Patricia Hardy (1931 - 2011)

Patricia Hardy (December 23, 1931 – August 20, 2011) was an American television and film actress whose career was most active during the 1950s. She was the wife of actor Richard Egan. Hardy, who was originally from Brooklyn, New York, was of Irish descent. She won several beauty pageants during her early years, including Miss Brooklyn, […]

Patricia Hayes (1909 - 1998)

Patricia Lawlor “Pat” Hayes, OBE (22 December 1909 – 19 September 1998) was an English character actress. Hayes was born in Streatham, London. As a child Hayes attended the Sacred Heart School in Wandsworth. She was featured in many radio and television comedy shows between 1940 and 1996, including Hancock’s Half Hour, Ray’s a Laugh, The Arthur […]

Patricia Lawford (1924 - 2006)

Patricia Lawford was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, the sixth of nine children born to Rose (née Fitzgerald) and Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.. She was considered the most sophisticated, yet also the most introverted, of her parents’ five daughters. Since childhood she had a fascination with travel and Hollywood. In time she would become a world […]

Patricia Louise Neal (1926 - 2010)

Actress. The sultry voiced beauty won an Academy Award for playing Alma Brown in the film “Hud” (1963). Off-screen, she will be best remembered for her personal triumph and recovery over a series of strokes than nearly took her life in 1965. Born Patricia Louise Neal, her father was a coal company manager her mother […]

Patricia Medina (1919 - 2012)

Actress. Born Patricia Paz Maria Medina, to a Spanish father and an English mother, she entered the British cinema during her late teens and marked her film debut with an uncredited part in “Dinner at the Ritz” (1937). Following her marriage to actor Richard Greene, she embarked upon Hollywood and by the late 1940s, she […]

Patricia Michelle Barczak (1967 - 1986)

Serial Murder Victim. Patrica was one of the victims of Gary Leon Ridgway, the Green River serial killer.  He raped, strangled and dumped bodies near the Green River initially.  For years, Ridgway eluded capture, but because of DNA technology, he was finally brought to justice and confessed to approximately 50 murders on November 5, 2003. […]

Patricia Neway (1919 - 2012)

Born on Ditmas Avenue in Kensington, Brooklyn to Irish-American parents, Patricia Neway grew up in Rosebank, Staten Island. Her father was a printing plant foreman who had briefly worked in vaudeville as the high tenor in a vocal quartet. She attended the Notre Dame Academy on Staten Island and then Notre Dame College, where she […]

Patricia Owens (1925 - 2000)

Patricia Owens (January 17, 1925 – August 31, 2000) was a Canadian-born American actress, working in Hollywood. She appeared in about 40 films and 10 TV episodes in a career lasting from 1943 to 1968. Owens moved to England in 1933 with her parents (her father Arthur Owens who was later to become an MI5 double […]

Patricia Phoenix (1923 - 1986)

Patricia Phoenix’s big break came in 1948, when she played Sandy Powell’s wife in the Mancunian Film Studios film Cup-tie Honeymoon, followed by a summer season in Blackpool with Thora Hird in the show Happy Days. Exposure led to more serious work with Joan Littlewood’s Theatre Workshop at the Theatre Royal, Stratford East. She also […]

Patricia Ramsey (1956 - 2006)

Patricia Ramsey was born in Gilbert, West Virginia, the daughter of Nedra Ellen Ann (née Rymer) (1932–2001) and Donald Ray Paugh (born 1931), an engineer and manager at Union Carbide. She graduated from Parkersburg High School in 1975, and attended West Virginia University, where she belonged to the Alpha Xi Delta sorority, and from which […]

Patricia Scott (1929 - 2016)

Patricia Scott [“Pat”] (July 14, 1929 – October 19, 2016) was a pitcher who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League for parts of four seasons spanning 1948-1953. Listed at 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m), 155 lb., she batted and threw right-handed. A solid finesse pitcher, Patricia Scott had one of the best overhand […]

Patricia Van Cleve Lake (1923 - 1993)

Actress, Scandal Figure. In the 1920s, there was speculation that Lake was the child of newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst and actress Marion Davies, who carried on a public affair despite Hearst being married to another woman. Many reference books state that Lake’s parents were Marion Davies’ sister Rosemary and her first husband, George Van […]

Patricio Peralta Ramos (1814 - 1887)

Businessman. He was the founder of the city of Mar del Plata, one of the most famous and popular tourist destinations in Argentina, which is well known in the world for its beaches. (bio by: 380W)

Patrick Campbell (1924 - 2003)

Actor. Born in Waukegan, Illinois, in 1915, he served in the United States Army during World War II. He studied acting at the Gellar Theatre Workshop and the Pasadena Playhouse, and later appeared on television as the Chicken Man in the Aames Home Loan Commercials. His films include, “Body Of Influence” (1993), “Far Out Man” […]

Patrick Cargill (1918 - 1996)

Cargill was born to middle-class parents living in Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex. After education at Haileybury College, he made his debut in the Bexhill Amateur Theatrical Society. However, he was aiming for a military career and was selected for training at the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst. Cargill became a commissioned officer in the Indian Army. After the […]

Patrick Charles Keely (1816 - 1896)

Architect, The son of a carpenter he emigrated to the United States when he was 25 years old. Keeley designed over 600 buildings that include The University of Notre Dame Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Saint Francis Xavier in New York New York, Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Cleveland Ohio, and Immaculate Conception […]

