16. Filming & Production Profession Deborah Fiderer is a fictional character in the NBC television series The West Wing.

Bartlet finds out Debbie was fired from the White House personnel office because she sent Charlie to interview as Bartlet's assistant instead of following her boss's nepotism.

In her final appearance, set on the day that Matt Santos assumes office, Fiderer is seen clearing out her desk and warning Ronna Beckman that she should never revoke the First Lady's walk-in privileges, even though the President will plead with her to do so.

Bartlet is nevertheless impressed by her show of respect for the Office of the President, remarking that she'd written President Bartlet, and concludes she is a "class act". Fiderer is opinionated, strong willed, eccentric, and very much her own woman; Charlie knows he has the perfect fit to replace Mrs. Landingham.





Bartlet interviews a number of unsatisfactory secretaries, and then finally ends up hiring Debbie Fiderer.

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Which is exactly what I think happened to Deborah Fiderer, who's one of the The West Wing's best characters and unsung heroes. She is Executive Assistant to the President, and is portrayed by actress and comedian Lily Tomlin .

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She required that all senior staff members bring a copy of the daily memo with them to the staff meetings. Archived. Release Dates Deborah Fiderer President Josiah "Jed" Bartlet After recommending Charlie Young for the job as President Bartlet's body man rather than the son of a major Democratic donor, Debbie was fired from her position at the White House. Romance(s)

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Debbie says that she admires Harry S. Truman.

Deborah Fiderer Little is known about Debbie's personal life. The character first appears during the program's third season and remains until the finale. First seen Deborah Fiderer

More trouble arose during her security screening when it came to light that Deborah had written a letter in which she suggested that President Bartlet's drink should be laced with poison to call attention to human rights crises. Official Sites We're gonna get this right. In 2003, she received two nominations, one for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Dramatic Series and one for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Dramatic Series (shared with other West Wing co-stars). Brown

Again, it doesn't go well. She once mentioned to Abby that she is not very religious. Have we done the first one yet? |

She is first referred to in dialogue during the first season episode "A Proportional Response" as the White House personnel office worker who recommends Charlie to serve as the President's personal assistant.

Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. The President interviews feisty secretarial candidate Debbie Fiderer (Lily Tomlin) for a second time.
She also confesses to "a tempestuous affair with a rodeo cowboy during the Summer of Love that the Hollies played a significant role in.".

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Executive Secretary to the President of the United States Before her initial interview with President Bartlet, Deborah takes anti-anxiety medication; when it didn't seem to work, she takes another, and by the time of the interview she is intoxicated.



She also re-wired the President's phone so that the line would go directly to her, allowing her to make the President's outgoing calls for him so he wouldn't have to remember them all.

The character first appears during the program's third season and remains until the finale. Politics

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She was quite loyal to the President and implemented a series of rules and procedures to make his daily routine easier. After the First Lady, Debbie is the character most concerned with preventing the President from being overworked in light of his multiple sclerosis, to the point of having new telephone functions installed and creating and keeping an incredibly strict schedule for senior staff.

Hiring Debbie Fiderer. Titles I got pretty... pretty well doinked. Debbie

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Fiderer previously worked at the White House as a Personnel Director.





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Before your next job interview with the President, I'm gonna remind you that you probably don't wanna be stoned.

"Posse Comitatus" Hiring Debbie Fiderer. : He's also rattled by the tumbling Dow, and takes it out in an odd way on an elderly White House visitor. She was married to a Mr. DiLaguardia, but divorced him. Throughout the course of the series, the two develop a friendly rapport. Close. : |

... Before your next job interview with the President, I'm gonna remind you that you probably don't wanna be stoned. Finally prevailed upon to do so by his White House staff, Bartlet expresses to Charlie Young an expectation that most of the proposed candidates will not meet with his approval.



When asked her musical preference, she says she is "a Crazy Horse kind of girl." "The West Wing" Posse Comitatus (TV Episode 2002) Lily Tomlin as Deborah Fiderer.
Sam asks how the secretary interviews are going, and Bartlet confesses they're not going well; the first candidate wasn't easily impressed, and the second one didn't find Bartlet funny. Movies.

After a series of blundered interviews, first where she was high on an accidental overdose of anti-anxiety medicine and then when she was being flippant in an attempt to cover up why she'd been fired from her previous White House job, Bartlet was left unimpressed. Deborah Fiderer (previously DeLaGuardia) is the second Executive Secretary to President Josiah Bartlet. However, Bartlet later realized that she'd lied so as not to get others in trouble and also found that  she was able to recite numbers from the day's global markets, so he hired her anyway.

Posted by 7 years ago. She appears to gain some infamy for knowing about crises before the President or his secret service detail; Bartlet is very amused when, in the wake of the West Wing being struck by bullets, the Oval Office is flooded with Secret Service agents before Fiderer even appears. :

The President let her keep her job because he felt that she had shown respect for the office by referring to him as "President Bartlet". Debbie is at least a very competent poker player, having seemingly fleeced the entire White House senior staff in "Evidence of Things Not Seen". Hair

Tomlin was nominated three times for a Screen Actors Guild Award for her role as Fiderer.

It's interesting to note that Debbie was first known as Debbie DiLaguardia (season 1, episode 3). Debbie was known for her dry wit and sometimes domineering personality.

She is Executive Assistant to the President, and is portrayed by actress and comedian Lily Tomlin. After the death of President Josiah Bartlet's previous private secretary Mrs. Dolores Landingham, Bartlet is extremely reluctant to come to terms with her death fully by hiring a permanent replacement.

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Fiderer previously worked at the White House as a Personnel Director. Before that, she worked in the White House personnel office, and when President Bartlet asked what happened, she says she was "screwed with her pants on." Deborah Fiderer (previously DeLaGuardia) is the second Executive Secretary to President Josiah Bartlet.