Pat Crowley
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| Years active | 1950–2012 |
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| Relatives | Ann Crowley (sister) |
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Patricia Margaret "Pat" Crowley (September 17, 1933 – September 14, 2025) was an American actress.
In 1953, Crowley was awarded the Golden Globe for New Star of the Year for her performances in Forever Female and Money from Home. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, she had starring roles in films with stars such as Rosemary Clooney, Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis and Tony Curtis. She appeared in television roles starting in the 1950s, continuing through the 2000s.
Early life
Crowley was born on September 17, 1933, in Olyphant, Pennsylvania.[1][2] Her sister Ann was also an actress.[3]
Career
Crowley played Sally Carver in the film Forever Female (1953), starring Ginger Rogers and William Holden. She starred as Dr. Autumn Claypool alongside Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis in Money from Home (1953), and in their final film together Hollywood or Bust (1956), in which she played Terry Roberts. Her roles in Forever Female and Money from Home brought her the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year - Actress.[4] She costarred with Rosemary Clooney in the 1954 musical Red Garters, and with Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray in the 1956 drama There's Always Tomorrow. She had a starring role opposite Tony Curtis in the boxing drama The Square Jungle (1955) and the Audie Murphy Western Walk the Proud Land, and was also featured in The Wheeler Dealers, a 1963 comedy starring James Garner and Lee Remick.
Crowley starred as Judy Foster in the daytime version of A Date with Judy on ABC-TV in 1951.[5]
Crowley made guest appearances in many television series in the 1950s and 1960s, including the pilot for The Untouchables, The Lieutenant, Crossroads, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Riverboat, The DuPont Show with June Allyson, Rawhide (with Clint Eastwood), Wanted: Dead or Alive (with Steve McQueen), The Eleventh Hour, The Roaring 20s, Cheyenne, Mr. Novak, The Twilight Zone, The Fugitive, 77 Sunset Strip, The Tab Hunter Show, and The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
She appeared as a leading lady for both James Garner and Roger Moore in the same episode of Maverick, titled "The Rivals", a 1958 reworking of Richard Brinsley Sheridan's 1775 comedy of manners play. She was billed in some Maverick episodes as Patricia Crowley and others as Pat Crowley.
She starred from 1965 to 1967 as Joan Nash in the NBC-MGM television sitcom Please Don't Eat the Daisies, based on the 1957 book by Jean Kerr[6] and the 1960 Doris Day/David Niven film of the same name. In 1975–1976, she played Georgia Cameron on the Joe Forrester television series.[6]Template:R/superscript
Crowley sang and danced on The Dean Martin Show. She made guest appearances on episodes of Bonanza (in the episode "The Actress"), Charlie's Angels, Columbo, Police Woman, The Streets of San Francisco, Hawaii 5-0, The Rockford Files, The Feather and Father Gang, Hotel, Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected (in the episode "The Force of Evil")[citation needed] and Murder, She Wrote, as well as the sitcoms Happy Days, The Love Boat, Empty Nest, Roseanne, Frasier and Friends.
She became known to a later era of television viewers for her roles on the serials Generations from 1989–90, Port Charles from 1997 to 2003 and The Bold and the Beautiful in 2005. She appeared as Emily Fallmont on nine episodes of the nighttime soap opera Dynasty in 1986. Crowley portrayed the widow of baseball player Roger Maris in the biopic 61*, directed by Billy Crystal. She appeared in a 2006 episode of The Closer and a 2009 episode of Cold Case.
Throughout her career, she was confused with actress Kathleen Crowley, who guest-starred in many of the same television series during the same time frame (the 1950s and 1960s), though they never appeared together and were not related.
