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| name = Patricia Elliott
| name = Patricia Elliott
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1938|7|21}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1938|7|21}}
| birth_place = [[Gunnison, Colorado]], U.S.
| birth_place = [[Gunnison, Colorado]], U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|2015|12|20|1938|7|21}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2015|12|20|1938|7|21}}
| cause of death = Cancer
| cause of death = Cancer
| death_place = [[Manhattan]], [[New York City]], [[New York]], U.S.
| death_place = [[Manhattan]], [[New York City]], [[New York]], U.S.
| occupation = Actress, singer
| occupation = [[Actress]]
| yearsactive = 1968–2015
| yearsactive = 1968–2015
| tonyawards = '''[[Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical|Best Featured Actress in a Musical]]''' <br>1973 ''[[A Little Night Music]]''}}
| tonyawards = '''[[Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical|Best Featured Actress in a Musical]]''' <br>1973 ''[[A Little Night Music]]''}}


'''Patricia Elliott''' (July 21, 1938 – December 20, 2015) was an [[United States|American]] actress and singer. She graduated from [[South High School (Denver)|South High School, Denver]].
'''Patricia Elliott''' (July 21, 1938 – December 20, 2015) was an [[United States|American]] [[actress]]. She graduated from [[South High School (Denver)|South High School, Denver]].


==Early life==
With many appearances on [[television]], [[film]] and [[stage (theatre)|stage]], Elliott is best known for her longtime portrayal of fictional character [[Renée Divine Buchanan]] on the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] [[soap opera]] ''[[One Life to Live]]'', a role she played in extended stints off-and-on during every year between 1987 and 2011.


Elliott was born July 21, 1938 in [[Gunnison, Colorado]], U.S. She graduated from the University of Colorado in 1960 and worked at the Cleveland Play House, the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis and Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., among others.<ref name="Kennedy">{{cite web|url=http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/tony-winning-actress-tv-soap-star-patricia-elliott-35894079|accessdate=December 21, 2015|work=ABC.go.com|publisher=[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]|title=Tony-Winning Actress and TV Soap Star Patricia Elliott Dies|first=Mark|last=Kennedy|date=December 21, 2015}}</ref>
Elliott won a Tony for her performance as Countess Charlotte Malcolm in the [[Stephen Sondheim]] [[Musical theatre|musical]] ''[[A Little Night Music]]''. She played the role of [[Dorine]] in the 1977 Tony-nominated [[Circle in the Square]] revival of [[Molière]]'s ''[[Tartuffe]]'' for which she was nominated for a [[Drama Desk Award]]. She reprised her role when the production was restaged for television on [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] in 1978.

==Career==
With many appearances on [[television]], [[film]] and [[stage (theatre)|stage]], Elliott is best known for her longtime portrayal of fictional character [[Renée Divine Buchanan]] on the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] [[soap opera]] ''[[One Life to Live]]'', a role she played in extended stints off-and-on during every year between 1987 and 2011.<ref name="TVLine">{{cite web|url=http://tvline.com/2015/12/21/patricia-elliott-dead-one-life-to-live/|accessdate=December 21, 2015|date=December 21, 2015|first=Kimberly|last=Roots|title=OLTL's Patricia Elliott Dead at 77|work=[[TVLine]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]]}}</ref>

Elliott won a Tony for her performance as Countess Charlotte Malcolm in the [[Stephen Sondheim]] [[Musical theatre|musical]] ''[[A Little Night Music]]''.<ref name="Variety"/> She played the role of [[Dorine]] in the 1977 Tony-nominated [[Circle in the Square]] revival of [[Molière]]'s ''[[Tartuffe]]'' for which she was nominated for a [[Drama Desk Award]]. She reprised her role when the production was restaged for television on [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] in 1978.

