Patricia Stanley (born April 12, 1931,

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) is a retired American actress, dancer and singer.

Career

Stanley won her

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in the category of Best Featured Actress in a Musical in the 1958-1959 season, for her performances as "Lois Lee" in the musical ''

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''. She was nominated in 1962 for a

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for her role as "Eileen Taylor" in '' Sunday in New York''. She made frequent appearances in prime time television on ''Breslin's Neighborhood'', ''Thieves Carnival'' (Play of the Week 1959), ''Omnibus'' (1958), NBC Comedy Hour, ''The Ed Sullivan Show'' (1958) and ''A

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Special'' (1955). On daytime television, she has played Mrs. Goodman #2 on ''

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'' in 1982 and 1983. In films, she was featured in the

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movie '' The Ladies Man'' (1961).

Personal life

Stanley was married to songwriter Johnny Burke, and later to writer

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(died May 25, 2012), with whom she had two daughters, Nell and Katherine. Both marriages ended in divorce. She has three granddaughters. Since 1980 she had been married to third husband, actor and artist Gerry Matthews. She lives in retirement in

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.Obenland, Kathlee
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Broadway stage productions

* 1952: ''

Of Thee I Sing ''Of Thee I Sing'' is a musical with a score by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin and a book by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind. The musical lampoons American politics; the story concerns John P. Wintergreen, who runs for President ...

'' as dancer * 1953: '' Carnival in Flanders'' as Siska * 1957: ''

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'' as Carrie * 1958: ''

Blue Denim ''Blue Denim'' is a 1959 film based on a Broadway play by writer James Leo Herlihy. It starred Carol Lynley and Warren Berlinger who reprised their stage roles. 17-year-old Brandon deWilde appeared in his first "adult" role as the male lead A ...

'' as Lillian * 1958: ''

'' as Lois Lee * 1959: ''

Fiorello! ''Fiorello!'' is a musical about New York City mayor Fiorello La Guardia, a reform Republican, which debuted on Broadway in 1959, and tells the story of how La Guardia took on the Tammany Hall political machine. The book is by Jerome Weidma ...

'' as Dora * 1961: '' Sunday in New York'' as Eileen Taylor * 1981: '' The Five O'Clock Girl'' as Susan Snow

National Tours

* 1953: '' Pajama Game'' as Gladys * 1952: '' A Tree Grows in Brooklyn'' as dance lead

Summer Stock

* 1950's: '' Lend an Ear,

Brigadoon ''Brigadoon'' is a musical with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, and music by Frederick Loewe. The song " Almost Like Being in Love", from the musical, has become a standard. It features two American tourists who stumble upon Brigadoon, a ...

, Pajama Game,

One Touch of Venus ''One Touch of Venus'' is a 1943 musical with music written by Kurt Weill, lyrics by Ogden Nash, and book by S. J. Perelman and Nash, based on the 1885 novella ''The Tinted Venus'' by Thomas Anstey Guthrie, and very loosely spoofing the Pygma ...

Night Clubs

* 1980: Solo act at Once Upon a Stove

References

External links

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About Gerry Matthews

The Museum of Un-Natural History
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