her first printed review inBackstage which read: "Debbie Rochon acquitted herself well as the cocaloony bird inTennessee Williams'The Gnadiges Fraulein."
Rochon then focused on the cinema. Her first substantial role was inBanned, a 1989 film director byRoberta Findlay. She then went on to appear in over two hundred independent features. The Hubcap Awards founderJoe Bob Briggs crowned Rochon as runner-up Best Actress of the year in 1994 for her work onAbducted II: The Reunion. In 1995, she was recognized for her work as the conniving, television producer inBroadcast Bombshells, winning the Barbarella Award.
She was a featured guest player on Fox'sNew York Undercover. In 2002, Rochon was crownedScream Queen of the Decade (1990–1999) byDraculina magazine, based on reader voting. She also received Best Psychette Award 2002 (Best Female Psycho in a Movie) for her work inAmerican Nightmare [fr].
In 2002, while working on an unreleased film in Tennessee, Rochon suffered an accident with amachete which resulted in the near-severing of the four fingers of her right hand.[1] After extensive surgeries and physical therapy, she regained limited use of the hand.[2]
In 2004, Rochon won MicroCinemaFest's "Best Comedy Actress" award for her work inDr. Horror's Erotic House of Idiots. She also co-hosted the 2005Village Halloween Parade withDee Snider. The following year, she and Snider began broadcastingFangoria Radio onSirius Satellite Radio, a weekly talk show of horror movie news and reviews. The show ran from 2006 till 2010. She appeared regularly atFangoria's Weekend of Horrors conventions when they were being produced.
In 2008, Rochon appeared in several new horror ventures, including the Michigan-made filmDog,Savaged,The Colour from the Dark,Psychosomatika, andBeg. She can also be seen in the After Dark-released filmMulberry Street, directed by Jim Mickle, which had a theatrical run as part of theHorrorfest series in 2007.
Rochon is a character in the 2008 novelBad Moon Rising byJonathan Maberry. She is one of several real-world horror celebrities who are in the fictional town of Pine Deep when monsters attack. Other celebrities includeTom Savini,Jim O'Rear,Brinke Stevens,Ken Foree,Stephen Susco,Joe Bob Briggs,James Gunn, andMem Shannon.[3][4][5][6][7]
She appeared in a 2009 documentaryPretty Bloody: The Women of Horror.[8] Also in 2009, she starred as Alice inSlime City Massacre, a sequel to the cult filmSlime City; both films were directed byGregory Lamberson.[9] She presented the movie on the Premiere at 2010 Beloit International Film Festival on February 18, 2010.[10]
Rochon appeared in a feature film bySean Pomper Productions,Killer Hoo-Ha!.[11]
She portrayed Madam Won Ton in the 2011 horror comedy filmWon Ton Baby! byJames Morgart.[12]
She portrayedEleanor of Aquitaine in the 2014 filmRichard the Lionheart: Rebellion.
By 2015, she had been nominated four times for the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Award for her column "Diary of the Deb" inFangoria magazine.[13] She won the coveted award for her column in 2014. She continues to be nominated annually for her film column "The Rochon Report" featured inVideoscope magazine.
Breaking Glass Pictures released the feature filmDollface in September 2015, in which Rochon stars as a foul-mouthed groundskeeper. She was praised for her performance inDollface, which won numerous awards in 2014/2015 including Horror Society's "Best Indie Horror Film of 2014".Also in 2015, she made her directorial debut with the horror thriller filmModel Hunger.[14]
Rochon lived in New York City from 1984 to 2014. She worked for the horror magazineFangoria for the last 14 years of its publication until it was bought in 2018 by Cinestate.
Entertainment Tonight listed Rochon as one of "The Top 40 Scream Queens of the Past 40 Years" on October 17, 2018.[15]
Playboy Ranks The 50 Sexiest Scream Queens Of All Time; Debbie Rochon ranked #8[16]
Rochon was cast as “Maureen” in the cult horror film directed byMario Cerrito,Human Hibachi 3: The Last Supper.[17]
Rochon has appeared on many film-related magazine covers including:
Rochon has written for numerous genre publications including:
As well as a regular column inThe Joe Bob Report (published byJoe Bob Briggs)
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