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Occupation(s) | Actress, singer and dancer |
Pat Stanley is an American retired actress, dancer and singer.
Career
[edit]Stanley won her Tony Award in the category of Best Featured Actress in a Musical in the 1958-1959 season, for her performance as "Lois Lee" in the musical Goldilocks. She was nominated in 1962 for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her role as "Eileen Taylor" in Sunday in New York.[1]
Stanley 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 George Abbott Special (1955). On daytime television, she has played Mrs. Goodman #2 on The Edge of Night in 1982 and 1983. In films, she was featured in the Jerry Lewis movie The Ladies Man (1961).
Personal life
[edit]Stanley was married to songwriter Johnny Burke, and later to writer William Hanley.[1]
Since 1980 she had been married to third husband, actor and artist Gerry Matthews.[2][3] She lives in retirement in Walla Walla, Washington.[4]
Broadway stage productions
[edit]- 1952: Of Thee I Sing as dancer
- 1953: Carnival in Flanders as Siska
- 1957: Carousel as Carrie
- 1958: Blue Denim as Lillian
- 1958: Goldilocks as Lois Lee
- 1959: Fiorello! as Dora
- 1961: Sunday in New York as Eileen Taylor
- 1981: The Five O'Clock Girl as Susan Snow
National Tours
[edit]- 1953: Pajama Game as Gladys
- 1952: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn as dance lead
Summer Stock
[edit]- 1950s: Lend an Ear, Brigadoon, Pajama Game, One Touch of Venus
Night Clubs
[edit]- 1980: Solo act at Once Upon a Stove
References
[edit]- ^ a b Internet Broadway Database profile, retrieved January 1, 2009
- ^ "Voices of the Walla Walla Valley: Gerry Matthews". 5 February 2011.
- ^ "Gerry Matthews".
- ^ Obenland, Kathleen."Broadway Glory Days But A Memory For Former Star", The Seattle Times, January 24, 1999