- Debi Sue had to film her nude scene and death scene on her first day on the set, and it was a grueling 13 hours. She doesn't regret it and is happy to have contributed to the 'Friday the 13th' series.
- At 19, she won "Best Body" in Texas and worked as a Playboy Bunny.
- She decided to call her costar John Robert Dixon in Friday the 13th, to meet with him, beforehand, so their nude scene would be less awkward.
- Has only seen the first Friday the 13th (1980) and, of course, Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985).
- Was a waitress at one of the Playboy Bunny Clubs before starting her film career.
- Voorhees worked as a journalist covering arts and entertainment at The Dallas Morning News, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Modern Luxury Magazine and Front Desk Magazine and has taught British Literature and journalism in Texas and New Mexico as well as Acting for Film at ENMU.
- Costar John Robert Dixon's real-life girlfriend came in to audition for the role of "Tina" in Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985), as well, but Debi Sue Voorhees, ultimately, won the role.
- Has nine siblings in her family: 6 girls, 3 boys
- She has no children.
- Voorhees came up with the idea for 13 Fanboy with her producing partner Joel Paul Reisig. He asked her if horror fans were ever scary. The short version of the story is rarely, most are amazing, respectful and fun to be around but there were a couple moments that unnerved her. Joel said, "That's our story." At first Voorhees thought hell no. That's real life, but then realized that if it scared her this much she could scare others.
- She enjoys riding horses, going to the theatre (staged productions), watching film, going to museums and the symphony and reading.
- Has written seven screenplays. Genevieve was an official selection of the Beverly Hills Film Festival, and she directed and produced her Billy Shakespeare in 2014. She's in development with her offbeat comedy And The Rabbit Died.
- She got a BS in Journalism.
- Voorhees is a filmmaker in New Mexico. Her short Hip Hop Hamlet was an official selection of Kenneth Branagh's Shakespeare Film Festival in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, and Hip Hop Hamlet and her short Othello: Good Night My Sweet played at Shakespeare's 400th celebration in Elsinore Denmark.
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