Patty McCormack Biography (1945-)

Original name, Patricia Ellen Russo; born August 21, 1945, in New York, NY; daughter of Frank (a firefighter) and Elizabeth (a professional roller skater;maiden name, McCormack) Russo; married Bob Catania (a restaurateur), 1967 (divorced); involved with Ernest Thompson (a screenwriter and playwright) for eight years; children: Robert, Danielle.

Nationality: American
Gender: Female
Occupation: Actress
Birth Details: August 21, 1945; New York, New York, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
Two Gals and a Guy (also known as Baby and Me), United Artists, 1951
Rhoda Penmark, The Bad Seed, Warner Bros., 1956
Annabella, All Mine to Give (also known as The Day They Gave Babies Away), Universal, 1957
Kathy O'Rourke, Kathy O, Universal, 1958
Escuela de verano, 1958
Voice of angel, The Snow Queen (also known as Snezhnaya koroleva), Universal, 1959
Joanna, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (also known as Huckleberry Finn and Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn),Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1960
Janet Somers, The Explosive Generation, United Artists, 1961
Warden's daughter, Jacktown, Pictorial International, 1962
Janet, Born Wild (also known as Young Animals), American International Pictures, 1968
Susan Hoffman, Maryjane, American International Pictures, 1968
Edie, The Mini-Skirt Mob, American International Pictures, 1968
Deanie Donford, The Young Runaways, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1968
Sylvia Ross, Bug, Paramount, 1975
The Awakening of Cassie, 1982
Alice Wilson, Private Road: No Trespassing, 1987
Kate, Saturday the 14th Strikes Back, Concorde, 1988
Dulcinea, Don Quixote (also known as Don Quijote de Orson Welles), 1992
Title role, Mommy, Eagle Entertainment, 1995
Mommy, Mommy II: Mommy's Day, VCI Home Video, 1997
Betty, The Silencing, 2000
Janice Piegi, The Medicine Show, Vista Street Entertainment, 2001
Mrs. Leonard, Choosing Matthias, Deep Step Productions, 2001
Television Appearances
Series
Ingeborg, Mama (also known as I Remember Mama), CBS, 1954-1957
Torey Peck, Peck's Bad Girl, CBS, 1959
Fourth Lisha Steele, Young Dr. Malone, NBC, 1962
Linda Warren, The Best of Everything, ABC, 1970
Kim Reynolds, As the World Turns, CBS, 1975-1976
Anne Brookes, The Ropers (also known as Three's Company's Friends, the Ropers), ABC, 1979-1980
Movies
Mary Peterson, Invitation to Hell, ABC, 1984
Vera Conrad, Silent Predators, TBS, 1999
Acceptable Risk (also known as Robin Cook's "Acceptable Risk"), TBS, 2001
Episodic
"Quite a Guy," Kraft Television Theatre, NBC, 1953
"The Party," Revlon Mirror Theater, NBC, 1953
Ben Hecht's Tales of the City (also known as Tales of the City), CBS, 1953
"A Handful of Stars," The Web, CBS, 1954
"I Remember, I Remember," The Campbell Television Soundstage (alsoknown as TV Soundstage), NBC, 1954
"The Golden Box," The Campbell Television Soundstage (also known as TV Soundstage), NBC, 1954
"Jody and Me," Armstrong Circle Theater (also known as Circle Theater), NBC, 1954
"Somebody Special," Philco Television Playhouse, NBC, 1954
"The Three Tasks," Armstrong Circle Theater (also known as Circle Theater), NBC, 1954
"Fortune's Child," Casablanca, ABC, 1955
"An Episode of Sparrows," Climax, CBS, 1956
"Alien Angel," General Electric Theater (also known as G.E. Theater), CBS, 1956
Helen Keller, "The Miracle Worker," Playhouse 90, CBS, 1957
"The Clouded Image," Playhouse 90, CBS, 1957
"Child of Trouble," Playhouse 90, CBS, 1957

