Patricia Harty, also known professionally as Trisha Hart,[citation needed] is an American actress.
Patricia Harty | |
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Harty in 1968 publicity photo | |
Born | Washington, D.C., U.S. |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1963–2003 |
Spouse(s) | E. Thomas Kearney Les Sheldon (m. 1975) |
Born in Washington, D.C., Harty lived in Baltimore until age 5, when she and her family moved.[1] She took lessons in singing and dancing while growing up in North Miami, Florida,[2] and graduated from Edison Senior High School in 1957.[3] She worked for a lawyer, took secretarial classes,[4] and majored in English at Columbia University.[1]
Harty performed in the national company of I Ought to Be in Pictures.[1] On Broadway, Harty's credits include Fiorello! (1959) and Sail Away (1961).[5]
Harty debuted on television as a dancer on Pat Boone's program,[1] and she was a dancer on Perry Como's TV show.[2] She was a featured dancer on Garry Moore's TV series, where she also performed in comedy skits with Carol Burnett.[1] Harty is known for her starring roles in several short-lived television series, Occasional Wife (1966–67) as Greta Patterson,[6]: 778 Blondie (1968) as the titular Blondie Bumstead,[6] The Bob Crane Show (1975) as Ellie Wilcox,[7] and Herbie, the Love Bug (1982) as Susan MacLane.[6]: 451 She also appeared on Broadway in Fiorello![8] and Sail Away.[9]
In the mid-1960s, Harty was married to E. Thomas Kearney, who was also her manager.[2] She married Occasional Wife co-star Michael Callan.[7] The marriage ended in divorce. She married Les Sheldon, who had been associate producer on The Bob Crane Show, in 1975.[4]
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