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Patty McCormack

  • Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA
  • Birthday: August 21, 1945

Most child performers are recalled for their Shirley Templesque sweetness; others for being "awful bad" such as Jane Withers. But no child actor can boast a role as memorably malicious, evil, psychotic and twisted as Patty McCormack, who played Rhoda Penmark, the petite blonde-braided girl who seems so neat, clean and perfect, but who kills a schoolmate because he won a penmanship award she thought was due her in "The Bad Seed" (1956). Come to think of it, McCormack's Rhoda killed half the cast on Broadway in 1954 and on…more

Career Milestones

  • 2008

    Portrayed First Lady Pat Nixon in Peter Morgan's film adaption of "Frost/Nixon"

  • 2003 to 2004

    Appeared in the short-lived FOX drama "Skin"

  • 2000 to 2006

    Had a recurring role on "The Sopranos" (HBO) as Adriana's (Drea de Matteo) mother, Liz La Cerva

  • 1999

    Acted the role of Mrs Daigle in the Staten Island production of "The Bad Seed"; directed by nephew Fred Cerullo

  • 1997

    Reprised her role in the direct-to-video sequel "Mommy II: Mommy's Day"

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In The Sopranos

Friday, Dec 4 at 08:00 am A

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