"Dan Marshall's Brat," Du Pont Theater, ABC, 1957
"We Won't Be Any Trouble," Matinee Theater, NBC, 1957
"Sing a Song," Kraft Television Theatre, NBC, 1957
"The Spell of the Tigress," Kraft Television Theatre, NBC, 1958
"The Devil's Violin," Matinee Theater, NBC, 1958
"The Dungeon," Playhouse 90, CBS, 1958
"Chain and the River," Goodyear Theater, NBC, 1958
Title role, "The Mary Ellen Thomas Story," Wagon Train, NBC, 1958
"Project Immortality," Playhouse 90, CBS, 1959
"Rachel's Summer," The United States Steel Hour, CBS, 1959
Emmy Horvath, "Make Me Not a Witch," Alcoa Premiere Theater (alsoknown as Alcoa Presents), ABC, 1959
Dotty Halsey, "Summer Hero," The Chevy Mystery Show, NBC, 1960
Jenny, "Black November," Route 66, CBS, 1960
Title role, "A Girl Named Virginia," Death Valley Days, syndicated, 1960
"Sleep on Four Pillows," Route 66, CBS, 1961
"Thousands and Thousands of Miles," The New Breed, ABC, 1962
"Incident of the Wolvers," Rawhide, CBS, 1962
"Pride and Mrs. Cobb," The Doctors, NBC, 1963
"Incident at Paradise," Rawhide, CBS, 1963
"Cousin Helga Came to Dinner," The Farmer's Daughter, ABC, 1964
"Burning Bright," Play of the Week, WNTA, 1966
Betsy, "Night of the Death Masks," The Wild, Wild West, CBS, 1968
"Child of Rock and Sunshine," Lancer, CBS, 1969
Janet Coldwell, "Dinner Date," Emergency!, NBC, 1972
"Operation: Dorias," O'Hara, U.S. Treasury, CBS, 1972
"Chain of Command," Police Story, NBC, 1974
Mrs. Jill Cameron Lawrence, "Blockade," The Streets of San Francisco, ABC, 1974
"Image in a Cracked Mirror," Barnaby Jones, CBS, 1974
"The Brittle Warrior," Marcus Welby, M.D., ABC, 1974
"The Truck Murders," Manhunter, CBS, 1974
"Murder Impossible," Wide World of Entertainment, ABC, 1974
"Coffin Corner," Cannon, CBS, 1975
"Life Preserver," Mobile One, ABC, 1975
Beth Donovan, "The Little People," The Love Boat, ABC, 1978
"What's a Nice Girl like You Doing ... ?" Emergency!, NBC, 1978
"The Convention," Emergency!, NBC, 1979
"Moving On," Three's Company, ABC, 1979
Friends, ABC, 1979
Fantasy Island, ABC, 1979
"Stanley, the Ladies' Man," Three's Company, ABC, 1979
Evelyn Michaelson, "The Prodigal," Dallas, CBS, 1981
The Love Boat, ABC, 1982
"Anniversary," Dallas, CBS, 1982
Assistant District Attorney Carol Baldwin, "Foiled Again," Magnum, P.I., CBS, 1982
Sweets McBride, "How Do I Kill You, Let Me Count the Ways," The Fall Guy, 1982
"The Wedding," Hotel, ABC, 1984
Vera Woodman, "Second Base Steele," Remington Steele, NBC, 1984
"Fashioned in Murder," Partners in Crime, NBC, 1984
"Good Time," Answers, Arts and Entertainment, 1985
Lana Whitman, "No Accounting for Murder," Murder, She Wrote, CBS,1987
Wendy North, "Handy Boy," Second Chance, Fox, 1987
"State of the Art," The Law and Harry McGraw, CBS, 1987
Detective Kathleen Chadwick, "Wearing of the Green," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1988
"Parent's Day," Head of the Class, ABC, 1988
Rose O'Hara, "Trial by Fire," Baywatch, syndicated, 1997
Liz La Cerva, "Full Leather Jacket," The Sopranos, HBO, 2000
Mrs. Dwyer, "Viable Options," ER, NBC, 2000
Appeared on Cavalcade of America, ABC; and Freddy's Nightmares, syndicated.
Pilots
Sophie Metzman, Night Partners, CBS, 1983
Mrs. Brody, The Flamingo Kid, ABC, 1989
Other
The Bob Hope Show (special), NBC, 1963
Liz Coburn, On Wings of Eagles (miniseries), NBC, 1986
Stage Appearances
Cathy Roberts, Touchstone, Music Box Theatre, New York City, 1953
Rhoda Penmark, The Bad Seed, 46th Street Theatre, New York City, 1954
Rumors, Jupiter Theatre, Jupiter, FL, 1993
Hollywood Ever After, Tiffany Theatre, Los Angeles, 1994
Major Tours
Rumors, U.S. cities, 1989
Also toured as Corie Bratter, Barefoot in the Park, U.S. cities.
Radio Appearances
Series
Appeared in The Second Mrs. Burton.
RECORDINGS
Audio Books
Mommy: Never Let Her Tuck You In, by Max Allan Collins, Sunset Productions, 1997
Mommy 2: Mommy's Day, by Collins, Sunset Productions, 1998

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