Pat Crowley
Biography
Pat Crowley was an American actress born on September 17, 1933 in Olyphant, Pennsylvania. She began her screen career in the 1950s and continued working in film and television into the 2000s, accumulating more than one hundred credited performances. Crowley is noted for her role in the 1950 film Forever Female and for starring in the television sitcom Please Don’t Eat the Daisies. In 1953 she received the Golden Globe award for New Star of the Year. She remained active across several decades, contributing to a diverse body of work before her death on September 14, 2025 at the age of ninety‑one.
Career overview
Pat Crowley was born on September 17, 1933, in Olyphant, Pennsylvania, United States. She began her professional acting career in the early 1950s and remained active in both film and television for five decades, with her work spanning from the 1950s through the 2000s. Among her early screen appearances, Crowley is noted for her role in the feature film Forever Female. She later became widely recognized for her performance in the television sitcom Please Don’t Eat the Daisies, which contributed to her reputation as a versatile actress in both mediums.
During her career Crowley accumulated a substantial body of work, with a total of 112 credited appearances across movies and television series. In 1953 she received the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year, an honor that highlighted her emerging prominence in the entertainment industry. Her career continued into the early twenty‑first century, demonstrating sustained involvement in acting projects over a span of more than forty years. Pat Crowley passed away on September 14, 2025, three days before her 92nd birthday, leaving a legacy marked by a broad range of performances and a notable early accolade from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
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- Audrey Hepburn: The Paramount Years (2008) as Self
- Jerry Lewis - König der Komödianten (2006) as Self (archive footage)
- The Closer (2005) as Beverly Langner
- 61* (2001) as Pat Maris
- Family Law (1999) as Beverly Dunbar
- Charmed (1998) as Mrs. Johnson
- Hollywood Squares (1998) as Self - Panelist
- Love Boat: The Next Wave (1998) as Lily Stubing
- Pacific Blue (1996) as Catherine Callaway
- Friends (1994) as Mrs. Burgin
- Frasier (1993) as Marion Lawlor
- Melrose Place (1992) as Sharon Ross
- Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990) as Audrey Cutler
- Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge (1990) as Self (archive footage)
- Generations (1989) as Rebecca Whitmore
- Roseanne (1988)
- Blacke's Magic (1986)
- International Airport (1985) as Beverly Gerber
- Murder, She Wrote (1984) as Trudy Howard
- Finder of Lost Loves (1984) as Maggie Singer
- Trauma Center (1983) as Adele
- Hotel (1982)
- Matt Houston (1982) as Audrey
- Barry Norman in Celebrity City (1982) as Self
- Dynasty (1981) as Emily Fallmont
- Falcon Crest (1981) as Dr. Lillian Heller
- Aloha Paradise (1981) as Sondra Culbertson
- Police Story: Confessions of a Lady Cop (1980) as Gloria Leland
- The Sky Trap (1979)
- The Eddie Capra Mysteries (1978)
- A Family Upside Down (1978) as Carol Long
- The Millionaire (1978) as Maggie Haines
- The Case of the Baltimore Girls (1978) as Marietta Marlowe
- Return to Fantasy Island (1978) as Lucy Faber
- The Love Boat (1977) as Noreen Badger
- The Love Boat (1977) as Linda Bradley
- Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected (1977) as Maggie Carrington
- The Force of Evil (1977) as Maggie Carrington
- Charlie's Angels (1976) as Ellen Miles
- Charlie's Angels (1976) as Marion Moss
- Matt Helm (1975) as Lila Faro
- Joe Forrester (1975) as Georgia Cameron
- Cop on the Beat (1975) as Georgia Cameron
- The Rockford Files (1974) as Valerie Pointer
- Happy Days (1974)
- Police Woman (1974) as Marlene Simpson
- Return of the Big Cat (1974) as Sophina McClaren (as Patricia Crowley)
- Police Story (1973) as Gloria Leland
- Police Story (1973) as Georgia
- Police Story (1973) as Patty Pickett
- The Streets of San Francisco (1972) as Carol Mossman
- The Biscuit Eater (1972) as Mary Lee McNeil
- Columbo (1971) as Lenore Kennicutt
- Alias Smith and Jones (1971)
- Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law (1971) as Sue Rohmer
- Menace on the Mountain (1970) as Leah McIver
- Love, American Style (1969) as Laurie
- The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1969) as Helen Johnson
- Hawaii Five-O (1968) as Dr. Elizabeth Fielding
- The Name of the Game (1968) as Christy Landon
- Boomerang, Dog of Many Talents (1968) as Molly Graham
- Judd, for the Defense (1967)
- Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1965) as Joan Nash
- To Trap a Spy (1965) as Elaine May Bender Donaldson
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964) as Elaine May Donaldson
- Send Me No Flowers (1964) as Marge (uncredited)
- The Fugitive (1963) as Emily Norton
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963) as Carol Sinclair
- Mr. Novak (1963) as Ariel Wilder
- The Lieutenant (1963)
- Arrest and Trial (1963) as Ellen Tobin
- Vacation Playhouse (1963) as Elizabeth Williams
- Vacation Playhouse (1963) as Joan
- The Wheeler Dealers (1963) as Eloise Cott
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) as Enid Bentley
- Dr. Kildare (1961) as Janet Parker
- Dr. Kildare (1961) as Claire Sutton
- 87th Precinct (1961) as Josie Thompson
- Cain's Hundred (1961) as Holly Baker
- The Roaring 20's (1960)
- Hong Kong (1960) as Kareb Bryant
- Michael Shayne (1960)
- Key Witness (1960) as Ann Morrow
- Bonanza (1959) as Julia Grant (as Patricia Crowley)
- The Twilight Zone (1959) as Jackie Benson
- Rawhide (1959) as Sara May Green
- The Detectives (1959) as Norma
- Riverboat (1959) as Joan Marchand
- The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959) as Sylvia
- The Scarface Mob (1959) as Betty Anderson
- Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958) as Helen Martin
- 77 Sunset Strip (1958)
- 77 Sunset Strip (1958) as Johanna Martin
- Bronco (1958)
- Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958) as Betty Anderson
- Maverick (1957) as Lydia Lynley
- Tales of Wells Fargo (1957) as Lydia (as Patricia Crowley)
- West Point (1956)
- Hollywood or Bust (1956) as Terry Roberts
- There's Always Tomorrow (1956) as Ann
- Walk the Proud Land (1956) as Mary Dennison
- Cheyenne (1955)
- The Square Jungle (1955) as Julie Walsh
- Allen in Movieland (1955) as Self
- Climax! (1954) as Sue Martin
- Inner Sanctum (1954)
- The Wonderful World of Disney (1954) as Patricia Kettrick
- The Wonderful World of Disney (1954) as Sophina McClaren
- The Wonderful World of Disney (1954) as Leah McIver
- Red Garters (1954) as Susana Martinez De La Cruz
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Verna Ellsworth
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Helen Morris
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Nancy Hodges
- General Electric Theater (1953) as Hester Hicks
- General Electric Theater (1953) as Diana
- Money from Home (1953) as Autumn Claypool
- Forever Female (1953) as Clara Mootz
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951) as June Baker
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951) as Mrs. Martin
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951) as B. J. Brown
- A Date with Judy (1951) as Judy Foster
- Lux Video Theatre (1950) as Val
- Lux Video Theatre (1950) as Emmadel
- Your Show of Shows (1950)
- Suspense (1949)
- The Ford Theatre Hour (1948)
- Mont Reve as Mrs. Cottington