Patricia Hardy

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Patricia Hardy
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Burial placeHoly Cross Cemetery
Spouse
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(m. 1958; died 1987)​

Patricia Hardy (December 23, 1931[1] – August 20, 2011) was an American television and film actress whose career was most active during the 1950s. She was the wife of actor Richard Egan.[2][3]

Biography

The third daughter of parents of

Brooklyn, New York.[2] She won several beauty pageants during her early years, including Miss Brooklyn, Miss Coney Island and Miss New York Press Photographer. She was a model for Walter Thornton[4] and appeared on the cover of Look Magazine. She began her entertainment career in New York City, performing at the Copacabana nightclub with such well-known performers as Danny Thomas and Jimmy Durante.[2]

She met her future husband, actor Richard Egan, in 1956.[2] The couple married on June 7, 1958, in San Francisco[5] and remained together until Egan's death in July 1987.[2] The couple had four daughters - Patricia, Kathleen, Colleen, and Maureen Egan, a writer and music video director,[2] as well as a son, Richard Egan Jr., who founded Vagrant Records.

Hardy moved from

Schlitz Playhouse, in which she co-starred in an episode with James Dean.[2] Her film credits included Girls in the Night in 1953 and Don't Knock the Rock in 1957.[2]

Death

Hardy died of colon cancer at her home in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California on August 20, 2011, aged 79.[2] She was buried at Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, California, alongside her husband, at Section AA, Tier 37, Grave 139[6]

References

  1. ^ Profile, glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen; accessed November 9, 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Actress Patricia Hardy Dies - Star of films, TV shows in the 1950s".
  3. ^ Patricia Hardy profile, The Hollywood Reporter, 2011-08-30; accessed 2011-09-02.
  4. ^ Heimer, Mel. "Dancing in Chorus Line". The Charlotte Observer. pp. 17 B.
  5. Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  6. ^ Scott Wilson, Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3rd Edition, p. 316

External links

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