Personal life and death
Crowley died in Los Angeles on September 14, 2025, at the age of 91.[7]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1953 | Forever Female | Clara Mootz/Sally Carver | |
| Money from Home | Dr. Autumn Claypool | ||
| 1954 | Red Garters | Susan Martinez De La Cruz | |
| 1955 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Julie Walsh | |
| 1956 | There's Always Tomorrow | Ann | |
| Walk the Proud Land | Mary Dennison | ||
| Hollywood or Bust | Terry Roberts | A Martin and Lewis comedy | |
| 1960 | Key Witness | Ann Morrow | |
| 1963 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Eloise Cott | |
| 1964 | To Trap a Spy | Elaine May Bender Donaldson | |
| Send Me No Flowers | Marge | Uncredited | |
| 1972 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Mary Lee McNeil | |
| 2012 | Mont Reve | Mrs. Cottington | (final film role) |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Season 2 Episode 24: "Three Smart Girls" | |
| Kraft Television Theatre | Season 4 Episode 7: "Sixteen" | ||
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | Season 3 Episode 7: "Another Darling" | ||
| 1950–1952 | Armstrong Circle Theatre | Wanda | 4 episodes |
| 1951 | A Date with Judy | Judy Foster | Daytime version |
| 1952 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Season 2 Episode 28: "The Terrible Truth" | |
| Suspense | Season 4 Episode 30: "Night of Evil" | ||
| 1952–1954 | Goodyear Television Playhouse | Miranda | 2 episodes |
| 1954 | Inner Sanctum | Katherine | Season 1 Episode 10: "Lost in the Dark" |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | Margie | Season 7 Episode 1: "Middle of the Night" | |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | Lorna Smith / Evelyn | 2 episodes | |
| 1954–1956 | Lux Video Theatre | Val / Emmadel | 2 episodes |
| 1955 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Sally Pruitt | Season 1 Episode 2: "Nearly Normal" |
| 1955–1958 | General Electric Theater | Hester Hicks / Diana | 2 episodes |
| 1956 | Climax! | Sue Martin | Season 2 Episode 43: "The 78th Floor" |
| West Point | Meg | Season 1 Episode 11: "Heat of Anger" | |
| 1957 | Crossroads | Season 2 Episode 37: "Deadline" | |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | Grace Hatten | Season 1 Episode 8: "A Gun at His Back" | |
| 1957–1959 | Letter to Loretta | Verna Ellsworth / Helen Morris / Nancy Hodges | 3 episodes |
| 1957–1959 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | June Baker / Mrs. Martin / B.J. Brown | 3 episodes |
| 1958 | Studio 57 | Season 4 Episode 15: "The Terrible Discovery" | |
| 1959 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Betty Anderson | Season 1 Episode 0: "Pilot" |
| Wanted: Dead or Alive | Helen Martin | Season 1 Episode 22: "Competition" | |
| Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | Betty Anderson | 2 episodes | |
| Bronco | Amanda Stover | Season 2 Episode 1: "Game at the Beacon Club" | |
| Maverick | (1) Lydia Lynley (2) Ann Saunders (3) Stephanie Malone |
(1) Season 2 Episode 18: "The Rivals" (2) Season 2 Episode 25: "Betrayal" (3) Season 3 Episode 6: "A Tale of Three Cities" | |
| Cheyenne | Jenny Girard | Season 4 Episode 4: "Trial by Conscience" | |
| 1959–1960 | Goodyear Theatre | Maggie Barrett / Maggie Randall | 2 episodes |
| 1959–1963 | 77 Sunset Strip | Johanna Martin / Doris Devlin | 2 episodes |
| 1960 | Riverboat | Joan Marchand | Season 1 Episode 16: "Tampico Raid" |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | Sylvia | Season 1 Episode 21: "Threat of Evil" | |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | Lila Westbrook | Season 1 Episode 5: "Operation Iceberg" | |
| Hong Kong | Karen Bryant | Season 1 Episode 5: "The Jade Empress" | |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | Mary Lou Weatherbee | Season 1 Episode 5: "The Prairie Flower" | |
| 1960–1979 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Patricia Kettrick / Molly Graham / Leah McIver / Sophina McClaren / Florence Stone | 8 episodes |
| 1961 | Michael Shayne | Louise Kirk | Season 1 Episode 25: "The Body Beautiful" |
