Born on February 11, 1956, Deena Freeman hails from Palo Alto, United States. Deena married David Brandes, producer/writer, has two children who are actors, Aviva Brandes and Noa Brandes. Most recently, she was nominated for Best Supporting actress at The Houston International Film Festival for her portrayal as once again the overbearing Jewish mom, in “Banana Bread”, and also featured in the smash comedy, “Melissa and Joey” on ABC. As a voice-over actor, your kids would remember her from “Monster’s Inc”, “Buzz Light Year”, and “The Incredibles”, to name a few. You could hardly turn on the TV, without seeing Deena portraying the typical ad mom. Deena was awarded on the Screen Actors Guild awards event for her body of work in commercials. She continues to work in TV ads from anything from becoming a spokesman for both McDonald’s to the vintage soft drink Tab. In a special episode of “Golden Girls”, she got the distinction of portraying Bea Arthur’s daughter, Kate. She went on to guest appear on several iconic series like, “Newhart”, “The White Shadow”, “Crazy like a Fox” to name a few. Following the pilot, Deena was cast as a regular on “Too Close For Comfort”, as Ted Knights rebel niece, April. Within a short amount of time she won a main part in a pilot for ABC, called “In Trouble”, alongside Nancy Cartwright and Lisa Freeman. She came to Los Angeles to pursue acting professionally. She graduated from SFSU and did graduate studies at UC Irvine. She starred in various shows, including “Ah Wilderness’ with Zelko Ivanek, “Vanities”, and many more. She was well known for her characterisation of a duck, dubbed Ducky Daddles, in “Story Theatre”, as well as her imitation of Crab the dog, in “Two Gentelemen of Verona”. Deena started performing in high school and acted in a professional acting group named, “The Theatreworks”. Actress Deena Freeman was born in Palo Alto, California, the daughter of an industrial engineer father, and a hilarious homemaker mother.
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