Pat Stanley

Not to be confused with Pat et Stanley.

Pat Stanley (born April 12, 1931, Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American actress, dancer and singer.

Family

She was married to songwriter Johnny Burke, and later to writer William Hanley with whom she had two daughters, Nell and Katherine. She has three granddaughters Darsen, Sophia, and Mabel.

Since 1980 she had been married to third husband, actor and artist Gerry Matthews. She lives in retirement in Walla Walla, Washington.

Career

Stanley won her Tony award in the category of Best Featured Actress in a Musical in the 1958-1959 season, for her performances as "Lois Lee" in the musical Goldilocks. She was nominated in 1962 for a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play for her role as Eileen Taylor in Sunday in New York.

She made frequent appearances in prime time television on Breslin's Neighborhood, Thieves Carnival (Play of the Week 1959), Omnibus (1958), NBC Comedy Hour, The Ed Sullivan Show (1958) and A George Abbott Special (1955). On daytime television, she has played Mrs. Goodman #2 on The Edge of Night in 1982 and 1983. In films, she was featured in the Jerry Lewis movie The Ladies Man (1961).

Broadway stage productions

• 1952: Of Thee I Sing as Dancer.
• 1953: Carnival in Flanders as Siska
• 1957: Carousel as Carrie.
• 1958: Blue Denim as Lillian.
• 1958: Goldilocks as Lois Lee.
• 1959: Fiorello! as Dora.
• 1961: Sunday in New York as Eileen.
• 1981: The Five O'Clock Girl as Susan Snow.

National Tours

• 1953: Pajama Game as Gladys
• 1952: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn as dance lead

Summer Stock

• 1950's: Lend an Ear, Brigadoon, Pajama Game, One Touch of Venus

Night Clubs

• 1980: Solo act at Once Upon a Stove

External links

• Pat Stanley at the Internet Broadway Database
• Pat Stanley at the Internet Movie Database
• About Gerry Matthews
• The Museum of Un-Natural History