Paddy Croft
Patricia Croft | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 1, 1923 Worthing, Sussex, England, United Kingdom |
| Died | July 27, 2015 (aged 92) |
| Occupation | Actress |
Patricia "Paddy" Croft (July 1, 1923 – July 27, 2015)[1] was an English born Irish-American actress of stage and screen.
Biography and career
[edit]Croft was born in Worthing, West Sussex, England in 1923.[2]
A character actress who usually played Irish roles on stage, in film and on television, she was affiliated with the Irish Repertory Theatre in New York City, most recently in 2005 as Madge in a revival of Brian Friel's Philadelphia, Here I Come. She also appeared in Hugh Leonard's Da, and often served as standby or understudy on Broadway in productions of Major Barbara, Night Must Fall, The Plough and the Stars, and The Killing of Sister George, sometimes assuming the roles upon the departure of the star for whom she was covering, the last such occasion being in 1999 in the revival of Night Must Fall, starring Matthew Broderick, when Croft succeeded the departing Judy Parfitt. Her last role on Broadway was in The Dead in 2000.[3]
In 1973, she appeared in Crown Matrimonial receiving good notices for her performance as Mary, Princess Royal supporting Eileen Herlie's Queen Mary.
Croft also appeared on television, including on the long-running NBC series Law & Order and Law and Order: Special Victims Unit.[4]
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Passages from James Joyce's Finnegans Wake | Celebrant | |
| 1980 | Just Tell Me What You Want | Berger's Secretary | |
| 1984 | The Beniker Gang | Mrs. O'Malley | |
| 2001 | Trigger Happy | Anna | |
| 2012 | What Maisie Knew | Mrs. Wix |
Television
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Folio | Katya | Episode: "Ivanov" |
| 1960 | Startime | Nurse-secretary | Episode: "The Cocktail Party" |
| 1977 | Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye | Powers' Sister | Television film |
| 1988 | The Campbells | Alma | Episode: "The Runaway" |
| 1995 | Law & Order | Housekeeper | Episode: "Privileged" |
| 1995 | The Wright Verdicts | Mrs. Dillon | Episode: "The Eyes of God" |
| 2001 | Law & Order: SVU | Aunt Mary | Episode: "Manhunt" |
| 2004 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Alda Morse | Episode: "D.A.W." |
References
[edit]- ^ "Patricia Croft - US Social Security Death Index". Familytreenow.com. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
- ^ "Paddy Croft". Playbill. Retrieved 2021-10-27.
- ^ IBDb.com profile; accessed May 12, 2014.
- ^ Paddy Croft at IMDb
External links
[edit]- Paddy Croft at IMDb
- Paddy Croft at the Internet Broadway Database
- Patricia Croft at the Internet Broadway Database
- Paddy Croft at Playbill Vault (archive)
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