==Personal life==
She was briefly married to Peter Heath.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/patricia-elliott-tony-winning-actress-who-became-soap-stalwart-dies-at-77/2015/12/21/8f5f559a-a82d-11e5-8058-480b572b4aae_story.html|accessdate=December 21, 2015|date=December 21, 2015|author=Washington Post Staff|work=[[The Washington Post]]|publisher=[[Jeff Bezos|Nash Holdings LLC]]|title=Patricia Elliott, Tony-winning actress who became soap stalwart, dies at 77}}</ref><ref>(via Google News){{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8i6SCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA373&lpg=PA373&dq=Peter+Heath+married+to+patricia+elliott&source=bl&ots=_ZU9UYznwf&sig=CVxYYHivI3WciOUQG-RbVQ3jEEs&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiazP7Nte7JAhWDHh4KHYcpAj4Q6AEILDAE#v=onepage&q=Peter%20Heath%20married%20to%20patricia%20elliott&f=false|title=The CBS Radio Mystery Theater: An Episode Guide and Handbook to Nine Years ...|accessdate=December 21, 2015|ISBN=978-0786418909}}</ref>

===Death===
She died in Manhattan in 2015. Broadway.com reports that Elliott died of Leimyloma sarcoma, a rare cancer..<ref name="TVLine"/><ref name="Variety">{{cite web|url=http://variety.com/2015/legit/news/patricia-elliott-dead-one-life-to-live-broadway-1201666341/|title=Patricia Elliott, Tony Winner and ‘One Life to Live’ Actress, Dies at 77|accessdate=December 21, 2015|first=Jacob|last=Bryant|date=December 21, 2015|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]]}}</ref> Besides her niece, Elliott is survived by an aunt, Claudine Walker, and several cousins.<ref name="Kennedy"/>

==Filmography==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
! class="unsortable" | Ref.
|-
| 1968
| ''[[The Green Slime ]]''
| Nurse
| [[Science fiction film]] [[Film director|directed]] by [[Kinji Fukasaku]].
| <ref name="afi">{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=21480|publisher=[[American Film Institute]]|title=Green Slime|accessdate=December 21, 2015}}</ref>
|-
| 1976
| ''Birch Interval''
| Martha
| Directed by [[Delbert Mann]].
|
|-
| 1978
| ''[[Somebody Killed Her Husband]]''
| Helene
| Comedy/mystery film directed by [[Lamont Johnson]] and written by [[Reginald Rose]].
| <ref name="times">{{cite web|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E07E0D8133BE637A25755C0A9639C946890D6CF|title=SPOTLIGHT: MOVIE MOGUL MELVIN SIMON: HIS 'LOVE AT FIRST BITE' IS A HIT|first=Hollis|last=Alpert|work=[[New York Times]]|accessdate=December 22, 2015|date=May 6, 1979}}</ref>
|-
|}


===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
! class="unsortable" | Ref.
|-
| 1973
| ''[[The Man Without a Country#Adaptations|The Man Without a Country]]
| Mrs. Graff
| [[Television film|Made-for-TV-Movie]] directed by [[Delbert Mann]].
|
|-
| 1976
| ''[[The Adams Chronicles]]''
| Minnie Adams
| {{Plain list |
* [[Miniseries]]
* Chapter XII: Henry Adams, Historian
* Chapter XIII: Charles Francis Adams II, Industrialist
}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1977
| ''[[Kojak]]''
| Christina
| Episode: ""The Godson" (S 4:Ep 15)
|
|-
| ''The Quinns''
| Rita Quinn O'Neill
| {{Plain list |
* Made-for-TV-Movie
* Directed by [[Daniel Petrie]].
}}
|
|-
|}

===Theatre===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
! class="unsortable" | Ref.
|-
|-
|}

==Awards and nominations==
{| class= "wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Association
! Category
! Work
! Result
! ref
|-
|-
|}


