Patricia "Patty" McCormack (born Patricia Ellen Russo; August , ) is
an American actress with a career in theater, films, and
television.McCormack began her career as a child actress. She is
perhaps best known for her performance as Rhoda Penmark in Maxwell
Anderson's psychological drama The Bad Seed. She received critical
acclaim for the role on Broadway and was nominated for an Oscar for
Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Mervyn LeRoy's film
adaptation. Her acting career has continued with both starring and
supporting roles in film and television, including Helen Keller in the
original Playhouse production of The Miracle Worker, Jeffrey Tambor's
wife Anne Brookes on the ABC sitcom The Ropers, and as Pat Nixon in
Frost/Nixon ().McCormack was born Patricia Ellen Russo in Brooklyn,
New York, to Elizabeth (née McCormack), a professional roller skater,
and Frank Russo, a fireman. She attended New Utrecht High School in
Brooklyn She is an aunt of fellow actor and New York City lawmaker
Alfred C. Cerullo III.She was a child model at the age of four, and
began appearing on television at the age of seven. She made her
motion-picture debut in Two Gals and a Guy () and appeared as Ingeborg
in the television series Mama with Peggy Wood from -. Her Broadway
debut was in Touchstone (), and the following year, she originated the
role of Rhoda Penmark, an eight-year-old psychopath and fledgling
serial killer, in the original stage version of Maxwell Anderson's The
Bad Seed () with Nancy Kelly. She was nominated for an Academy Award
for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film version (). She
originated the role of Helen Keller in the original Playhouse
production of William Gibson's The Miracle Worker opposite Teresa
Wright.
an American actress with a career in theater, films, and
television.McCormack began her career as a child actress. She is
perhaps best known for her performance as Rhoda Penmark in Maxwell
Anderson's psychological drama The Bad Seed. She received critical
acclaim for the role on Broadway and was nominated for an Oscar for
Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Mervyn LeRoy's film
adaptation. Her acting career has continued with both starring and
supporting roles in film and television, including Helen Keller in the
original Playhouse production of The Miracle Worker, Jeffrey Tambor's
wife Anne Brookes on the ABC sitcom The Ropers, and as Pat Nixon in
Frost/Nixon ().McCormack was born Patricia Ellen Russo in Brooklyn,
New York, to Elizabeth (née McCormack), a professional roller skater,
and Frank Russo, a fireman. She attended New Utrecht High School in
Brooklyn She is an aunt of fellow actor and New York City lawmaker
Alfred C. Cerullo III.She was a child model at the age of four, and
began appearing on television at the age of seven. She made her
motion-picture debut in Two Gals and a Guy () and appeared as Ingeborg
in the television series Mama with Peggy Wood from -. Her Broadway
debut was in Touchstone (), and the following year, she originated the
role of Rhoda Penmark, an eight-year-old psychopath and fledgling
serial killer, in the original stage version of Maxwell Anderson's The
Bad Seed () with Nancy Kelly. She was nominated for an Academy Award
for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film version (). She
originated the role of Helen Keller in the original Playhouse
production of William Gibson's The Miracle Worker opposite Teresa
Wright.
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