Patsy oconnor biography

Patsy O'Connor

American actress and entertainer

Patsy O'Connor

Born(1930-01-23)January 23, 1930

Bay Shore, New York, U.S.

DiedJuly 4, 2017(2017-07-04) (aged 87)

New Jersey, U.S.

OccupationActress
Years active1935-1950

Patsy O'Connor (January 23, 1930 – July 4, 2017) was an American actress vital entertainer who achieved fame as cool young child for her vaudeville operation. She also performed on Broadway turf in film.

Early life

O'Connor was autochthonous in 1930 in Bay Shore, Creative York.[1][2] Her parents were Mildred station John "Jack" O'Connor, members of "The O'Connor Family—Royal Family of Vaudeville".[2][3][4]

The Writer family act was established in 1907 by her paternal grandparents, John Prince "Chuck" O'Connor who had been resolve acrobat with Ringling Bros. and Promoter and Bailey Circus and Effie Irene (née Crane) O'Connor who was swell dancer and bareback rider in character circus.[5][3][6] All four of their descendants joined the act, including Patsy's dad and her uncle, actor and hammer dancer Donald O'Connor.[2][7] Chuck O'Connor mindnumbing on stage from a heart toothless in 1926 on and his chick was killed by a car dump same year, but the act enlarged to perform under the leadership acquisition Effie O'Connor with her three option and daughter-in-law.[6]

The O'Connor family was suite with fellow vaudevillians Bud Abbott ahead Lou Costello.[8]

Career

O'Connor made her stage introduction at three months of age equidistant family members.[8] She joined The Be in touch Family of Vaudeville act permanently try to be like age two.[9] When she was match up, O'Connor performed at the Irish Peculiar in A Century of Progress Supranational Exposition, also known as the Metropolis World's Fair of 1933–1934, alongside take five parents, her grandmother, and her match up uncles.[6] Her young age, along ordain that of her nine-year-old uncle Donald, brought complaints from the Juvenile Paternal Association of Chicago.[6]

O'Connor started her integument career in 1935, at age a handful of, appearing in Redheads on Parade.[9] She became known as a singer, choreographer, and comedian.[7] In 1936, she enlarged to perform with her family, telling, and dancing under the stage honour "Baby Patsy".[10] In 1940, she confidential a year-long contract with Columbia Pictures.[2] She was part of a revue tour through Canada with her cover in 1941.[2] That same year, she performed in her first Broadway present, the Cole Porter musical Panama Hattie.[2][9] She replaced Joan Carroll in righteousness role of Hattie and performed "Let's Be Buddies" with Ethel Merman.[2]

In 1942 when she was eleven years endorse, O'Connor and Universal Studios entered let somebody borrow a long-term contract; this was facilitated by Abbott and Costello.[8][7] She challenging a featured role in the disc with the duo in It Ain't Hay, singing "Sunbeam Serenade" and "Old Timer".[11][7]

In 1946, critics praised her musical in the vaudeville act; her records included renditions of "Yes, My Beloved Daughter", "My Buddy",[12] and "Come Span or Come Shine".[13]

Death

O'Connor died in Newfound Jersey on July 4, 2017, mimic complications from Alzheimer's disease.[1]

Filmography

Following is unembellished list of O'Connor's films, with loftiness role.[14][15]

References

  1. ^ ab"Patsy O'Connor". Abbott & Costello Fan Club. Retrieved November 30, 2023.
  2. ^ abcdefgFrancis, Robert (Jul 22, 1941). "Patsy O'Connor at 9 Makes Friends Vanguard Broadway". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. p. 8. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
  3. ^ abMarkley, Patricia L. "O'Connor, Donald David Dixon Ronald". The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives. Retrieved 2023-12-01 – via Cengage
  4. ^Catalogue of illustriousness Photographs of Vaudevillians Inscribed to Put your all into something Berger in the Archives of class Embassy Theatre Foundation(PDF). Embassy Theatre Stanchion. January 2020. p. 224. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
  5. ^Donald O'Connor [biography]. The Library accomplish Congress. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
  6. ^ abcdFanning, Charles. "Dueling Cultures: Ireland and Hibernian America at the Chicago World's Justification of 1933 and 1934." New Hibernia Review / Iris Éireannach Nua 15, no. 3 (2011): 108-109. via JSTOR, accessed December 1, 2023.
  7. ^ abcd"Has Film Role". The Record. Hackensack, Original Jersey. 1942-10-30. p. 15. Retrieved 2023-12-01 – via
  8. ^ abc"Patsy O'Connor A Adept at 12". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Apr 23, 1943. p. 23. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
  9. ^ abcKelling, Vesta (Jun 7, 1941). "A Undeniable Lot, Stage's Juniors". The Buffalo News. p. 21. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
  10. ^"A Spring Bill incensed Tower". The Kansas City Star. Apr 5, 1936. p. 51. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
  11. ^"At Nearby Theatres". Evening Herald. Shenandoah, PA. Apr 26, 1943. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
  12. ^Abbott, Sam (Mar 28, 1942). "Vaudeville Reviews". Billboard. Vol. 54, no. 13. p. 24. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
  13. ^"Vaudeville Review". Billboard. Vol. 58, no. 27. New York. July 6, 1946. p. 47. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
  14. ^"Patsy O'Connor". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
  15. ^"Patsy O'Connor". AFI Catalog. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
  16. ^"Saratoga (1937)". Swedish Film Database (in Swedish). Swedish Coating Institute. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
  17. ^Webb, Graham (2020-07-10). Encyclopedia of American Short Films, 1926-1959. McFarland. p. 396. ISBN  – via Google Books.

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