She was briefly married to Peter Heath. She died in Manhattan in 2015 from cancer.<ref>[http://www.startribune.com/tony-winning-actress-and-tv-soap-star-patricia-elliott-dies/363169141 Notice of death of Patricia Elliott], startribune.com; accessed December 21, 2015, aged 77.</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
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| NAME = Elliott, Patricia
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = American actress, singer
| DATE OF BIRTH = July 21, 1938
| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Gunnison, Colorado]], U.S.
| DATE OF DEATH = December 20, 2015
| PLACE OF DEATH = [[Manhattan]], [[New York City]], [[New York]], U.S.
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Revision as of 06:08, 22 December 2015

Patricia Elliott
Born(1938-07-21)July 21, 1938
Gunnison, Colorado, U.S.
DiedDecember 20, 2015(2015-12-20) (aged 77)
Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1968–2015

Patricia Elliott (July 21, 1938 – December 20, 2015) was an American actress. She graduated from South High School, Denver.

Early life

Elliott was born July 21, 1938 in Gunnison, Colorado, U.S. She graduated from the University of Colorado in 1960 and worked at the Cleveland Play House, the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis and Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., among others.[1]

Career

With many appearances on television, film and stage, Elliott is best known for her longtime portrayal of fictional character Renée Divine Buchanan on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live, a role she played in extended stints off-and-on during every year between 1987 and 2011.[2]

Elliott won a Tony for her performance as Countess Charlotte Malcolm in the Stephen Sondheim musical A Little Night Music.[3] She played the role of Dorine in the 1977 Tony-nominated Circle in the Square revival of Molière's Tartuffe for which she was nominated for a Drama Desk Award. She reprised her role when the production was restaged for television on PBS in 1978.

Personal life

She was briefly married to Peter Heath.[4][5]

Death

She died in Manhattan in 2015. Broadway.com reports that Elliott died of Leimyloma sarcoma, a rare cancer..[2][3] Besides her niece, Elliott is survived by an aunt, Claudine Walker, and several cousins.[1]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1968 The Green Slime Nurse Science fiction film directed by Kinji Fukasaku. [6]
1976 Birch Interval Martha Directed by Delbert Mann.
1978 Somebody Killed Her Husband Helene Comedy/mystery film directed by Lamont Johnson and written by Reginald Rose. [7]


Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1973 The Man Without a Country Mrs. Graff Made-for-TV-Movie directed by Delbert Mann.
1976 The Adams Chronicles Minnie Adams
  • Miniseries
  • Chapter XII: Henry Adams, Historian
  • Chapter XIII: Charles Francis Adams II, Industrialist
1977 Kojak Christina Episode: ""The Godson" (S 4:Ep 15)
The Quinns Rita Quinn O'Neill

Theatre

Year Title Role Notes Ref.

Awards and nominations

Year Association Category Work Result ref


References

  1. ^ a b Kennedy, Mark (December 21, 2015). "Tony-Winning Actress and TV Soap Star Patricia Elliott Dies". ABC.go.com. ABC. Retrieved December 21, 2015.
  2. ^ a b Roots, Kimberly (December 21, 2015). "OLTL's Patricia Elliott Dead at 77". TVLine. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved December 21, 2015.
  3. ^ a b Bryant, Jacob (December 21, 2015). "Patricia Elliott, Tony Winner and 'One Life to Live' Actress, Dies at 77". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved December 21, 2015.
  4. ^ Washington Post Staff (December 21, 2015). "Patricia Elliott, Tony-winning actress who became soap stalwart, dies at 77". The Washington Post. Nash Holdings LLC. Retrieved December 21, 2015.
  5. ^ (via Google News)"The CBS Radio Mystery Theater: An Episode Guide and Handbook to Nine Years ..." ISBN 978-0786418909. Retrieved December 21, 2015.
  6. ^ "Green Slime". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 21, 2015.
  7. ^ Alpert, Hollis (May 6, 1979). "SPOTLIGHT: MOVIE MOGUL MELVIN SIMON: HIS 'LOVE AT FIRST BITE' IS A HIT". New York Times. Retrieved December 22, 2015.

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