Patricia Harty (actress)

Patricia Harty (born November 5, 1941 in Washington, D.C.), also known professionally as Trisha Hart, is an American actress.

Patricia Harty
Patricia Harty in 1968 publicity photo
Born (1941-11-05) November 5, 1941
Washington, D.C., U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1963–2003
Spouse(s)E. Thomas Kearney
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(m. 1968; div. 1970)​

Les Sheldon
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(m. 1975)​

Early years

Born in Washington, D.C., Harty lived in Baltimore until age 5, when she and her family moved.[1] She took lessons in singing and dancing while growing up in North Miami, Florida,[2] and graduated from Edison Senior High School in 1957.[3] She worked for a lawyer, took secretarial classes,[4] and majored in English at Columbia University.[1]

Career

Harty performed in the national company of I Ought to Be in Pictures (1961).[1] On Broadway, Harty's credits include Fiorello! (1959) and Sail Away (1961).[5]

Harty debuted on television as a dancer on Pat Boone's program,[1] and she was a dancer on Perry Como's TV show.[2] She was a featured dancer on Garry Moore's TV series, where she also performed in comedy skits with Carol Burnett.[1] Harty is known for her starring roles in several short-lived television series, Occasional Wife (1966–67) as Greta Patterson,[6]:778 Blondie (1968) as the titular Blondie Bumstead,[6] The Bob Crane Show (1975) as Ellie Wilcox,[7] and Herbie, the Love Bug (1982) as Susan MacLane.[6]:451 She also appeared on Broadway in Fiorello![8] and Sail Away.[9]

Personal life

In the mid-1960s, Harty was married to E. Thomas Kearney, who was also her manager.[2] She married Occasional Wife co-star Michael Callan.[7] The marriage ended in divorce. She married Les Sheldon, who had been associate producer on The Bob Crane Show, in 1975.[4]

References
  1. Burroughs, Betty (January 29, 1981). "A familiar face?". The Morning News. Delaware, Wilmington. p. D 1. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
  2. 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.
  3. Sudnow, Naomi (January 5, 1964). "Young Grove Actors Light Stage". The Miami News. Florida, Miami. p. 28. Retrieved February 8, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. Kleiner, Dick (August 9, 1975). "Out of failure, success". Record & Journal. Connecticut, Meriden. p. A-4. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
  5. "Patricia Harty". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on February 8, 2020. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. Did Love Spoil Publicity Plan?
  9. The Lyon's Den


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