Patricia Harty (actress)

Patricia Harty (born November 5, 1941),[1] also known professionally as Trisha Hart, is an American actress.

Patricia Harty
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.[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

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

Personal life

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
  1. "Patricia Harty". tvinsider. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
  2. Burroughs, Betty (January 29, 1981). "A familiar face?". The Morning News. Delaware, Wilmington. p. D 1. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
  3. 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.
  4. Sudnow, Naomi (January 5, 1964). "Young Grove Actors Light Stage". The Miami News. Florida, Miami. p. 28. Retrieved February 8, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Kleiner, Dick (August 9, 1975). "Out of failure, success". Record & Journal. Connecticut, Meriden. p. A-4. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
  6. "Patricia Harty". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on February 8, 2020. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. Kilgallen, Dorothy (March 6, 1961). "Did Love Spoil Publicity Plan?". The Blade. Ohio, Toledo. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
  10. Lyons, Leonard (April 20, 1961). "The Lyons Den". Reading Eagle. Pennsylvania, Reading. p. 8. Retrieved March 24, 2021.
  11. 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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