1. Patricia Rose Breslin was an American actress and philanthropist.
21 Facts About Patricia Breslin
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Patricia Breslin had a prominent career in television, which included recurring roles as Amanda Miller on The People's Choice, and as Laura Harrington Brooks on Peyton Place.
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In 1969, Breslin married NFL mogul Art Modell, and became a well-known philanthropist while living in both Cleveland, Ohio, and Baltimore, Maryland, donating millions of dollars to various educational, health, and art organizations, including the SEED Foundation of Maryland and the Baltimore Museum of Art.
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Patricia Breslin helped open the Hospice of the Western Reserve at the Cleveland Clinic.
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Patricia Rose Breslin was born in New York City on St Patrick's Day 1926, of Irish descent, one of three children born to Edward and Marjorie Breslin.
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Patricia Breslin's father was a Catholic of Irish descent and her mother was of Scottish descent.
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Patricia Breslin was raised in the Parkchester neighborhood of the Southeast Bronx.
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Patricia Breslin graduated from the Academy of Mount St Ursula High School in the Bronx before attending the College of New Rochelle in New Rochelle, New York.
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On television, Patricia Breslin co-starred in "The Long Walk", the May 30,1950, episode of Cameo Theatre.
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From 1955 to 1958, Patricia Breslin co-starred with Jackie Cooper as his girlfriend and then wife in the NBC sitcom, The People's Choice.
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Between 1960 and 1963, Patricia Breslin made three guest appearances on CBS's Perry Mason, and was cast as the defendant in all three episodes.
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Patricia Breslin appeared on Nick Adams' ABC Western, The Rebel and with Jack Lord in his ABC adventure series, Stoney Burke.
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Thereafter, Patricia Breslin played the role of Anne Mitchell, along with co-stars Ralph Bellamy and Paul Fix, in the 1961 episode "The Haven" of CBS's anthology series, The DuPont Show with June Allyson.
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Patricia Breslin returned to film in 1961, starring in William Castle's horror film Homicidal, and later worked with him again on the thriller I Saw What You Did.
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Patricia Breslin played the role of Meg Baldwin in the ABC soap opera General Hospital from 1965 to 1969.
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From 1953 to 1969, Patricia Breslin was married to character actor and director David Orrick McDearmon, and they had two children.
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Later, Patricia Breslin married then Cleveland Browns NFL team owner, advertising and business executive Art Modell in 1969.
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Patricia Breslin became a well-known philanthropist in both Cleveland, Ohio, and Baltimore, Maryland, after relocating to the city in 1995.
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Patricia Breslin was active in the Make-A-Wish Foundation, the Cleveland Musical Arts Association, the Cleveland Ballet, the Playhouse Square Foundation, and the Cerebral Palsy Association.
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Patricia Breslin died on October 12,2011, at age 85, after a lengthy hospitalization with pancreatitis.
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Patricia Breslin's funeral was held at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore.