Where is Patty McCormack today? Net Worth, Biography

• Patty McCormack is an American actress, best known for appearing in the sitcom “The Ropers” and the play “Playhouse 90”.
• She started acting at the age of 6 and was the youngest person to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 15.
• She won a Milky Way Award for the most outstanding juvenile performer in 1956 and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and Academy Award for her performance in “The Bad Seed”.
• Patty is currently single and has a net worth of over $5 million.
• She has volunteered in Asia, Africa, and Europe, and her hobbies include travelling and loving animals.

Known for movies

Frost/Nixon (2008)
as Pat Nixon

The Bad Seed (1956)
as Rhoda Penmark

As the World Turns (1956)
as Kim Sullivan Reynolds Stewart Andropoulos Hughes (

The Master (2012)
as Mildred Drummond

Who is Patty McCormack and where is she today? Wiki Bio

Patricia Ellen ‘Patty’ Russo was born in Brooklyn, New York City USA, on 21 August 1945, so her zodiac sign is Leo and she holds American nationality. She is an actress, best known for appearing in the sitcom “The Ropers” as well as in the play “Playhouse 90”. It has been rumored that Patty has retired from acting, and while this is not true, she is acting less often as she prefers to spend her time at home resting.

Early life and education

Patty was raised in Brooklyn by her mother Elizabeth who was a competitive roller skater, and her father Frank Russo who was a fireman – Patty appears to be an only child.

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She studied at New Utrecht High School where she practiced her acting skills at the school’s drama club, having already started acting long before that when she was six years old, appearing in the comedy movie “Two Gals and a Guy” released in 1951; two years later, she appeared in the TV series “Mama”. At the age of eight, she made her debut theatre appearance in the play “Touchstone”, and then won her first lead role in the play “The Bad Seed” portraying Rhoda Penmark.

After matriculating from high school, Patty didn’t attend college but became a full-time actress.

Career as an actress

She continued her career playing Angel in the film “The Snow Queen” in 1957, and appeared in the melodrama film “All Mine to Give” in the same year. Patty played the lead role of Kathy O’Rourke in the comedy movie “Kathy-O’” in 1958, while the next year saw her portray Torey Peck in the comedy movie “Peck’s Bad Girl”, which was the remake of the original film released in 1918 (which is today lost).

She appeared in single episodes of the TV series’ “Wagon Train” and “Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond” in 1959, while 1960 saw her star in the movie “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” starring Tony Randall and Eddie Hodges, and was a huge hit.

It is based on the story Mark Twain wrote in 1851, which follows two friends, one black and one white boy, who run away from home in search of freedom and exciting adventures.

Patty went on to appear in movies “The Explosive Generation” and “Jacktown” in 1961 and 1962, while the following year saw her portray Karen Kegler in the TV series “The New Breed”. In 1968, she was cast to portray Susan Hoffman in the feature film “Maryjane” which follows an art teacher who ends up in jail after being framed for drug possession. She appeared in two other movies in the same year – “The Mini-Skirt Mob” and “The Young Runaways” – before taking a seven-year long break from acting.

She continued her career in 1975, appearing in the horror movie “Bug”, the of the genre she appeared in, and then took another long break before appearing in the supernatural horror movie “Invitation to Hell”.

She went on to appear in several TV series, including “Murder, She Wrote” and “Cold Case” while she also appeared in the movies “Mommy” and “Mommy’s Day”. She portrayed Helen in “Heart of the Beholder” in 2005 as well as Marcia Gordon in “Criminal Minds”, while the next couple of years saw her guest star in TV series such as “Private Practice”, “Desperate Housewives”, and “Supernatural”.

Some of Patty’s most recent roles have been in the comedy TV series “Hart of Dixie” in 2013, “The Bad Seed” horror drama film in 2018, and in the movie “Home Abduction” in 2019.

Awards and recognition

Patty won a Milky Way Award for the most outstanding juvenile performer in 1956, while she has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award and Academy Award for her performance in “The Bad Seed”. She is the youngest person to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at the age of just 15. She was invited to be the guest of honor at the Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention in 2009, at which many of her movies were shown.

Love life and relationships

Patty met Robert Richard Catania, a restaurateur, in 1962 while she was shooting for a movie in Los Angeles, and the two dated for nearly four years before becoming engaged in 1966, and marrying in 1967 at a ceremony attended by over 300 people. On 27 July 1969, Patty gave birth to their son Robert R. Catania, and decided to take time off her acting career to raise her son. Two years later, she gave birth to their second child, but she and Robert divorced in 1973 for to unknown reasons.

