Paddy Croft

Patricia Croft
BornJuly 1, 1923
Worthing, Sussex, England, United Kingdom
DiedJuly 27, 2015 (aged 92)
OccupationActress

Patricia "Paddy" Croft (July 1, 1923 – July 27, 2015)[1] was an English born Irish-American actress of stage and screen.

Biography and career

Croft was born in Worthing, West Sussex, England in 1923.[2]

A character actress who usually played Irish roles on stage, in film and on television, she was affiliated with the Irish Repertory Theatre 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.[3]

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.[4]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1966 Passages from James Joyce's Finnegans Wake Celebrant
1980 Just Tell Me What You Want Berger's Secretary
1984 The Beniker Gang Mrs. O'Malley
2001 Trigger Happy Anna
2012 What Maisie Knew Mrs. Wix

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1959 Folio Katya Episode: "Ivanov"
1960 Startime Nurse-secretary Episode: "The Cocktail Party"
1977 Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye Powers' Sister Television film
1988 The Campbells Alma Episode: "The Runaway"
1995 Law & Order Housekeeper Episode: "Privileged"
1995 The Wright Verdicts Mrs. Dillon Episode: "The Eyes of God"
2001 Law & Order: SVU Aunt Mary Episode: "Manhunt"
2004 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Alda Morse Episode: "D.A.W."

References

  1. ^ "Patricia Croft - US Social Security Death Index". Familytreenow.com. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
  2. ^ "Paddy Croft". Playbill. Retrieved 2021-10-27.
  3. ^ IBDb.com profile; accessed May 12, 2014.
  4. ^ Paddy Croft at IMDb


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