Patsy O'Leary

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Patsy O'Leary
Born
Patricia M. O'Day

September 8, 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

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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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