Pat Crowley

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Patricia "Pat" Crowley (born September 17, 1933 in Olyphant , Pennsylvania ) is an American actress who has appeared in more than 120 film and television productions since 1950. She gained fame primarily through her guest or supporting roles in numerous films, series and sitcoms over a period of more than 60 years until she retired in 2012. Crowley received the Golden Globe Award for best young actress in 1954 for her achievements .

Life

Pat Crowley was born on September 17, 1933, as one of two siblings in Olyphant, Pennsylvania. Her father Vincent Crowley († 1961) was a miner. At the age of seven, Pat Crowley moved her family to New York , where she began modeling from the age of eleven. She played her first small film role at the age of seventeen, after she had previously received the female lead in Southern Exposure on Broadway at a casting and won the Theater World Award for best newcomer in 1951 . Crowley achieved greater fame as a film actress in 1953 in Forever Female on the side of Ginger Rogers and William Holden . Her older sister Ann (* 1929) also became an actress, but ended her career after only three appearances in television series.

In the following years Crowley played several leading and major supporting roles in films, including two films with Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin : The Daredevil Jockey from 1953 and Hollywood or Bust from 1956. For her acting performances in The Daredevil Jockey and Forever Female Crowley received 1954 the Golden Globe Award for best young actress. In the course of her film career, Crowley played alongside stars such as Rosemary Clooney , Barbara Stanwyck , Tony Curtis and James Garner . Her best-known film appearances included leading roles in the western Ride to Death and in the film drama The Bat of Chicago . In addition, Crowley starred in several television series and shows in the 1950s and 1960s and was part of the regular cast of the 1965-1967 sitcom Our sweet home in the role of Joan Nash .

Since the 1980s, Crowley has played mostly in television series. Among other things, she was part of the regular cast of the series Generations and Port Charles . During her career she made appearances on several dozen well-known television series and sitcoms, including in 1986 in nine episodes of The Denver Clan in the role of Emily Fallmont . In 1975 Crowley also played the murder victim Carol Adams in the Columbo crime thriller Murder with the left hand . In later years she appeared as a guest star in series such as The Closer and Cold Case - No Victim Is Ever Forgotten . In 1997 and 1998 she played the role of Audrey Cutler in three episodes of Beverly Hills, 90210 . Crowley was active as a film actress until 2012, her last series appearance she had in 2009. She has been dubbed by various actors over the course of her career. In the films ride to death and everything around Anita and in the television series Hotel was Renate Danz their German voice.

In 1957 Crowley married the lawyer Gregory Hookstratten, with whom they had a daughter and a son. The marriage ended in divorce. She has been married to television producer Andy Friendly since 1986.

Filmography (selection)

Movies

  • 1953: A Woman's Spicy Years ( Forever Female )
  • 1953: The Daring Jockey ( Money from Home )
  • 1954: Red Garters
  • 1955: The beater of Chicago ( The Square Jungle )
  • 1956: There's Always Tomorrow (There's Always Tomorrow)
  • 1956: Ritt in den Tod ( Walk the Proud Land )
  • 1956: All about Anita ( Hollywood or Bust )
  • 1959: Al Capone Returns (The Scarface Mob)
  • 1960: The Wolves of Los Angeles ( Key Witness )
  • 1963: Separate Beds ( The Wheeler Dealers )
  • 1964: Solo for ONCEL - Agent on Kanal D (The Man From UNCLE)
  • 1972: The mongrel ( The Biscuit Eater )
  • 1978: What's going to happen to father? ( A Family Upside Down ; TV movie)
  • 2001: 61 (TV movie)
  • 2012: Mont Reve

TV Shows

Unless otherwise mentioned, 1 episode each

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Pat Crowley. In: glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com. Retrieved June 12, 2017 (English).
  2. ↑ Pat Crowley. In: German synchronous card index . Retrieved January 9, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Crowley, Pat
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Crowley, Patricia (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH September 17, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Olyphant Pennsylvania , United States