Nicole DeHuff
| Nicole DeHuff | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born |
Nicole Renee DeHuff January 6, 1975 Antlers, Oklahoma, United States |
| Died |
February 16, 2005 (aged 30) Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Spouse(s) | Ari Palitz 2000–2005 (her death) |
Nicole Renee DeHuff (January 6, 1975 – February 16, 2005) was an American actress.
Early life
DeHuff was born in Antlers, Oklahoma, and raised in Broken Bow, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She began her acting career by earning a bachelor's degree in drama from Carnegie Mellon University. She would also meet and later marry executive producer and director Ari Palitz, whom she met at Carnegie Mellon.
Career
DeHuff landed her first big role in the hit comedy Meet the Parents, in which she played Teri Polo's character's sister, Deborah Byrnes. Though she died, her character lived on in the film's sequels as she is frequently mentioned but never appears onscreen.
After Meet the Parents, DeHuff had a regular role in the 2002 TV series The Court and appeared in CSI: Miami, Without a Trace, Dragnet, The Practice, and Monk.
Between 2004 and 2005, DeHuff worked on three feature films. One of these, Unbeatable Harold, was directed by her husband.
Death
DeHuff became ill and was allegedly misdiagnosed twice by doctors who failed to recognize that she had pneumonia. She had been sick for several days before her death and went to two different hospitals where she was misdiagnosed. DeHuff complained to her husband the morning of February 15 that her chest was in so much pain that it hurt to even talk and that she needed to go back to the hospital.[1] Taken to Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center, she was found to have an aggressive form of viral pneumonia that, a friend says, led to a staph infection, sepsis, and then cardiac arrest. She died on February 16, 2005, in Los Angeles.[2][3]
DeHuff's official cause of death, according to her mother, was sepsis complicated by pneumonia, asthma, and a staph infection. [4]
Filmography
| Title | Role | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Meet the Parents | Deborah Byrnes | 2000 |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Tina Kolas | 2001 |
| The Practice | Michelle Farrell | 2001 |
| The Court | Alexis Cameron | 2002 |
| Without A Trace | Cathy Dobson | 2003 |
| Dragnet | Claudia Hellman | 2003 |
| Monk | Vicki Salinas | 2004 |
| CSI: Miami | Carrie Delgado | 2004 |
| Suspect Zero | Katie Potter | 2004 |
| See Arnold Run | Barbara | 2005 |
| Unbeatable Harold | Wanda Livingston | 2006 |
References
- ↑ http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/mb.asp?cmd=display&thread_id=3035520&pg=1&sigtoggle=true. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "Pneumonia Kills Actress Nicole Dehuff at Age 30". People. 2005-03-28. Retrieved 2011-07-16.
- ↑ IMDB (2008-06-01). "Nicole DeHuff Bio". IMDB. Retrieved 2008-06-01.
- ↑ http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/mb.asp?cmd=display&thread_id=3035520&pg=1&sigtoggle=true. Missing or empty
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