Patricia Moran Yeaton (born ), known professionally as Pat Moran, is an American actress and casting director active in

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, having won three

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for her work. Since early in her career, Moran has been a member of the Dreamlanders, director

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' regular cast of actors, notably being, along with

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and

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, the only actress to appear in every film directed by Waters.

Biography

Born as the oldest of five siblings, Moran is the only daughter of

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parents John Joseph and Grace (

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Swietzer) Moran. Her father was a musician and orchestra director who often performed at the S.S. Tolchester. Moran was raised in

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, in

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, and Beechfield, in Southwest Baltimore, studying at Mount de Sales Academy. She originally met director

in 1964 and soon worked in his films, usually finding actors and securing locations, along with making her debut in Waters' directorial full-length debut, ''

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'' (1969). Moran was the owner of the dog whose feces

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ate in the infamous final scene of ''

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'' (1972). She played Patty Hitler in the film, a Nazi gossiper who supplies vital information to the main characters, but her role was mostly cut from the film, being reduced to a minor cameo in a party scene. A member of his regular cast, the Dreamlanders, she has played a role in every Waters film, a title she shares only with fellow actresses

and

. In 1987, Moran, along with Waters, worked on co-founding AIDS Action Baltimore after seeing many of their friends die of

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. Since the 1990s, Moran has worked in casting for various TV shows, including

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's '' Homicide: Life on the Street'' (1993–1999) and

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's ''

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'' (2002–2008). More recently she has worked on Maryland-produced movies such as ''

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'' (2005), ''

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'' (2005) and

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-winning ''Game Change'' (2012). Moran married Charles K. Yeaton, who she started dating in 1970. They have two children, Brook Hopley and Greer S. Yeaton, both fellow filmmakers.

Filmography as actress

External links

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Official Site

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Moran, Pat Actresses from Baltimore 20th-century American actresses 1940s births American casting directors