Patty McCormack as Rhoda Penmark in The Bad Seed

Patty McCormack (born August 21, 1945) is an American actress. She is best known as a child actress for her portrayal of a murderous little girl in The Bad Seed. Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... August 21 is the 233rd day of the year (234th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... Movie poster for The Bad Seed The Bad Seed is a novel by William March which was adapted into a play by Maxwell Anderson. ...

She was born Patricia Ellen Russo in Brooklyn, New York, to Frank Russo, a firefighter and Elizabeth (McCormack) Russo, a professional roller skater. She was a model at the age of four and began appearing on television at the age of seven. She made her motion picture debut in Two Gals and a Guy (1951) and appeared in the television series Mama (aka I Remember Mama) from 1953-1956. She briefly starred in her own series, Peck's Bad Girl, in 1959, and again, decades later, in The Ropers, an unsuccessful spinoff of Three's Company, co-starring Audra Lindley, Norman Fell and Jeffrey Tambor. For other meanings, see Brooklyn (disambiguation). ... Firefighter in full turn out gear with a pickhead axe. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... I Remember Mama is a 1948 film which tells the story of a loving Norwegian family in San Francisco in the 1910s. ... The Ropers was an American sitcom that ran from March 1979 to April 1980. ... Threes Company is an American sitcom that ran from 1977 to 1984 on ABC. // Basic description The show was a remake of the British sitcom Man About the House and revolved around two women and a man sharing an apartment together. ... Audra Lindley (September 24, 1918-October 16, 1997) was an American actress. ... Norman Fell (born March 24, 1924; died December 14, 1998) (born Norman Feld) was an American. ... Jeffrey Tambor Jeffrey Michael Tambor (born July 8, 1944 in San Francisco, California) is an American actor. ...

Her Broadway debut was in Touchstone (1953), followed by her most famous role, as little Rhoda Penmark, an evil child with murderous inclinations, in The Bad Seed (1954). She would go on to star in the film version (1956) and garner an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. This article is about the street in New York City. ... Rhoda Penmark is a fictional character in William Marchs 1954 novel The Bad Seed and the stage play adapted from it by Maxwell Anderson. ... Movie poster for The Bad Seed The Bad Seed is a novel by William March which was adapted into a play by Maxwell Anderson. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... Best Supporting Actor or Best Supporting Actress is an accolade given by a group of film or theatre professionals in recognition of the work of supporting and character actors. ...

McCormack has continued to act in secondary roles, mostly in television with occasional film appearances. She has had recurring roles in popular television series such as Dallas, Murder, She Wrote, and The Sopranos. Dallas title card used during the shows first season. ... Murder, She Wrote Promo Art Murder, She Wrote is an American mystery television series, starring Angela Lansbury as the lead character, Jessica Fletcher. ... Sopranos redirects here. ...

She married Italian-American restaurateur Bob Catania in 1967, and they had two children before their marriage was dissolved.

References

Rigdon, Walter (ed.) The Biographical Encyclopedia of Who's Who of the American Theatre. New York: James H. Heineman, Inc. c1966.

"Patty McCormack." Biography Resource Center. Thomson Gale. February 15, 2005.

External links

• Patricia McCormack at the Internet Movie Database