Known for Crew
Debby Porter was born in Hollywood, California, the daughter of a professional race car driver, who also owned his own auto-body shop, building custom cars. She was influenced at an early age by many celebrities associated with her father's profession, including James Dean and Steve McQueen. She was introduced to many music and movie producers, directors, and stunt coordinators. Surprisingly, it was a stunt coordinator that gave Debby her first break, where she did stunt work for the movie, North Dallas Forty (1979). During her career as a stunt woman, she has doubled such stars as: Glenn Close, Beverly D'Angelo, Suzanne Somers, Barbara Eden and Cassandra Peterson (aka "Elvira").
Birthplace
Hollywood, California, USA
Filmography
38 films, 1 show


Dante's Peak
1997 · 1h 48m
country: United States
Volcanologist Harry Dalton comes to the sleepy town of Dante's Peak to investigate the recent rumblings of the dormant volcano the burg is named for. Before long, his worst fears are realized when a massive eruption hits, and immediately, Harry, the mayor and the townspeople find themselves fighting for their lives amid a catastrophic nightmare.


Sweet Evil
1996 · 1h 36m
country: United States
A couple unable to naturally conceive recruit a young woman to act as their surrogate. She falls pregnant with their baby and moves into their home. But sweet Jennifer has a secret, and she soon traps the couple in a terrifying hell with little chance of escape.


Freaked
1993 · 1h 20m
country: United States
A vain actor, his best friend, and an activist end up at a mutant freak farm run by a weirdo scientist.


Love Field
1992 · 1h 42m
country: United States
Dallas housewife Lurene Hallett's life revolves around the doings of Jacqueline Kennedy. She is devastated when President Kennedy is shot a few hours after she sees him arrive in Dallas. Despite her husband Ray's prohibition, she decides to attend the funeral in Washington, D.C. Forced to travel by bus, she befriends Jonell, the young black daughter of Paul Couter. Sensing something wrong, her good intentioned interference leads the mixed race threesome on an increasingly difficult journey to Washington with both the police and Ray looking for them.


Highway to Hell
1991 · 1h 34m
country: United States
Charlie and Rachel run away from home to get married in Las Vegas. But they get attacked by a zombie who takes Rachel with him to hell, where she will become one of Satan's brides.


True Identity
1991 · 1h 33m
country: United States
In order to escape from the mob, an African-American man must disguise himself as a white man.


Pink Lightning
1991 · 1h 32m
country: United States
California 1962, Five girls: beautiful Sharon, ugly-duckling Andy, nice Poo and hot-to-trot Jill support their best friend Tookie when she prepares to marry her boyfriend Pat. But the two of them realize that they are not prepared to get married, that the locks of marriage will prevent them from doing things they want to do first.


Pacific Heights
1990 · 1h 42m
country: United States
A couple works hard to renovate their dream house and become landlords to pay for it. Unfortunately one of their tenants has plans of his own.


RoboCop 2
1990 · 1h 57m
country: United States
After a successful deployment of the RoboCop Law Enforcement unit, OCP sees its goal of urban pacification come closer and closer, but as this develops, a new narcotic known as "Nuke" invades the streets led by God-delirious leader Cane. As this menace grows, it may prove to be too much for Murphy to handle. OCP tries to replicate the success of the first unit, but ends up with failed prototypes with suicidal issues... until Dr. Faxx, a scientist straying away from OCP's path, uses Cane as the new subject for the RoboCop 2 project, a living God.


Another 48 Hrs.
1990 · 1h 35m
country: United States
For the past four years, San Francisco cop Jack Cates has been after an unidentified drug kingpin who calls himself the Ice Man. Jack finds a picture that proves that the Ice Man has put a price on the head of Reggie Hammond, who is scheduled to be released from prison on the next day.


Lost Angels
1989 · 1h 56m
country: United States
Rich L.A. party brat Tim spins into a cycle of despair after his parents divorce, and trying to fill the void with drugs and trouble only buys him a ticket to an asylum. But with the help of a psychiatrist who has taken an interest in him, will Tim try to pull himself out of the muck of teenage rebellion and ennui?


Listen to Me
1989 · 1h 47m
country: United States
It was the best time of their lives. A kid from Oklahoma. An immigrant's daughter. A senator's son, a society girl, and a college professor with a dream. They had one thing in common...the will to win. A group of college debaters learn about the world, friendships, love, dreams and family.


A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
1988 · 1h 33m
country: United Kingdom
Freddy Krueger returns once again to terrorize the dreams of the remaining Dream Warriors, as well as those of a young woman who may be able to defeat him for good.


The Blob
1988 · 1h 35m
country: United States
In Arborville, California, three high school students try to protect their hometown from a gelatinous alien life form that engulfs everything it touches.


The Dead Pool
1988 · 1h 31m
country: United States
Dirty Harry Callahan returns for his final film adventure. Together with his partner Al Quan, he must investigate the systematic murder of prominent figures. By the time Harry learns that the murders are part of a sick game to predict such deaths, it may be too late.


Laguna Heat
1987 · 1h 50m
country: United States
Tom Shepard returns to his home town of Laguna Beach to escape his turbulent past. But the tranquility is shattered when he gets involved in the investigation of a series of grisly and bizarre murders.


