Patricia "Paddy" Croft (July 1, 1923 â€" July 27, 2015) was a United
States-based actress of Irish descent.A character actress who usually
played Irish roles on stage, in film and on television, she was
affiliated with the Irish Repertory Theater 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.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.
States-based actress of Irish descent.A character actress who usually
played Irish roles on stage, in film and on television, she was
affiliated with the Irish Repertory Theater 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.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.
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