10 Actors Who Made Sure They Weren't Seen In Movies
3. Debra Winger - E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
No matter how many times you've seen Steven Spielberg's E.T., did you know that it featured a blink-and-you'll-miss-it cameo from an extremely striking, three-time-Oscar-nominated actress?
Two years after she broke into Hollywood with her acclaimed, Golden Globe-nominated performance in Urban Cowboy, Debra Winger was persuaded to appear in E.T. as a favour to her good friend Spielberg.
Though E.T.'s signature raspy voice was attributed to Pat Welsh, it was ultimately composited with sixteen other voices, including Winger, who lent her vocals to the character.
But Wigner also had a second, equally unknown part in the film, playing the zombie nurse holding a dog during the iconic Halloween sequence.
She can be seen shuffling past E.T. for just a matter of seconds, and per the wig and zombie makeup she's wearing, she's totally impossible to notice.
As karmic payback for agreeing to appear in what would become one of the highest-grossing films of all time, within two years of E.T.'s release Winger had back-to-back Best Actress Oscar nominations to her name for her performances in An Officer and a Gentleman and Terms of Endearment.