1. Patricia Barry attended Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, where she received her academic and practical training in acting in the school's drama department, which was administered by the distinguished Broadway actress and teacher Maude Adams.
The resulting publicity from that contest led to Patricia Barry being signed to a Hollywood movie contract with Warner Bros.
Patricia Barry starred in productions in Los Angeles, California, and Flagstaff, Arizona.
Patricia Barry joined Maudie Edwards company at the Palace Theatre in Swansea 1952.
From 1947 to 1950, Patricia Barry gained additional acting experience in 16 other movies with Paramount Pictures, Columbia, RKO, and Gene Autry Productions.
In 2014, just two years before her death and 25 years after her role in Sea of Love, Patricia Barry appeared in Delusional, her final film.
For over 50 years, Patricia Barry was a very popular supporting character and guest star on "the small screen", appearing in scores of television series and made-for-television movies.
Patricia Barry performed in a dozen made-for-television movies and became a recurring character on several major daily daytime dramas or soap operas playing Addie Horton on Days of Our Lives, Sally Gleason on Guiding Light, Isabelle Alden on Loving, and Peg English on All My Children.
Outside of her acting career, Patricia Barry supported and served in a variety of educational foundations, charities, professional organizations, and women's advocacy groups.
Patricia Barry was a Democrat who supported the campaign of Adlai Stevenson during the 1952 presidential election.
On October 11,2016, Patricia Barry died of natural causes at her home in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 93.