Deborah Van Valkenburgh began her acting on Broadway appearing in the play 'Hair'. She also appeared in off-Broadway plays as 'Honeybee', 'The Tempest', 'Six Characters in Search of an Author', 'Hay Fever', 'When Did You last See Your Mother?' 'Iolanthe', 'It Ain't Aardvark' and 'Minutemen'.

In addition to acting in these New York shows, Deborah also acted in regional and touring company productions of 'A View from the Bridge', 'Mooney's Kid Don't Cry' and 'The Children's Hour'. Deborah Van Valkenburgh big acting break came when she played the role of Jackie Rush on the hit ABC series Too Close for Comfort.

Deborah has studied acting with William Esper and John Shea, ballet with Ballet Arts Carnegie Hall, modern dance with James Cunningham, puppet production with Jim Henson of "The Muppets" fame, voice with Kirk Nurock and Richard Green, and improvisation with Dan Richter.