Patience Cleveland
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

Patience Mather Cleveland (May 23, 1931 – May 27, 2004) was an American film and television actress.


Biography

Cleveland was born in New York City, the youngest of six siblings, to an old established
New Hampshire New Hampshire ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...
family, where she was raised. Her older brother was James Colgate Cleveland. Her parents were Dr. Mather Cleveland, M.D., and his wife, Susan Colgate Cleveland. Her father authored ''New Hampshire and the Civil War'' and ''The Orthopedic Service at St. Luke's Hospital, New York City, 1859–1968''. Her family has longstanding ties to Colby-Sawyer College, where the family papers, including her own, are archived. A children's book that she wrote, ''The Lion Is Busy'', was published in 1963. She made appearances in many television shows, including ''
Seinfeld ''Seinfeld'' ( ) is an American television sitcom created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, with a total of nine seasons consisting of List of Seinfeld episodes, 180 episodes. It ...
'', ''
Everybody Loves Raymond ''Everybody Loves Raymond'' is an American television sitcom created by Philip Rosenthal that aired on CBS from September 13, 1996, to May 16, 2005, with a total of 210 episodes spanning nine seasons. It was produced by Where's Lunch and Wor ...
'', '' That's Life'', ''
The Drew Carey Show ''The Drew Carey Show'' is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC from September 13, 1995, to September 8, 2004. Set in Cleveland, Ohio, the series revolved around the retail office and home life of "everyman" Drew Carey, a fictionaliz ...
'', ''
Angel An angel is a spiritual (without a physical body), heavenly, or supernatural being, usually humanoid with bird-like wings, often depicted as a messenger or intermediary between God (the transcendent) and humanity (the profane) in variou ...
'', '' ER'', along with voice acting in other shows such as ''
Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law ''Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law'' is an American adult animated television sitcom created by Michael Ouweleen and Erik Richter for Cartoon Network's late-night programming block, Adult Swim. The first season of ''Harvey Birdman, Attorney ...
'', as well as many television commercials. She acted in several feature films, including playing the reclusive Roberta Sparrow, also known as "Grandma Death", in the 2001 cult film ''
Donnie Darko ''Donnie Darko'' is a 2001 American Science fiction film, science fiction psychological thriller film written and directed by Richard Kelly (filmmaker), Richard Kelly in his List of directorial debuts, directorial debut, and produced by Flower ...
''. Cleveland married French-born American character actor Peter Hobbs on October 24, 1965, in
Los Angeles, California Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, ...
. The union was apparently childless and ended in divorce in 1968.California, Marriage Index, 1960-1985 vailable online at ancestry.com Provo, UT, US: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: State of California. California Marriage Index, 1960-1985. Microfiche. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California. Cleveland died from
cancer Cancer is a group of diseases involving Cell growth#Disorders, abnormal cell growth with the potential to Invasion (cancer), invade or Metastasis, spread to other parts of the body. These contrast with benign tumors, which do not spread. Po ...
in
Santa Monica, California Santa Monica (; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Santa Mónica'') is a city in Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles County, situated along Santa Monica Bay on California's South Coast (California), South Coast. Santa Monica's 2020 United Sta ...
, four days after her 73rd birthday.


Partial filmography


References


External links


Photos of Patience Cleveland
from the Cleveland Colby Colgate Archives at Colby–Sawyer College
Patience Cleveland's diaries
by Cleveland Colby Colgate Archives * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cleveland, Patience 1931 births 2004 deaths American film actresses American stage actresses American television actresses 20th-century American women writers Actresses from New Hampshire Writers from New Hampshire Deaths from cancer in California Smith College alumni Actresses from New York City Writers from New York City 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses Miss Porter's School alumni