In 1981, she started dating Ernest Thompson who is a playwright and screenwriter best known 117lbs (53kgs).

As of March for writing the drama movie “On Golden Pond”. The two dated for the next eight years without marrying or having children together. Patty is currently single, and is still acting.

Hobbies and other interests

Patty has been a philanthropist since the launch of her career, and has donated large amounts of money to charity organizations while she has also volunteered in Asia, Africa, and Europe as well. Her main hobby during her teenage years was travelling, and she has visited many European countries such as Germany, France and Italy while her dream travel destination is Miami in Florida.

She has her own favorite actor and actress, who are Robert De Niro and Meryl Streep while some of her favorite movies include “One Day”, “Message in a Bottle”, and “Life is Beautiful”. Patty is a lover of animals, and has had several pets including dogs, cats and parrots. She was very good at sports while she was younger, especially tennis and lacrosse, but no longer plays any.

Appearance and net worth

Patty is 74 years old. She has long blonde hair and blue eyes, is 5ft 3ins (1.6m) tall, and weighs around 2020, her net worth is estimated at over $5 million.

Facts

#	Fact
1	Gave birth to her 1st child at age 23, a son Robert R. Catania on July 27, 1969. Child's father is her [now ex] husband, Robert Catania.
2	She was awarded the 1983 Drama Logue Award for Outstanding Performance for "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
3	As of 2016 she is the 9th earliest surviving recipient of a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination, tied with Dorothy Malone and behind only Olivia de Havilland, Angela Lansbury, Ann Blyth, Nancy Olson, Lee Grant, Terry Moore, Eva Marie Saint and Marisa Pavan. She was nominated in 1956 for The Bad Seed (1956).
4	In the early 1950's she was one of the child "spoke-children" for Red Goose Shoes, advertised on "Tom Corbett: Space Cadet" on the Dumont TV network.
5	Has been asked, in real life, for "Kathy O'Rourke's" autograph... and given it.
6	Is one of Hollywood's Youngest Academy Award and Golden Globe Nominees (Best Supporting Actress for The Bad Seed).
7	Has a "Star" on the Hollywood Walk of Fame just off the corner of Hollywood and Vine.
8	Attended New Utrecht High School in Brooklyn, New York.
9	Received the Milky Way Gold Star Award as the nation's most outstanding juvenile performer of 1956.

