Patience Cleveland
Patience Cleveland | |
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| File:Publicity Photo of Patience Cleveland.jpg Publicity Photo of Patience Cleveland | |
| Born | Patience Mather Cleveland May 23, 1931 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | May 27, 2004 (aged 73) Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
| Occupations | Actress, writer, diarist |
| Relatives | James Colgate Cleveland (brother) |
Patience Mather Cleveland (May 23, 1931 – May 27, 2004) was an American film and television actress.
Biography
[edit | edit source]Cleveland was born in New York City, the youngest of six siblings, to an established New Hampshire family, where she was raised. Her older brother was James Colgate Cleveland. Her parents were Dr. Mather Cleveland and his wife Susan Colgate Cleveland. Her father wrote New Hampshire and the Civil War and The Orthopedic Service at St. Luke's Hospital, New York City, 1859–1968. Her family has longstanding ties to Colby-Sawyer College, where the family papers, including hers, are archived.[1][2]
She wrote The Lion Is Busy, a children's book published in 1963.[3] She made appearances in many television shows, including Seinfeld, Everybody Loves Raymond, That's Life, The Drew Carey Show, Angel, and ER, along with voice roles in other shows such as Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law and many television commercials. She acted in several feature films, including playing the reclusive Roberta Sparrow, also known as Grandma Death, in Donnie Darko.
Cleveland married French-born American character actor Peter Hobbs on October 24, 1965 in Los Angeles. The union was apparently childless and ended in divorce in 1968.[4]
Cleveland died from cancer in Santa Monica, California, four days after her 73rd birthday.[citation needed]
Partial filmography
[edit | edit source]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1967 | Fitzwilly | Dolly | n/a |
| 1978 | Rabbit Test | First Dancing Lady | n/a |
| 1983 | Lies | Aunt Louise | n/a |
| 1986 | Psycho III | Sister Margaret | n/a |
| 1986 | The Whoopee Boys | Wedding Guest | n/a |
| 1989 | Nowhere to Run | Grandma Franklin | n/a |
| 2000 | Get Your Stuff | Lillian | n/a |
| 2001 | Donnie Darko | Roberta Sparrow / Grandma Death | n/a |
| 2002 | Taking the Wheel | The Mother | n/a |
References
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- ^ Cleveland's diaries ("A Day in the Life")
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- ^ California, Marriage Index, 1960-1985 [available online at ancestry.com]. Provo, UT, US: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: State of California. California Marriage Index, 1960-1985. Microfiche. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California.
External links
[edit | edit source]- Photos of Patience Cleveland from the Cleveland Colby Colgate Archives at Colby–Sawyer College
- Patience Cleveland's diaries by Cleveland Colby Colgate Archives
- Patience Cleveland at IMDb
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- 1931 births
- 2004 deaths
- American film actresses
- American stage actresses
- American television actresses
- 20th-century American women writers
- Actresses from New Hampshire
- Writers from New Hampshire
- Deaths from cancer in California
- Smith College alumni
- Actresses from New York City
- Writers from New York City
- 20th-century American actresses
- 21st-century American actresses
- Miss Porter's School alumni