Pat Stanley

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Pat Stanley
Occupation(s)Actress, singer and dancer

Pat Stanley is an American retired actress, dancer and singer.

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Career

Stanley won her Tony Award in the category of Best Featured Actress in a Musical in the 1958-1959 season, for her performance as "Lois Lee" in the musical Goldilocks . She was nominated in 1962 for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her role as "Eileen Taylor" in Sunday in New York . [1]

Stanley made frequent appearances in prime time television on Breslin's Neighborhood, Thieves Carnival (Play of the Week 1959), Omnibus (1958), NBC Comedy Hour, The Ed Sullivan Show (1958) and A George Abbott Special (1955). On daytime television, she has played Mrs. Goodman #2 on The Edge of Night in 1982 and 1983. In films, she was featured in the Jerry Lewis movie The Ladies Man (1961).

Personal life

Stanley was married to songwriter Johnny Burke, and later to writer William Hanley. [1]

Since 1980 she had been married to third husband, actor and artist Gerry Matthews. [2] [3] She lives in retirement in Walla Walla, Washington. [4]

Broadway stage productions

National Tours

Summer Stock

Night Clubs

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References

  1. 1 2 Internet Broadway Database profile, retrieved January 1, 2009
  2. "Voices of the Walla Walla Valley: Gerry Matthews". 5 February 2011.
  3. "Gerry Matthews".
  4. Obenland, Kathleen."Broadway Glory Days But A Memory For Former Star", The Seattle Times, January 24, 1999