Patti Barron

Patti Tate
Patti and Joanne Barron in the show's first episode, 1951.
Search for Tomorrow character
Portrayed by	Lynn Loring (most well known in the role) Jacqueline Schultz
First appearance	1951
Last appearance	1986
Created by	Roy Winsor
Profile
Other names	Patti Barron; Patti Whiting
Occupation	nurse
Residence	Henderson, USA
Father Keith Barron Arthur Tate (adoptive) Mother Joanne Gardner Spouse Len Whiting (divorced) Hogan McCleary (1986-) Children Sarah Whiting Grandfathers Victor Barron Frank Gardner Grandmothers Irene Barron Helen Gardner Aunts Eunice Gardner Wyatt First cousins Suzi Martin

Patricia Tate Whiting McCleary (née Barron), often called Patti (later spelled Patty) Tate, is a fictional character on the now-cancelled American soap opera Search for Tomorrow. She was played by numerous actresses over the years, including Tina Sloan and Jacqueline Schultz (who played her at the show's end), but actresses Lynn Loring and Leigh Lassen are perhaps most identified with the role.

Patti was the daughter of Joanne Gardner and her first husband, Keith Barron (John Sylvester White). After Keith had died in a car accident, Jo began to make a home for herself, knowing that she had a young daughter to raise. Patti had been a target of Keith's mother, Irene Barron, who tried to sue Jo for custody, but failed, and then tried to kidnap her.

She had a best friend in Janet Bergman, her next door neighbor, and the daughter of Stu and Marge Bergman.

When Jo married her second husband, Arthur Tate, he adopted Patti, giving her his last name. She had met and fallen in love with Dr. Len Whiting, a very weak man, who was a doctor, and she was hated by his mother, Andrea Whiting (Joan Copeland). However, Andrea had hidden from Len that he was the son of Sam Reynolds, who, by this time, was seeing Patti's mother, Jo. (Arthur having died of a heart attack) Andrea was hateful due to the heavy guilt she had over the death of Len's twin brother.

Patti continued to work as a nurse at Henderson Hospital, and when she went through a difficult pregnancy after giving birth to Sarah. Patti also had two other children (Possibly via Len or someone else), Chris and Tracey, although their history with Patti & Jo were totally ignored by the powers that be for Search For Tomorrow.

Later, she was to work with an assigned nurse named, Stephanie Wilkins, who would later on become her mother's adversary. After Len had committed a crime, he and Patti left for Seattle in 1978 and so did his mother, Andrea, now more caring and sympathetic.