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Patricia "Patty" McCormack (born August 21, 1945) is an American actress with a career in theater, films and television. McCormack began her career as a child actress. She is perhaps best known for her performance as the title character in Maxwell Anderson's shocking psychological drama ''The Bad Seed''. She received critical acclaim for the role on Broadway and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Mervyn LeRoy's classic film adaptation of the same name in 1956.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Overview for Patty McCormack )〕 Her acting career has continued with both starring and supporting roles in film and television, including Helen Keller in the original Playhouse 90 production of ''The Miracle Worker''〔(【引用サイトリンク】title="Playhouse 90" The Miracle Worker (TV Episode 1957) )〕 and a more recent performance as Pat Nixon in ''Frost/Nixon'' (2008).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=FILM NOIR FAVORITES: Before she played Pat Nixon, Patty McCormack was “THE BAD SEED.” )〕 ==Life and career== McCormack was born Patricia Ellen Russo in Brooklyn, New York to Elizabeth (née McCormack), a professional roller skater, and Frank Russo, a fireman. She attended New Utrecht High School in Brooklyn〔(Patty McCormack profile ), filmreference.com; filmreference.com; retrieved February 6, 2014.〕 She is an aunt of fellow actor and New York City lawmaker Alfred Cerullo.〔(Alfred Cerullo profile ), imdb.com; retrieved February 6, 2014.〕 She was a child model at the age of four and began appearing on television at the age of seven. She made her motion picture debut in ''Two Gals and a Guy'' (1951) and appeared in the television series ''Mama'' with Peggy Wood from 1953-56. Her Broadway debut was in ''Touchstone'' (1953), and the following year she originated the role of Rhoda Penmark, an eight-year-old sociopath and fledgling serial killer, in the original stage version of Maxwell Anderson's ''The Bad Seed'' (1954)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Bad Seed - IBDB: The official source for Broadway Information )〕 with Nancy Kelly. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film version, ''The Bad Seed'' (1956). She originated the role of Helen Keller in the original 1957 Playhouse 90 production of William Gibson's ''The Miracle Worker'' opposite Teresa Wright.〔(Profile ), ''The Miracle Worker'' (1957 television production; accessed August 27, 2014.〕 In 1957, she was cast by Orson Welles in his film of ''Don Quixote'', but filming had to be abandoned for budgetary reasons, and was never fully completed. When a version was edited together in 1992, some years after Welles's death, it did not include any of McCormack's scenes even though they had been central to the framing of the plot. She had the role of a pampered child star in the 1958 comedy ''Kathy O and recorded the title song for Dot Records. McCormack briefly starred in her own series, ''Peck's Bad Girl'' with Marsha Hunt and Wendell Corey in 1959, and had a leading role in MGM's remake of ''The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'' with Eddie Hodges. In the early 1960s, she starred in a series of popular teenage delinquent films including ''The Explosive Generation'' with William Shatner and ''The Young Runaways''. In 1962, she portrayed Julie Cannon in the episode "Incident of the Wolvers" on CBS's ''Rawhide'', and in 1963, she portrayed Sarah Higgins in the episode "Incident at Paradise". She married restaurateur Bob Catania in 1967, and they had two children before their marriage was dissolved. After a half-dozen teen roles during the 1960s, her film career declined but she continued to work in television. In 1970 she played Linda Warren on the soap opera ''The Best of Everything''. She guest starred on ''The Streets of San Francisco'', Season 2, episode Blockade. She also portrayed a San Francisco paramedic on the season 7 1 1/2 hour ''Emergency!'' films ''What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing...?'' and ''The Convention''. She resumed her cinema career with ''Bug'' in 1975. She had recurring roles in popular television series, including ''The Ropers'', ''Dallas'', ''Murder, She Wrote'' and ''The Sopranos''. When Kathryn Hays left the CBS soap opera ''As the World Turns'' for an extended period, McCormack took Hays' role until she returned. McCormack starred as a psychotic mother in the cult thriller ''Mommy'' and its 1997 sequel ''Mommy 2: Mommy's Day''. In 2008, McCormack played First Lady Pat Nixon in the feature film ''Frost/Nixon''. McCormack continues to work regularly and she co-starred in the 2012 series ''Have You Met Miss Jones?''. Her most recent film appearance is in the 2014 release ''Chicanery''〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Chicanery (2014) )〕 and she guest-starred in a 2013 episode of the series ''Hart of Dixie''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title="Hart of Dixie" Miracles (TV Episode 2013) )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Patty McCormack」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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