Patricia Stevens (née Szczepaniak September 16, 1945 â€" May 26,
2010) was an American actress and voice actress. She is perhaps best
known for her various nurse roles, particularly as Nurse Baker on
M*A*S*H and her role as the second voice of the character Velma
Dinkley on two Saturday morning cartoon series The Scooby-Doo Show and
Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo during the same period
(1976â€"1979).Stevens voiced the character of Velma Dinkley from 1976
to 1979, leaving the show midway through Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo.
She appeared on the long-running television series M*A*S*H from 1974
through 1978 as various nurses in 15 non-consecutive episodes. Stevens
was first credited as Nurse Mitchell, then Nurse Baker, Nurse Stevens,
Nurse Brown and Nurse Able, before appearing again as Nurse Baker in
the episode "Margaret's Marriage" in Season Five, and then finally in
"Major Ego" during Season Seven, when she was credited as a Duty
Nurse.Stevens married former 1970s TV character actor Jess Nadelman in
1980; they had two children, Sara and David. According to an obituary
published in the Worcester Telegram & Gazette, Stevens later
transitioned from acting to teaching, where she worked "with
elementary and secondary education teachers, integrating art into the
regular curriculum including science and history".Stevens died from
breast cancer on May 26, 2010, at the age of 64 in Rutland,
Massachusetts. She was surrounded by her husband, Jess Nadelman, their
children, Sara and David, and her six siblings.
2010) was an American actress and voice actress. She is perhaps best
known for her various nurse roles, particularly as Nurse Baker on
M*A*S*H and her role as the second voice of the character Velma
Dinkley on two Saturday morning cartoon series The Scooby-Doo Show and
Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo during the same period
(1976â€"1979).Stevens voiced the character of Velma Dinkley from 1976
to 1979, leaving the show midway through Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo.
She appeared on the long-running television series M*A*S*H from 1974
through 1978 as various nurses in 15 non-consecutive episodes. Stevens
was first credited as Nurse Mitchell, then Nurse Baker, Nurse Stevens,
Nurse Brown and Nurse Able, before appearing again as Nurse Baker in
the episode "Margaret's Marriage" in Season Five, and then finally in
"Major Ego" during Season Seven, when she was credited as a Duty
Nurse.Stevens married former 1970s TV character actor Jess Nadelman in
1980; they had two children, Sara and David. According to an obituary
published in the Worcester Telegram & Gazette, Stevens later
transitioned from acting to teaching, where she worked "with
elementary and secondary education teachers, integrating art into the
regular curriculum including science and history".Stevens died from
breast cancer on May 26, 2010, at the age of 64 in Rutland,
Massachusetts. She was surrounded by her husband, Jess Nadelman, their
children, Sara and David, and her six siblings.
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