Patty McCormack

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Patty McCormack (* 21st August 1945 in New York City as Patricia Ellen Russo ) is an American theater and film actress who has been standing frühester Childhood front of the camera and on stage.

biography

Patty's McCormack's parents weren't in show business. Her father was a firefighter, her mother a professional roller skater . Nevertheless, she was booked as a model at the age of four. At six, she had small roles in two films. At the same time, her stage career began on Broadway . She also attended New Utrecht High School .

McCormack was eight years old when she appeared on the American television series Mama and on Broadway at the same time . There she played a role that would make her famous: the Rhoda Penmark, a diabolical and murderous girl in the play The Bad Seed . McCormarck and her stage partner Nancy Kelly , who played her mother, were offered in 1956 to play their theater roles in the planned film adaptation of the play as well. The cinema production was not just a financial success. McCormack, Kelly and Eileen Heckart received nominations in the actor categories at the 1957 Academy Awards , and Heckart and McCormack each received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award . At the time, McCormack, at 11 years and 181 days, was the youngest actress ever nominated for the Academy Award in the “Best Supporting Actress” category . This record was to be set six years later by her compatriot Mary Badham ( Who disturbs the nightingale ). McCormack's achievements as a child actress had also received the Milky Way Gold Star Award the year before .

Due to the success especially with the audience, who identified her with her role as Rhoda Penmark, McCormack had difficulty expanding her role repertoire. She tried herself in the role of a settler's daughter, an irritable child star and a wild, unattached girl. During the 1960s, she played teenagers struggling with their fears, mostly in small, insignificant films.

In the 1970s, the now grown-up Patty McCormack moved her field of work back to the stage and television. At the same time she found other roles in independent films. The greatest success of this time were her starring role in the television sitcom Two Weird Birds ( The Ropers , 1979-1980) at the side of Jeffrey Tambor as husband. She also made guest appearances in other television series, for example Dallas , Murder Is Her Hobby and The Sopranos .

In 1995, McCormack was enthusiastically celebrated by her fans when she repeated her role as Rhoda Penmark in the horror film Mommy , this time acting as a murderous mother. She also played this role in the 1997 sequel Mommy 2 . In Frost / Nixon , directed by Ron Howard , she was in 2008 as Pat Nixon to see. In 2018 she worked in a supporting role in a remake of Böse Saat as a television film. To date, McCormack has appeared in over 120 film and television roles. For her work in the cinema, the actress received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (6312 Hollywood Boulevard).

Private life

Patty McCormack's personal life has been calm and without scandal. In 1967 she married the restorer Bob Catania. The relationship resulted in a son and a daughter. After the divorce in 1973, she was in a relationship with the author Ernest Thompson for eight years.

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Commons : Patty McCormack  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b cf. Patty McCormack . In: Contemporary Theater, Film, and Television . Vol. 88. Gale, 2009 (accessed via Biography Resource Center . Farmington Hills, Mich .: Gale, 2009)
  2. ↑ cf. Oldes / Youngest Acting Nominees / Winners . In: The Official Academy Awards Database ( Memento of the original from February 8, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on July 9, 2009) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / awardsdatabase.oscars.org
  3. ↑ Entry at filmreference.com
personal data
SURNAME McCormack, Patty
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Russo, Patricia Ellen (maiden name); McCormack, Patricia; McCormick, Patty; McCormack, Patricia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH August 21, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City , New York , United States