Template:Multiple issuesDeborah Dir is an American film and stage actress born in Santa Rosa, California. She is the niece of legendary singer songwriter, guitarist Brian Marnell, known for his innovative Rock New Wave sound with San Francisco, Bay Area SVT (band) with Jack Casady and his collaboration with Jim Carroll, The Basketball Diaries.Deborah's training first started at The American Academy of Dramatic Arts and went on to audition and successfully achieve a lifetime membership at The Actors Studio. There she met and studied under acting coach Joanne Linville a protègè of Stella Adler and one of the founding teachers at the The Stella Adler Academy of Acting. Mark Ruffalo and Benicio Del Toro are some of her former students among others.