Stanley, Kim

▪ 2002

Patricia Beth Reid 

      American actress (b. Feb. 11, 1925, Tularosa, N.M.—d. Aug. 20, 2001, Santa Fe, N.M.), achieved renown on the Broadway stage in roles that ranged from the tomboyish Millie in Picnic (1953) to the nightclub singer Cherie in Bus Stop (1955) and to Masha in The Three Sisters (1964), attracting both critical and popular acclaim. She won Emmy Awards for two of her numerous television performances, in an episode of Ben Casey (1963) and as Big Mama in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1984), and although she acted in only five films, she garnered Academy Award nominations for two of her roles, a scheming medium in Séance on a Wet Afternoon (1964) and actress Frances Farmer's overpowering mother in Frances (1982).

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