- Pat Crowley
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name = Pat Crowley
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birthname = Patricia Crowley
birthdate = birth date and age|1929|9|17
location =Olyphant, Pennsylvania Patricia "Pat" Crowley (born
17 September 1929 ,Olyphant, Pennsylvania ) is an Americanfilm andtelevision actress.Crowley starred from 1965-1967 as Joan Nash in the sitcom "Please Don't Eat the Daisies", based on the
Doris Day film.A character actress or leading lady on a number of 1950s series such as "Maverick", Crowley is best known to a later era of television viewers for her roles on soap operas such as "Generations" from 1989 to 1990 and "
Port Charles " from 1997 to 2003. The actress appeared on "The Bold and the Beautiful " in 2005 for a limited run as Natalie DeWitt.She starred with the comedy team of
Martin and Lewis in the 3-D film "Money from Home " in 1953 and in their final film together "Hollywood or Bust " (1956). She was featured in theGeorge Seaton 1953 Paramount film "Forever Female " (starringGinger Rogers andWilliam Holden ). The film was not a success and unfortunately didn't do much for Crowley's career.She was a murder victim in a 1971 episode of "Columbo" and appeared in 10 episodes of the hit series "
Dynasty ". More recently, Crowley portrayed the widow of baseball'sRoger Maris in the biopic "61* " directed byBilly Crystal and made a one episode appearance on "The Closer " in 2006.A photo model at age 11, she was the daughter of Helen and Vincent Crowley, a mine foreman. She was married in 1958 to Edward Hookstratten, who became a successful attorney for high-profile entertainment and sports figures. After their divorce, Crowley married producer Andy Friendly in 1986.
She has at times been confused with an equally glamorous acting contemporary
Kathleen Crowley , who appeared in different episodes of some of the same television series but was not related.Crowley has been billed as Pat or Patricia interchangeably throughout her career. During her three appearances on "Maverick", she rotated back and forth, billed as "Patricia Crowley" for the episode "The Rivals" with
James Garner andRoger Moore , and as "Pat Crowley" for an installment called "Betrayal" with Jack Kelly.External links
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