Patrick Cranshaw (1919 - 2005)

Actor. Born in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, he became interested in acting while entertaining American troops before World War II. A veteran of nearly of over a hundred feature films, he made his screen debut in “Texas Lady” (1955), followed by “The Amazing Transparent Man” (1960) and was best known for his role as Joseph “Blue” Palasky, […]

Patrick Crean (1910 - 2003)

Actor and Fencer. Patrick Crean was born in London, the son of Major Thomas Crean, V.C. and his Spanish wife, Victoria Heredia. His first career was as a competitive fencer. During the 1930’s, when he was working as an actor, he began choreographing fights for film and theatre. He often played Errol Flynn’s stunt double […]

Patrick Dewaere (1947 - 1982)

Actor. Renown in France as a comedian, actor and musician. Born the third of six brothers and sisters, he first played in theatre “Le cafe de la gare,” then appeared in successful French movies such as “La meilleure facon de marcher” and “Les valseuses.” He worked with French producers such as Bertrand Blier, and Rene […]

Patrick Henry Pearse (1879 - 1916)

Irish Nationalist Revolutionary. A teacher, writer and emotional orator, he was a signatory to the Proclamation of the Republic. The military Commander-in-Chief during the Easter 1916 rising, he gave the unconditional surrender after one week, and was one of fourteen leaders of the uprising to be court-marshaled and executed by firing squad in Kilmainham Jail […]

Patrick Keely (1816 - 1896)

The Church of Sts. Peter and Paul was considered an epoch in Catholic building in America. The much-praised work (demolished in 1957) established Patrick Keely as a competent architect and builder at a time when a number of new Roman Catholic churches were being planned “but a relative scarcity of competent architects of the Roman […]

Patrick Macnee (1922 - 2015)

The elder of two sons, Macnee was born in Paddington, London in 1922 to Daniel Macnee (1877-1952) and Dorothea Mary Hastings (1896-1984). His father trained race horses in Lambourn, and was known for his dress sense; he had served as an officer in the Yorkshire Dragoons in the First World War. His maternal grandmother was […]

Patrick McGoohan (1928 - 2009)

McGoohan was born in Astoria, Queens, New York City to Thomas McGoohan and Rose Fitzpatrick, who were living in the United States after emigrating from Ireland to seek work. He was brought up as a Roman Catholic. Shortly after he was born, McGoohan’s parents moved back to Mullaghmore, County Leitrim, Ireland, and seven years later, […]

Patrick Swayze (1952 - 2009)

Patrick Swayze was born on August 18, 1952, in Houston, Texas, the second child of Patsy Yvonne Helen (née Karnes; 1927–2013), a choreographer, dance instructor, and dancer, and Jesse Wayne Swayze (1925–1982), an engineering draftsman. He had two younger brothers, actor Don Swayze (born 1958) and Sean Kyle (born 1962), and two sisters, Vickie Lynn […]

Patsy Cline (1932 - 1963)

Patsy Cline Cline was born Virginia Patterson Hensley in 1932, in Winchester, Virginia, to Hilda Patterson Hensley, a 16-year-old seamstress, and Sam Hensley, a 43-year-old blacksmith. Patsy soon had a younger brother and sister, Samuel and Sylvia; the siblings were called Ginny, John, and Sis. The family moved often before settling in Winchester when Patsy […]

Patsy Kelly (1910 - 1981)

Kelly was born Sarah Veronica Rose Kelly in Brooklyn to Irish immigrants parents John (died 1942) and Delia Kelly (1875-1930). She began her career in vaudeville as a dancer at the age of 12. While in vaudeville, she performed in Frank Fay’s act, first in a song-and-dance routine and later as Fay’s comic foil. In […]

Patsy May (1934 - 2013)

Child Actress. Fondly remembered for her role as ‘Baby Patsy’ in the “Our Gang” comedy film series (1935 to 1940). Born Patsy Doris Dittemore, her mother passed away when she was nineteen days old. Her maternal grandparents took her back to their native state of California and legally adopted her thus changing her name to […]

Patsy Rowlands (1931 - 2005)

Patsy Rowlands made her debut in the Carry On films in Carry On Again Doctor in 1969 and soon became a regular member of the team, usually playing the dowdy, put-upon wife or the long-suffering secretary. Between 1969 and 1975 she appeared in nine of the films in increasingly large roles, including Carry On Loving, […]

Patsy Ruth Miller (1904 - 1995)

Patsy Ruth Miller After being discovered by the actress Alla Nazimova at a Hollywood party, Patsy Ruth Miller got her first break with a small role in Camille, which starred Rudolph Valentino. Her roles gradually improved, and she was chosen as a WAMPAS Baby Star in 1922. In 1923, she was acclaimed for her performance […]

Patsy Smart (1918 - 1996)

Actress. She was born in Chingford, England and died in Northwood, Middlesex, England. Film and television credits include “The Fourth Protocol,” “Lace II,” “Miss Marple: The Moving Finger,” “The Chain,” “Coriolanus,” “Cymbeline,” “Rumpole’s Return,” “The Elephant Man,” “Tess,” “Nicholas Nickleby,” “The Pink Panther Strikes Again,” “Great Expectations,” “Emmerdale Farm,””Steptoe and Son,” “Upstairs, Downstairs,” “Leo the […]