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Crowley in 1965.
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Born |
Patricia Crowley September 17, 1933 Olyphant, Pennsylvania, United States |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1950–present |
Spouse(s) | Ed Hookstratten (divorced) Andy Friendly (m. 1986) |
Children | 2 |
Patricia "Pat" Crowley (born September 17, 1933) is an American actress.
Crowley was born in Olyphant, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Helen (née Swartz) and coal mining foreman Vincent Crowley. Her sister Ann was also an actress.
Crowley played Sally Carver in the film Forever Female (1953), starring Ginger Rogers and William Holden. She starred as Doctor Autumn Claypool alongside Martin and Lewis in Money from Home (1953), and in their final film together Hollywood or Bust (1956), in which she played Terry Roberts. Her roles in Forever Female and Money from Home led to her receiving the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year - Actress.
She also co-starred with Rosemary Clooney in a 1954 musical, Red Garters, and with Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray in the 1956 drama There's Always Tomorrow. She had a starring role opposite Tony Curtis in the boxing drama The Square Jungle (1955) and the Audie Murphy western Walk the Proud Land, and was also featured in 1963's The Wheeler Dealers, a comedy starring James Garner.
Crowley made guest appearances in many television series in the 1950s and 1960s, including the pilot for The Untouchables, Crossroads, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Riverboat, The DuPont Show with June Allyson, The Eleventh Hour, The Roaring 20s, Mr. Novak, The Twilight Zone, The Fugitive, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., 87th Precinct, and Wanted: Dead or Alive'.