Patty McCormack

About Patty McCormack

Actress who was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance in the 1956 film The Bad Seed as a psychopathic eight-year-old. Over the course of her six-decade career, she has garnered over 100 credits in television and movies.

Patricia "Patty" McCormack is an American actress with a career in theater, film and television. McCormack started her career as a child actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as Rhoda Penmark in Maxwell Anderson's 1956 psychological drama The Bad Seed. She was critically acclaimed for her role on the Broadway stage and was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the adaptation of Mervyn LeRoy. Her acting career continued with leading and supporting roles in film and television including Helen Keller in Playhouse 90's original The Miracle Worker, Jeffrey Tambor's wife, Anne Brookes in the station's sitcom The Ropers. ABC, and as Pat Nixon in Frost / Nixon.

Children	2
Years active	1951–present
Born	Patricia Ellen Russo, August 21, 1945, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actress, singer

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Trivia

In 2008, she played Pat Nixon in the political drama Frost/Nixon.

Patty McCormack before fame

She began modeling at the age of four and made her cinematic debut in the 1951 picture Two Gals and a Guy at the age of five.

Achievement of Patty McCormack

She portrayed Pat Nixon in the political drama Frost/Nixon in 2008.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

$5 Million

Patty McCormack family life

From 1967 to 1973, she was married to Bob Catania. Elizabeth, her mother, was a professional roller skater.

Associations of Patty McCormack

In the 1956 drama The Bad Seed, she played opposite Nancy Kelly.

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