Patricia Barry(1922-2016)
- Actress
Patricia received her first break into acting very soon after she
graduated from Stephens College in the mid 1940s. Almost immediately
after graduating, she received a contract from Columbia Pictures. They
recognized that she had the rare combination of beauty, grace and
intelligence that would serve her well throughout her long and
well-respected career. When she first signed with Columbia Pictures,
she was known as Patricia White. A few years later, in the late 1940s,
she met Philip Barry Jr., who was to become her husband. Philip was a
television producer-director and the son and namesake of the well-known
playwright Philip Barry. By 1950, Patricia began using her married
name, Barry. Patricia and Philip shared a long and happy
marriage that only ended upon his death on May 16, 1998. During their
marriage, they collaborated on several projects. Her husband Philip
wrote and she acted in episodes of Matinee Theatre (1955) in the late 1950s.
Her husband also produced several television programs that she acted
in. They include: The Alcoa Hour (1955), a major dramatic TV series than ran
from 1955 to 1957, a well-known TV horror film called Crowhaven Farm (1970), and two made-for-TV biographies, First, You Cry (1978), and
Bogie (1980). Patricia Barry may well have been one of the hardest working
actresses of her time, having performed over 130 movie and television
roles. She died of age-related causes on October 12, 2016, at age 93.