A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
1987 · 1h 36m
country: United Kingdom
A psychiatrist, familiar with the knife-wielding dream demon Freddy Krueger, helps teens at a mental hospital battle the killer who is invading their dreams.


Return to Horror High
1987 · 1h 34m
country: United States
A few years ago, a mysterious serial-killer caused panic on Crippen High School. The killer was never caught. A movie company, Cosmic Pictures, has decided to make a feature movie about these events - on location, at the now abandoned school. Since members of cast and crew disappear without a trace, it seems as if history is repeating itself...


Witchboard
1986 · 1h 38m
country: United Kingdom
Playing around with a Ouija board, a trio of friends succeeds in contacting the spirit of a young boy. Trouble begins when the evil spirit, Malfeitor, takes over one of their bodies.


Assassin
1986 · 1h 35m
country: United States
A retired agent from an Intelligence Agency is contacted by the Agency in order to stop an ultra-secret robot who is killing some government officials. That will be not an easy task, because the robot looks human and it was specifically built to be an efficient killer, not to mention that it is almost invulnerable.


Appointment with Fear
1985 · 1h 36m
country: United States
Moustapha Akkad, the man who brought you HALLOWEEN, invites you to keep an APPOINTMENT WITH FEAR. According to legend, Attis, King of the Woods, sacrificed his child to keep his own spirit alive and free to wander the earth at will. APPOINTMENT WITH FEAR casts this evil in contemporary terms: can a group of free-spirited teenagers and an inquisitive detective save a dying woman's infant from being Attis' next victim? The suspense is unrelenting as they - and you - keep an APPOINTMENT WITH FEAR.


Jagged Edge
1985 · 1h 48m
country: United States
After a wealthy heiress is murdered in her beach house, her devastated husband becomes the prime suspect. He hires a lawyer who hasn’t taken a criminal case in years, and as they work together, a complicated romance develops amidst the trial.


Year of the Dragon
1985 · 2h 14m
country: United States
In New York, racist Capt. Stanley White becomes obsessed with destroying a Chinese-American drug ring run by Joey Tai, an up-and-coming young gangster as ambitious as he is ruthless. While pursuing an unauthorized investigation, White grows increasingly willing to violate police protocol, resorting to progressively violent measures -- even as his concerned wife, Connie, and his superiors beg him to consider the consequences of his actions.


Real Genius
1985 · 1h 46m
country: United States
When teenage geniuses Mitch Taylor and Chris Knight, working on an advanced laser project, learn that the military wants to use it as a weapon, they decide to thwart the plan.


Moving Violations
1985 · 1h 30m
country: United States
A group of careless and unlucky drivers are sentenced to attend traffic school to keep their records clean.


A Nightmare on Elm Street
1984 · 1h 31m
country: United States
Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson, traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger, who was burned alive by angry parents many years before. Krueger has now come back in the dreams of his killers' children, claiming their lives as his revenge. Nancy and her boyfriend, Glen, must devise a plan to lure the monster out of the realm of nightmares and into the real world...


Two of a Kind
1983 · 1h 28m
country: United States
God has had enough of the bad behavior and attitude of humankind, and has decided to start it all over. It is up to a struggling inventor and a bank teller, both with very amateur criminal minds, to save the world by falling in love.


Sudden Impact
1983 · 1h 57m
country: United States
When a young rape victim takes justice into her own hands and becomes a serial killer, it's up to Dirty Harry Callahan, on suspension from the SFPD, to bring her to justice.


Get Crazy
1983 · 1h 32m
country: United States
Mega-promoter Colin Beverly plans to sabotage the New Year's 1983 concert of small-time operator Max Wolfe. Wolfe's assistants Neil Allen and Willie Loman find romance while trying to save the drugs, violence, and rock and roll from Beverly's schemes.


Heart Like a Wheel
1983 · 1h 53m
country: United States
Shirley Muldowney is determined to be a top-fuel drag racer, although no woman has ever raced them before. Despite the high risks of this kind of racing and the burden it places on her family life, she perseveres in her dream.


The Sender
1982 · 1h 31m
country: United Kingdom
A disturbed telepathic man is able to transmit his dreams and visions into the minds of the people around him.


Split Image
1982 · 1h 51m
country: Canada
An impressionable young man finds himself enslaved by a modern-day religious cult. In an effort to bring him back to reality, the boy's parents hire a deprogrammer to kidnap him and return him to his family.


Heartbeeps
1981 · 1h 18m
country: United States
Two domestic robots fall in love and run off together.


Honky Tonk Freeway
1981 · 1h 47m
country: United Kingdom
Ticlaw, a small town in Florida, has only one attraction: a safari park. The government constructs a freeway that passes near Ticlaw, but decides not to put an exit into the town. The people of Ticlaw, leaded by its Mayor, will do anything in order to convince the governor to alter the project.


The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood
1980 · 1h 28m
country: United States
Xaviera Hollander has to navigate some sleazy studio politics to see the production of the film version of her memoirs.


North Dallas Forty
1979 · 1h 59m
country: United States
A semi-fictional account of life as a professional football player. Loosely based on the Dallas Cowboys team of the early 1970s.