Pictures

All pictures

Movies

Actress

Title	Year	Status	Character
Barnaby Jones	1974	TV Series	Angie McClaine
The Streets of San Francisco	1974	TV Series	Jill Cameron Lawrence
Police Story	1974	TV Series	Marie Hall
O'Hara, U.S. Treasury	1972	TV Series	Gilda Julian
The Best of Everything	1970	TV Series	Linda Warren (1970)
Lancer	1969	TV Series	Pearl Sickles
The Young Animals	1968		Janet
The Young Runaways	1968		Deannie Donford
The Mini-Skirt Mob	1968		Edie
Maryjane	1968		Susan Hoffman
The Wild Wild West	1968	TV Series	Betsy
The Farmer's Daughter	1964	TV Series	Helga
The Doctors	1963	TV Series
Rawhide	1962-1963	TV Series	Sarah Higgins / Julie Cannon
Jacktown	1962		Margaret (as Miss Patty McCormack)
The New Breed	1962	TV Series	Karen Kegler
The Explosive Generation	1961		Janet Sommers
Route 66	1960-1961	TV Series	Jan Emerson / Jenny Slade
Death Valley Days	1960	TV Series	Virginia Reed
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn	1960		Joanna Wilkes
The Chevy Mystery Show	1960	TV Series	Dotty Halsey
One Step Beyond	1959	TV Series	Emmy Horvath
The United States Steel Hour	1954-1959	TV Series	Rachel Sullivan
Peck's Bad Girl	1959	TV Series	Torey Peck
Playhouse 90	1957-1959	TV Series	Ketti Doner / Mahala May / Jane / ...
Young Dr. Malone	1958	TV Series	Lisha Steele #4 (1962)
Wagon Train	1958	TV Series	Mary Ellen Thomas
Goodyear Theatre	1958	TV Series	Gussie
Kathy O'	1958		Kathy O'Rourke
Studio 57	1957-1958	TV Series
Matinee Theatre	1957-1958	TV Series	Lucy Smith
Kraft Theatre	1953-1958	TV Series	Jeannie Bowers
All Mine to Give	1957		Annabelle Eunson
Cavalcade of America	1957	TV Series	Trudy Marshall
The Snow Queen	1957		Angel, the Robber Girl (English version, voice)
The Bad Seed	1956		Rhoda Penmark
General Electric Theater	1956	TV Series
As the World Turns	1956	TV Series	Kim Sullivan Reynolds Stewart Andropoulos Hughes (1975-1976) (temporary replacement for Ms. Hays)
Climax!	1956	TV Series	Lovejoy Mason
Mama	1949-1956	TV Series	Ingeborg / Cousin Ingeborg
Casablanca	1955	TV Series
Armstrong Circle Theatre	1954	TV Series	Judy
The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse	1954	TV Series	Dovie
The Motorola Television Hour	1954	TV Series	Ginny Mitchell
Campbell Summer Soundstage	1954	TV Series
The Web	1954	TV Series
The Revlon Mirror Theater	1953	TV Series
Willys Theatre Presenting Ben Hecht's Tales of the City	1953	TV Series
Man Against Pain	1953	TV Movie
Here Comes the Groom	1951		Orphan (uncredited)
Two Gals and a Guy	1951		Fay Oliver (uncredited)
Vikes	2017	post-production	Mrs. Knudsen
The Garage Sale	2016	post-production	Celeste
Chicanery		completed	Sandra Monescu
A Moving Romance	2016	TV Movie	Mrs. Norrell
Hart of Dixie	2013-2015	TV Series	Sylvie Stephens-Wilkes
Atwill Web Series	2014	Video short	Joanie Carvell
Buttwhistle	2014		Grandma Confer
Have You Met Miss Jones?	2012-2013	TV Series	Connie Campolotarro / Connie Campolitarro
Have You Met Miss Jones?	2012	Short	Connie Campolitarro
Scandal	2012	TV Series	Anne Pierce
Supernatural	2012	TV Series	Eleanor Holmes / Betsy
The Master	2012		Mildred Drummond
Soda Springs	2012		Beth
GCB	2012	TV Series	Chessy
Prime Suspect	2012	TV Series	Lillian Duffy
2ND Take	2011		Estelle
Desperate Housewives	2010	TV Series	Teresa Pruitt
Elevator Girl	2010	TV Movie	Rosemary
Greek	2009	TV Series	Joan
Citizen Jane	2009	TV Movie	Gertrude McCabe
Private Practice	2009	TV Series	Cynthia
A Christmas Proposal	2008	TV Movie	Maggie
South of Nowhere	2008	TV Series	Mary Spencer
Frost/Nixon	2008		Pat Nixon
Shark	2008	TV Series	Mary Belkin
Psycho Hillbilly Cabin Massacre!	2007	Short	Ma
Smith	2007	TV Series	Tracy Breen
In the Wall	2007	Short	Dolores
What About Brian	2006	TV Series	Lillian
Left in Darkness	2006	Video	Grandmother
Seth	2006		Mother (credit only)
The Sopranos	2000-2006	TV Series	Liz La Cerva
Heart of the Beholder	2005		Helen
Criminal Minds	2005	TV Series	Marcia Gordon
Entourage	2005	TV Series	Realtor
Grey's Anatomy	2005	TV Series	Rebecca Franklin
Gone But Not Forgotten	2005	TV Movie	Andrea Hammerhill (as Patty McCormick)
NYPD Blue	2005	TV Series	Jeannie Wyatt
Mystery Woman: Snapshot	2005	TV Movie	Barbara Sommers
Shallow Ground	2004		Helen Reedy
Cold Case	2004	TV Series	Mavis Breen
The D.A.	2004	TV Series	Jeanie Carlson
Target	2004		Maysie
Skin	2003-2004	TV Series	Irene
The Kiss	2003	Video	Priscilla Standhope
The Silvergleam Whistle	2003	Short	Motel Manager
Inhabited	2003	Video	Olivia Hagen
Choosing Matthias	2001		Mrs. Leonard
The Medicine Show	2001		Janice Piegi
Family Law	2001	TV Series	Monica Whitman
Acceptable Risk	2001	TV Movie	Lois
The Silencing	2000	Short	Betty
ER	2000	TV Series	Mrs. Dwyer
Silent Predators	1999	TV Movie	Vera Conrad
Baywatch	1997	TV Series	Rose O'Hara
Mommy's Day	1997		Mrs. Sterling
Mommy	1995		Mommy
Empty Nest	1992	TV Series	Fran
Doogie Howser, M.D.	1990	TV Series	Marge Lester
Freddy's Nightmares	1989	TV Series	Estonia 'Stoney' Adler
The New Lassie	1989	TV Series	Katherine Squires
The Flamingo Kid	1989	TV Short	Mrs. Brody
Murder, She Wrote	1987-1988	TV Series	Det. Kathleen Chadwick / Lana Whitman
Saturday the 14th Strikes Back	1988		Kate Baxter
Head of the Class	1988	TV Series	Madeline Mardian
Private Road: No Trespassing	1987	Video	Alice Wilson
The Law and Harry McGraw	1987	TV Series	Gloria Billings
Second Chance	1987	TV Series	Wendy Worth
Mr. Sunshine	1986	TV Series	Ellen
On Wings of Eagles	1986	TV Mini-Series	Liz Coburn
Answers	1985	TV Movie	Mandy Morgan (Segment "A Good Time")
Partners in Crime	1984	TV Series	Irene
Remington Steele	1984	TV Series	Vera Woodman
Invitation to Hell	1984	TV Movie	Mary Peterson (as Patricia McCormack)
Hotel	1984	TV Series	Paula
Night Partners	1983	TV Movie	Sophie Metzman
Magnum, P.I.	1982	TV Series	Assistant District Attorney Carol Baldwin
Romance Theatre	1982	TV Series	Sally
Dallas	1981-1982	TV Series	Evelyn Michaelson
The Ropers	1979-1980	TV Series	Anne Brookes
Fantasy Island	1979	TV Series	Marg Atkins
Emergency!	1972-1979	TV Series	Gail / Janet Caldwell
Friends	1979	TV Series	Vanessa
The Love Boat	1978	TV Series	Beth Donaldson
Marcus Welby, M.D.	1974-1975	TV Series	Dr. Newman / Marilyn Bryson
Mobile One	1975	TV Series
Bug	1975		Sylvia Ross
Cannon	1975	TV Series	Linda Halsey
The Manhunter	1974	TV Series
The Wide World of Mystery	1974	TV Series	Tanya

