Patsy O'Leary

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Patsy O'Leary
Born
Patricia M. O'Day

(1910-09-08)8 September 1910
County Cork, Ireland
OccupationActress
SpouseClement J. Joynt (m. 1930, div. 1936)

Patsy O'Leary (born Patricia O'Day, September 8, 1910, date of death unknown) was an Irish-American actress known for her work on Mack Sennett comedies in the late 1920s and early 1930s. [1]

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Biography

O'Leary was born in County Cork, Ireland, to an Irish mother and a French father; the family relocated to Paris when O'Leary was a girl before heading to America and settling in Tacoma, Washington. [2] [3] She got into acting as a child on Sennett's lot. [4] She appeared in dozens of films over the course of her career (mostly comedies and Westerns) and also owned her own restaurant in Hollywood for a time. [5] She married Dr. Clement J. Joynt in 1930 and appears to have retired from acting soon after. She divorced Joynt in 1936. [6]

Filmography

References

  1. ↑ Thomas, Dan (22 October 1930). "Gossip of Hollywood". The Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  2. ↑ Thomas, Dan (8 December 1930). "Bobbed News of Talkieland". The Madison Capital Times. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  3. ↑ "Little Stories of Little Stars". The St. Cloud Times. 23 December 1930. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  4. ↑ "Up the Ladder". The Honolulu Star-Bulletin. 15 November 1930. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  5. ↑ "Owner Loses Job". The Newark Advertiser. 22 November 1930. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  6. ↑ "Patsy O'Day Divorced". The Scranton Republican . 28 October 1936. p. 1. Retrieved 17 October 2019– via Newspapers.com. Lock-green.svg
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