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Patricia Idlette is an American actress known for her role as Kiffany in Showtime's Dead Like Me . She also appeared in four episodes of Battlestar Galactica as politician Sarah Porter, and as Melanie Blackstone in the miniseries Amerika . Idlette portrayed Katherine Jackson, mother of Michael Jackson, in the 2004 biopic Man in the Mirror: The Michael Jackson Story . She appeared as Brenda's mother in Scary Movie 3 in 2003.
Originally from Miami, Florida, [1] she trained as an actress in Florida and Michigan. [2] She moved to Canada to join the repertory company of the Stratford Festival, [2] acting in productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream , Antony and Cleopatra , The Winter's Tale , The Merchant of Venice , As You Like It and Medea . [1] She remained based in Canada for many years, acting on stage in Toronto and Vancouver and appearing as a guest actor in television series such as Street Legal , The Littlest Hobo , Adderly , Katts and Dog and The X-Files .
She garnered a Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination for Best Performance by a Female in a Featured Role for her performance in Susan G. Cole's play A Fertile Imagination. [3]
She moved back to Florida in the early 2000s. [1]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1982 | Shocktrauma | Nurse Malcolm | Television film |
1983 | Between Friends | Television film | |
1984 | Heavenly Bodies | KC | |
1986 | Reckless Disregard | Receptionist | Television film |
1987 | Hands of a Stranger | Last Rape Victim | Television film |
1988 | Hostage | Cell Mate | Television film |
1989 | The Dream Team | Woman at Police Station | |
1991 | Drop Dead Gorgeous | Newscaster | Television film |
1992 | Last Wish | Hospital Nurse | Television film |
1992 | Black Death | Gayle | Television film |
1992 | Survivors | Karen Walker | Television film |
1994 | Out of Darkness | Policewoman | Television film |
1994 | Children of the Dark | Checkout Person | Television film |
1996 | Toe Tags | Television film | |
1997 | Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story | Social Worker | Television film |
1998 | Floating Away | Hooker | Television film |
2000 | Sole Survivor | Mahalia | Television film |
2000 | Frankie & Hazel | Teacher | Television film |
2000 | Holiday Heart | Mrs. Walker | Television film |
2000 | Air Bud 3 | Mrs. Brimstone | Direct-to-video |
2001 | Class Warfare | Lottery Attendant | Television film |
2002 | The Secret Life of Zoey | Cora | Television film |
2003 | The Delicate Art of Parking | Female Doctor | |
2003 | Scary Movie 3 | Mrs. Meeks | |
2004 | The Goodbye Girl | Improv Troupe | Television film |
2004 | The Perfect Score | Receptionist | |
2004 | Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed | Dr. Brookner | |
2004 | Meltdown | 911 Operator | Television film |
2004 | Man in the Mirror: The Michael Jackson Story | Kat | Television film |
2004 | Deadly Visions | Jasmine | Television film |
2005 | Bad Girls from Valley High | Woman in Dressing Room | |
2005 | Amber Frey: Witness for the Prosecution | Dispatch Officer #2 | Television film |
2006 | The Ron Clark Story | Devina | Television film |
2006 | A Little Thing Called Murder | Female inmate | Television film |
2006 | She's The Man | Science Teacher | |
2006 | Past Tense | Dr. Wagner | Television film |
2006 | Tempbot | Short film | |
2008 | Chaos Theory | Nurse |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1980 | The Littlest Hobo | Beth McLean | Episode: "Licence to Steal" |
1985 | Comedy Factory | Mavis | Episode: "Harry and the Kids" |
1986–1987 | Adderly | Reporter, Yvonne | 3 episodes |
1987 | Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Colors | Josie | Episode: "The Liberators" |
1987 | Amerika | Melanie Blackstone | 4 episodes |
1987 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Woman | Episode: "The Specialty of the House" |
1988–1989 | Street Legal | Crown, Hilary Geisler | 2 episodes |
1988 | The Twilight Zone | Susan | Episode: "Our Selena Is Dying" |
1988 | Katts and Dog | Deannie Bennet | Episode: "Kids Just Want to Have Fun" |
1992 | Top Cops | Elderly Lady | Episode: "John Kosek/Richard Voorhees/Doug Edgington/David Miles" |
1992 | Murder, She Wrote | Desk Person | Episode: "Sugar & Spice, Malice & Vice" |
1993 | NYPD Blue | Civilian Assistant | Episode: "The Confessions" |
1993 | South of Sunset | Martha | Episode: "Newspaper Boy" |
1997 | The Sentinel | Mrs. Russo | Episodes: "Private Eyes" |
1997 | The X-Files | Desk Clerk | Episode: "Synchrony" |
2000–2001 | Seven Days | Vonnie, Jasmine | 2 episodes |
2000 | The Outer Limits | Waitress | Episode: "The Grid" |
2000 | Freedom | Episode: "The Chase" | |
2002–2003 | John Doe | Bureaucracy, No-nonsense Officer | 2 episodes |
2002 | ¡Mucha Lucha! | (voice) | Episode: "The Curse of the Masked Toilet/The Mummy with the Golden Mask" |
2003 | The Dead Zone | Nurse Park | Episode: "Precipitate" |
2003–2004 | Dead Like Me | Kiffany | 21 episodes |
2004 | Andromeda | Council Member #1 | 2 episodes |
2005–2006 | Battlestar Galactica | Sarah Porter | 4 episodes |
2005 | Terminal City | Louise | Episode: "Episode #1.6" |
2006 | The L Word | Technician | Episode: "Lobsters" |
2006 | Psych | Desk Sergeant Martha Allen | 2 episodes |