Debbie Chazen
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| Born | Debbie Chazen June 10, 1971 London, England |
| Years active | 1997-Present |
Debbie Chazen (born 10 June 1971) is a British actress. She is most famous for playing the roles of Annie in the BBC comedy The Smoking Room, Big Claire in Mine All Mine and various roles in the BBC sketch show Tittybangbang.
She has also appeared in the Mike Leigh film Topsy Turvy, Gimme Gimme Gimme, the final episode of Mile High, EastEnders and Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married, as well as playing the role of Fred's maid in the 1999 version of A Christmas Carol and of Fanny Squeers in the 2001 version of The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.
Her theatre work includes Mother Clap's Molly House at the National Theatre, London, by controversial writer Mark Ravenhill, the role of the Good Fairy in the Barbican Theatre's first ever pantomime, Dick Whittington and His Cat, in 2006 and most recently Dunyasha in Jonathan Miller's version of Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard in Sheffield (March 2007). In 2006 she also played the role of Maribel in a new play called Crooked at the Bush Theatre, for which she received much acclaim. An article in the International Herald Tribune newspaper compared the quality of her performance to the likes of Judi Dench and Maggie Smith.
She appeared in the Doctor Who 2007 Christmas Special Voyage Of The Damned.
Miss Chazen lives with her partner, Michael Korel, who is a well-known psychic and tarot-card reader, in North West London.
