Patricia Elliott was an American theatre, film, soap opera and television actress.
12 Facts About Patricia Elliott
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Patricia Elliott claimed direct descent from President Ulysses S Grant, John Winthrop and Mary Lyon.
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In 1960, Patricia Elliott graduated from the University of Colorado and then went on to study at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
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Patricia Elliott returned to work at the Cleveland Play House, the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis and Arena Stage in Washington, DC, among others before moving to New York.
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Patricia Elliott began her career in 1968 with the science fiction film The Green Slime.
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Patricia Elliott is best known for her portrayal of Renee Divine Buchanan on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live, a role she played on a recurring basis from 1988 to 2011.
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Patricia Elliott assumed the role from its originator, actress Phyllis Newman.
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In 1973 Patricia Elliott appeared in an adaptation of The Man Without a Country and in 1976 portrayed Minnie Adams in The Adams Chronicles, a thirteen-episode miniseries on PBS.
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Patricia Elliott guest starred on such television series as Kojak, the ABC Afterschool Special, St Elsewhere, and Spenser: For Hire.
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Patricia Elliott won a Tony for her performance as Countess Charlotte Malcolm in the Stephen Sondheim musical A Little Night Music.
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Patricia Elliott played the role of Dorine in the 1977 Tony-nominated Circle in the Square revival of Moliere's Tartuffe for which she was nominated for a Drama Desk Award.
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Patricia Elliott reprised her role when the production was restaged for television on PBS in 1978.