Trish Van Devere

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Trish Van Devere
Van Devere in Beauty and the Beast (1976)
Born
Patricia Louise Dressel

(1941-03-09) March 9, 1941 (age 83)
Tenafly, New Jersey, U.S.
Alma materOhio Wesleyan University
OccupationActress
Years active1951–1994
Spouses
  • Grant Van Devere
    ​
    ​
    (m. 1963; div. 1964)​
  • ​
    ​
    (m. 1972; died 1999)​

Trish Van Devere (born Patricia Louise Dressel; March 9, 1941)

Genie Award for the film The Changeling (1980). She is the widow of actor George C. Scott
, with whom she appeared in multiple films.

Early life

Van Devere was born March 9, 1941[a] as Patricia Louise Dressel in Tenafly, New Jersey.[4] Her father owned a Pontiac dealership and real estate business, which was inherited by her mother after her father's death when Van Devere was nine years old.[4] After attending Tenafly High School,[4] she graduated in 1958 from Northern Valley High School[5] before attending Ohio Wesleyan University, where she met and married fellow student Grant Van Devere.[4] The marriage lasted only eight months, though she retained Van Devere as her stage name.[4]

Career

In 1966, Van Devere moved to New York City and began pursuing a career in acting,

African American fellow actor, staging plays in fields and at churches in the Southern United States for indigent African Americans who had never seen live theater before.[4] Two years later, Van Devere and Cunningham founded an offshoot theater company, the Poor People's Theater in New York City, headquartered in the basement of Manhattan's Riverside Church, which held similar theatrical productions in churches, schools, and streets.[4]

Van Devere had her breakthrough portraying the original

Golden Globe
award.

Van Devere married actor

The Changeling (1980). Also in 1980, Van Devere had a lead role in the horror film The Hearse
.

Van Devere performed frequently in both television and film until 1994, and appeared in television programs such as

Make Me a Perfect Murder, in which she portrayed a TV producer who murders her ex-lover. She remained married to Scott until his death in 1999.[7]

Filmography

Film

Year Film Role Notes
1970 The Landlord Sally (as Patricia Van Devere)
Where's Poppa? Louise Callan aka Going Ape
1971 The Last Run Claudie Scherrer
1972 One Is a Lonely Number Aimee Brower
1973 Harry in Your Pocket Sandy Coletto
The Day of the Dolphin Maggie Terrell
1974 The Savage Is Loose Maida
1978 Movie Movie Betsy McGuire/Isobel Stuart
1979
The Changeling
 		Claire Norman
The Hearse Jane Hardy
1986 Uphill All the Way The Widow Quinn
Hollywood Vice Squad Pauline Stanton aka The Boulevard
1988 Messenger of Death Jastra Watson

Television

Year Title Role(s) Notes
1965 Search for Tomorrow Patti Barron Tate Whiting McCleary, R. N. #5 Series regular
1968 One Life to Live Meredith Lord Series regular
1973 Love Story Miriam Fannon Episode: "The Soft, Kind Brush"
1976 Stalk the Wild Child Maggie TV movie
Beauty and the Beast Belle Beaumont TV movie
1977 Sharon: Portrait of a Mistress Sharon Blake TV movie
1978 Columbo Kay Freestone Episode: "Make Me a Perfect Murder"
1979 Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure Rose Standish TV movie
1980 All God's Children Natalie Kent TV movie
1983 The Fall Guy Irene Atkins Episode: "One Hundred Miles a Gallon"
1984 Vengeance Is Mine Donna TV movie
Hardcastle and McCormick Deidre 'D.D.' Drylinger Episode: "D-Day"
1985 Highway to Heaven Mrs. Elaine Parks Episode: "The Brightest Star"
1986 The Love Boat Amanda Dailey Episode: "My Stepmother, Myself/Almost Roommates/Cornerback Sneak"
1993 Curacao Rose TV movie

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Title of work Result
1971
Laurel Award
 Star of Tomorrow, Female Where's Poppa? 7th place
1973
Golden Globe
 Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
One is a Lonely Number
 		Nominated
1980
Genie Award
 Best Performance by a Foreign Actress
The Changeling
 		Won

Notes

  1. ^ a b While numerous sources list Van Devere's birthday as March 9,[1][2] they vary regarding her birth year, with some citing 1943 or 1945; however, the California Marriage Index lists her age as 31, and birth year as 1941 when she married George C. Scott in 1972.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Trish Van Devere". AllMovie. Archived from the original on June 14, 2020. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  2. ISBN 978-1-557-83478-2
    .
  3. ^ California Marriage Index, 1960-1985. George C. Scott and Patricia L. Dressel, 14 Sep 1972; from "California, Marriage Index, 1960-1985," database and images; citing Los Angeles City, California, Center of Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento. Closed access icon
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Klemesrud, Judy (December 31, 1972). "Trish! Mrs. Scott! Both?". The New York Times. Archived from the original on June 14, 2020. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  5. Newspapers.com
    . Accessed June 14, 2020. "Miss Pat Dressel, a 1958 graduate of Northern Valley High School, is appearing in the movie Where's Poppa?, stariing Ruth Gordon and George Segal. She plays a nurse, using her stage name of Trish Van Devere."
  6. ISBN 0-02-542650-8
    .
  7. ^ Bernstein, Adamdate=September 24, 1999. "Actor George C. Scott Dies at 71". The Washington Post. p. B5. Archived from the original on June 14, 2020. Retrieved June 14, 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

External links

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