Patricia Harty (actress)
Patricia Harty | |
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 Harty in 1968 publicity photo | |
| Born | November 5, 1941 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1963–2003 |
| Spouses | |
Patricia Harty (born November 5, 1941),[1] also known professionally as Trisha Hart,[citation needed] is an American actress.
Early years
[edit]Born in Washington, D.C., Harty lived in Baltimore until age 5, when she and her family moved.[2] She took lessons in singing and dancing while growing up in North Miami, Florida,[3] and graduated from Miami Edison High School in 1957.[4] She worked for a lawyer, took secretarial classes,[5] and majored in English at Columbia University.[2]
Career
[edit]Harty performed in the national company of I Ought to Be in Pictures.[2] On Broadway, Harty's credits include Fiorello! (1959) and Sail Away (1961).[6]
Harty debuted on television as a dancer on Pat Boone's ABC Chevy Show program,[2] and Perry Como's NBC Kraft Music Hall.[3] She was also a featured dancer on Garry Moore's CBS series, where she also performed in comedy skits with Carol Burnett.[2] Harty is known for her starring roles in several short-lived television series, Occasional Wife (1966–67) as Greta Patterson,[7]: 778 Blondie (1968) as the titular Blondie Bumstead,[7] The Bob Crane Show (1975) as Ellie Wilcox,[8] and Herbie, the Love Bug (1982) as Susan MacLane.[7]: 451 She also appeared on Broadway in Fiorello![9] and Sail Away.[10]
A review in The New York Times highlighted Harty's work in Occasional Wife, saying "she made a viewer more aware of what was right than wrong" with the show.[11]
Filmography
[edit]- 1970 : The Virginian (TV series) (TV) season 9 episode 09 (The price of the hanging) : Tracy
Personal life
[edit]In the mid-1960s, Harty was married to E. Thomas Kearney, who was also her manager.[3] She married Occasional Wife co-star Michael Callan.[8] The marriage ended in divorce. She married Les Sheldon, who had been associate producer on The Bob Crane Show, in 1975.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Patricia Harty". tvinsider. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e Burroughs, Betty (January 29, 1981). "A familiar face?". The Morning News. Delaware, Wilmington. p. D 1. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
- ^ a b c Major, Jack (January 1, 1967). "She's A Girl With A Goal". The Akron Beacon Journal. Ohio, Akron. p. 3. Retrieved February 8, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Sudnow, Naomi (January 5, 1964). "Young Grove Actors Light Stage". The Miami News. Florida, Miami. p. 28. Retrieved February 8, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Kleiner, Dick (August 9, 1975). "Out of failure, success". Record & Journal. Connecticut, Meriden. p. A-4. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
- ^ "Patricia Harty". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on February 8, 2020. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
- ^ a b c Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 115. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7.
- ^ a b Leszczak, Bob (2014). The Odd Couple on Stage and Screen: A History with Cast and Crew Profiles and an Episode Guide. McFarland. p. 63. ISBN 978-0-7864-7790-6. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
- ^ Kilgallen, Dorothy (March 6, 1961). "Did Love Spoil Publicity Plan?". The Blade. Ohio, Toledo. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
- ^ Lyons, Leonard (April 20, 1961). "The Lyons Den". Reading Eagle. Pennsylvania, Reading. p. 8. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
- ^ Gould, Jack (September 14, 1966). "TV: Patricia Harty, an Appealing 'Occasional Wife'". The New York Times. p. 95. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
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