Soundtrack

Title	Year	Status	Character
Mommy's Day	1997	performer: "If Life Was Fair"
The Mini-Skirt Mob	1968	performer: "The Mini-Skirt Mob"

Music Department

Title	Year	Status	Character
Mommy	1995	piano solo

Producer

Title	Year	Status	Character
Mommy's Day	1997	co-executive producer

Thanks

Title	Year	Status	Character
Enfant Terrible: A Conversation with Patty McCormack	2004	Video short special thanks

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity	2015	Documentary	Herself
Eye on Entertainment	2012	TV Series	Herself
Enfant Terrible: A Conversation with Patty McCormack	2004	Video short	Herself
The 33rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards	1981	TV Special	Herself - Co-Presenter: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series & Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series (as Patricia McCormack)
Dinah!	1980	TV Series	Herself
The 6th People's Choice Awards	1980	TV Special	Herself - Winner
Family Feud	1979	TV Series	Herself
The Mike Douglas Show	1979	TV Series	Herself - Actress
All-Star Family Feud Special	1979	TV Series	Herself - Celebrity Contestant
Celebrity Bowling	1972	TV Series	Herself
The Joey Bishop Show	1969	TV Series	Herself
The Bob Hope Show	1963	TV Series	Herself / 1963 Deb Star
The Arthur Murray Party	1959	TV Series	Herself
The Jimmy Dean Show	1959	TV Series	Herself
The Garry Moore Show	1958	TV Series	Herself
The Steve Allen Plymouth Show	1958	TV Series	Herself - Guest
Shower of Stars	1958	TV Series	Herself
The Lux Show	1957	TV Series	Herself
The 29th Annual Academy Awards	1957	TV Special documentary	Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role & Presenter: Best Short Subject, Cartoons
The Linkletter Show	1955	TV Series	Herself

Archive Footage

Title	Year	Status	Character
Off to See the Wizard	1967	TV Series	Joanna Wilkes

Awards

Won Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
1960	Star on the Walk of Fame	Walk of Fame	Motion Picture	On 8 February 1960. At 6312 Hollywood Blvd.

Nominated Awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie
1957	Oscar	Academy Awards, USA	Best Actress in a Supporting Role	The Bad Seed (1956)
1957	Golden Globe	Golden Globes, USA	Best Supporting Actress	The Bad Seed (1956)