| Tales of Wells Fargo | Lydia | Season 6 Episode 3: "Treasure Coach" | |
| 87th Precinct | Josie Thompson | Season 1 Episode 9: "Empty Hours" | |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | Norma | Season 3 Episode 10: "Escort" | |
| 1962 | Cain's Hundred | Holly Baker | Season 1 Episode 30: "Quick Brown Fox" |
| 1962–1964 | Dr. Kildare | Janet Parker / Claire Sutton | 2 episodes |
| 1963 | Rawhide | Sara May Green | Season 5 Episode 18: "Incident of the Mountain Man" |
| Bonanza | Julia Grant | Season 4 Episode 22: "The Actress" | |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | Jackie Benson | Season 4 Episode 9: "Printer's Devil" | |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | Georgia Tate | Season 1 Episode 22: "Five Moments Out of Time" | |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | Emily Norton | Season 1 Episode 2: "The Witch" | |
| Mr. Novak | Ariel Wilder | Season 1 Episode 11: "Love in the Wrong Season" | |
| 1964 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Susan Rambridge | Season 1 Episode 17: "Between Music and Laughter" |
| Arrest and Trial | Ellen Tobin | Season 1 Episode 23: "The Black Flower" | |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | Enid Bentley | Season 2 Episode 23: "A Matter of Murder" | |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | Elaine May Donaldson | Season 1 Episode 1: "The Vulcan Affair" | |
| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Carol Sinclair | Season 2 Episode 8: "Mr. Biddle's Crime Wave" | |
| 1965–1967 | Please Don't Eat the Daisies | Joan Nash | Series regular |
| 1966 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Elizabeth Williams | TV Movie |
| 1966–1967 | Vacation Playhouse | Elizabeth Williams / Joan | 2 episodes |
| 1968 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Pearl 'Angela' Van Owen | Season 6 Episode 21: "The Hell Wind" |
| Insight | Zara | Episode 145: "The Porous Curtain" | |
| Judd for the Defense | Sharon McNary | Season 2 Episode 4: "The Name of This Game Is Acquittal" | |
| 1969 | Love, American Style | Laurie | Season 1 Episode 5: "segment: Love and the Modern Wife" |
| 1970 | Menace on the Mountain[8] | Leah McIver | Walt Disney film |
| 1971 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Christy Landon | Season 3 Episode 23: "The Broken Puzzle" |
| Marcus Welby, M.D. | Carol Adams | Season 3 Episode 2: "A Portrait of Debbie" | |
| Columbo[9] | Mrs. Lenore Kennicutt | Season 1 Episode 2: "Death Lends a Hand" (as Patricia Crowley) | |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | Helen Johnson | Season 3 Episode 3: "One Lonely Step" | |
| Alias Smith and Jones | Meg Parker | Season 2 Episode 14: "Miracle at Santa Marta" | |
| 1972 | Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law | Sue Rohmer | Season 1 Episode 15: "Warlock at Mach 3" |
| 1973 | Griff | Marietta Marlowe | Season 1 Episode 3: "All the Lonely People" |
| 1974 | Return of the Big Cat | Sophina McClaren | TV Movie |
| 1974–1976 | Police Story | Ellie / Maggie Dolan / Georgia / Patty Pickett | 4 episodes |
| 1975 | Cop on the Beat | Georgia Cameron | TV Movie |
| Matt Helm | Lila Faro | Season 1 Episode 4: "The Game of the Century" | |
| 1975–1976 | Joe Forrester | Georgia Cameron | Series regular |
| 1976 | Police Woman | Marlene Simpson | Season 3 Episode 3: "Trial by Prejudice" |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | Carol Mossman | Season 5 Episode 10: "Castle of Fear" | |
| 1977 | Family | Maggie Calder | Season 2 Episode 13: "Return Engagement" |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | Maggie Carrington | TV Movie | |
| Tales of the Unexpected | Maggie Carrington | Season 1 Episode 6: "Force of Evil" | |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | Lacey | Season 1 Episode 11: "Welcome Home, Vince" | |
| 1978 | A Family Upside Down | Carol Long | TV Movie |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | Susan Lockard | Season 1 Episode 9: "The Two Million Dollar Stowaway" | |
| Script error: No such module "Sort". | Maggie Haines | TV Movie | |
| 1978–1982 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Noreen Badger / Linda Bradley | 3 episodes |
