Debra Messing Felt Isolated as a Kid. ‘I Love Lucy' Became Her Escape.
Debra Messing, 56, is known for her roles in TV's 'Will & Grace' and 'The Starter Wife.' She executive produced the new documentary 'October 8' and co-stars in the new crime-drama film 'The Alto Knights.' She spoke with Marc Myers.
I was fearful as a child. My parents grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y., surrounded by a large Jewish family and friends. When I was 3, in 1971, my father got a job in Rhode Island and we moved to East Greenwich, where there were very few Jews.
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