Deborah Gates

American actress and director

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Deborah Gates

Deborah Gates as Ophelia in Hamlet

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United States

Nationality| American
Occupation(s)| Actress, director, voice actress

Deborah Gates is an American actress and director who founded the acting company Shakespeare at Play in Los Angeles, California that specializes in abridged versions of Shakespeare’s works for young audiences.

## Career[edit]

Gates has played many classical roles, including Ophelia in Mark Ringer's staging of Hamlet, Kate in Taming of the Shrew, Hermia in A Midsummer Night's Dream and Juliet in Romeo and Juliet at the Globe Playhouse as well as non classical roles in Mrs. California and Quilters, winning a Drama-Logue Award for the latter. She has also done extensive work as a voice actress in such films as Oliver & Company and video games like Guild Wars. She played the lead role of American journalist Helen Foster Snow in the Chinese film Yi ge mao xian de mei guo nu ren.

## External links[edit]

* Deborah Gates at IMDb
* Official Website for Shakespeare at Play Archived 2007-02-10 at the Wayback Machine