| 1978–1983 | Fantasy Island | Lucy Faber / Mrs. Gleason | 2 episodes |
| 1979 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Valerie Pointer | Season 5 Episode 14: "Guilt" |
| Friends | Doris | Season 1 Episode 2: "Episode #1.2" | |
| 1979–1981 | Charlie's Angels | (1) Ellen Miles (2) Marion Moss |
(1) Season 3 Episode 20: "Angels in Waiting" (2) Season 5 Episode 6: "Hula Angels" |
| 1980 | Happy Days | Susan Patterson | Season 7 Episode 23: "A Potsie Is Born" |
| Hawaii Five-O | Dr. Elizabeth Fielding | Season 12 Episode 19: "Woe to Wo Fat" | |
| Police Story: Confessions of a Lady Cop | Gloria Leland | TV Movie | |
| 1981 | Aloha Paradise | Sondra Culberson | 2 episodes |
| Today's FBI | Season 1 Episode 6: "Career Move" | ||
| 1983 | Matt Houston | Audrey | Season 1 Episode 12: "The Purrfect Crime" |
| Trauma Center | Season 1 Episode 2: "Notes About Courage" | ||
| 1984 | Falcon Crest | Dr. Lillian Heller | 2 episodes |
| 1985 | Hotel | Margot Howland | Season 2 Episode 13: "Crossroads" |
| Finder of Lost Loves | Maggie Singer | Season 1 Episode 22: "Broken Promises" | |
| International Airport | Beverly Gerber | TV Movie | |
| 1986 | Blacke's Magic | Claudia Baron | Season 1 Episode 2: "Knave of Diamonds, Ace of Hearts" |
| Dynasty | Emily Fallmont | 9 episodes (Recurring role) | |
| 1987 | Murder, She Wrote | Trudy Howard | Season 3 Episode 18: "No Laughing Murder" |
| 1989 | Generations | Rebecca Whitmore #1 | 65 episodes (Recurring role) |
| 1990 | Empty Nest | Claire | Season 2 Episode 24: "Still Growing After All These Years" |
| 1993 | Frasier | Marion Lawlor | Season 1 Episode 8: "Beloved Infidel" |
| 1995 | Roseanne | Joan Nash, TV Mom #5 | Season 7 Episode 19: "All About Rosey" |
| Thunder Alley | Elizabeth | Season 2 Episode 16: "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" | |
| 1996 | Melrose Place | Sharon Ross | Season 4 Episode 24: "Ruthless People" |
| 1997 | General Hospital | Mary Scanlon | Episode 8829: "Episode #1.8829" |
| 1997–1998 | Beverly Hills, 90210 | Audrey Cutler | 3 episodes |
| 1997–2001 | Port Charles | Mary Scanlon | 251 episodes (Recurring role) |
| 1998 | Friends | Mrs. Burgin | Season 4 Episode 18: "The One with Rachel's New Dress" |
| Pacific Blue | Catherine Callaway | Season 3 Episode 20: "With This Ring" | |
| Love Boat: The Next Wave | Lily Stubing | Season 2 Episode 4: "Reunion" | |
| 1999 | Charmed | Mrs. Johnson | Season 2 Episode 8: "P3 H2O" |
| 2000 | Family Law | Beverly Dunbar | Season 1 Episode 15: "A Mother's Son" |
| 2001 | 61* | Pat Maris ('98) | TV Movie |
| 2005 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Natalie DeWitt | 4 episodes |
| 2006 | Script error: No such module "Sort". | Beverly Langner | Season 2 Episode 9: "Heroic Measures" |
| 2009 | Cold Case | Diane Drew '09 | Season 6 Episode 14: "The Brush Man" |
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Monush, Barry (2003). Screen World Presents the Encyclopedia of Hollywood Film Actors: From the silent era to 1965. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 163. ISBN 9781557835512. Retrieved May 6, 2017.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Dudding, Will (September 16, 2025). "Pat Crowley, Veteran Actress of Film and TV, Dies at 91". The New York Times. Retrieved September 17, 2025.
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television (4th ed.). New York, New York: Penguin Books USA, Inc. p. 199. ISBN 0-14-02-4916-8.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 842. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Barnes, Mike (September 15, 2025). "Patricia Crowley, Star of TV's 'Please Don't Eat the Daisies,' Dies at 91". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 15, 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Mark Arnold (2022). "Pat Crowley". Stars of Walt Disney Productions.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Episode review: Columbo - Death Lends a Hand". Columbophile.com. The Columbophile Blog. Retrieved March 13, 2026.
External links
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