She was a childhood friend of actress
Melanie Griffith. Melanie backed out of her family's film
Roar (1981) because she was afraid that one of the big cats might hurt her. So her real-life mother
Tippi Hedren cast Patsy in Melanie's role and shot several scenes. Then, Melanie changed her mind and decided that she wanted her old role back. Tippi and her then-husband
Noel Marshall replaced Patsy and re-shot her scenes with Melanie. Melanie did get hurt in the film and had to have reconstruction surgery. But she came back and finished the film.
