Patricia Harty (born November 5, 1941),[1] also known professionally as Trisha Hart,[citation needed] is an American 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 | |
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
- 1970 : The Virginian (TV series) (TV) season 9 episode 09 (The price of the hanging) : Tracy
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]
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