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Virginia "Patsy" Garrett was an American actress and singer. Beginning her career as a radio performer at the age of seven, Garrett is best known for her seven years on Fred Waring's Pleasure Time radio show during the 1940s, as well as for her recurring television and film roles; as nosy neighbor Mrs. Florence Fowler on Nanny and the Professor (1970–1971), school secretary Miss Hogarth on Room 222 (1972–1973), as Mary Gruber in the Benji series of motion pictures beginning in 1974, and as a commercial spokesperson for Purina Cat Chow cat food.
Birth Name
Virginia Garrett
Born
Wednesday, 04 May 1921
Died
Thursday, 08 January 2015
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Mississippi Masala | Shop-at-Home Anchor Person 2 | 1991 |
Dennis the Menace | Mrs. Martha Wilson | 1987 |
Sanford | Mrs. Pettie | 1980 |
Benji's Very Own Christmas Story | Herself / Patsy Garrett | 1978 |
Happily Ever After | Mrs. Hale | 1978 |
For the Love of Benji | Mary | 1977 |
Family | Mrs. Kessler | 1976 |
The Parallax View | Woman | 1974 |
Benji | Mary / Mary Gruber | 1974 |
Lucas Tanner | Clerk | 1974 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Mississippi Masala | Shop-at-Home Anchor Person 2 | 1991 |
Dennis the Menace | Mrs. Martha Wilson | 1987 |
Sanford | Mrs. Pettie | 1980 |
Benji's Very Own Christmas Story | Herself / Patsy Garrett | 1978 |
Happily Ever After | Mrs. Hale | 1978 |
For the Love of Benji | Mary | 1977 |
Family | Mrs. Kessler | 1976 |
The Parallax View | Woman | 1974 |
Benji | Mary / Mary Gruber | 1974 |
Lucas Tanner | Clerk | 1974 |
Apple's Way | Director | 1974 |
Kojak | Mrs. Wetzel | 1973 |
Wicked, Wicked | Mrs. Griswald - Housekeeper | 1973 |
Harry O | Manageress | 1973 |
The Waltons | Lady | 1972 |
Maude | The Whisper Lady / Helen | 1972 |
The Rookies | Neighbor | 1972 |
The Astronaut | Boy's Mother | 1972 |
Columbo | Cleaning Woman | 1971 |
Sarge | Mrs. Gliff | 1971 |
Nanny and the Professor | Mrs. Fowler | 1970 |
Room 222 | Miss Hogarth / Mrs. Vaughn | 1969 |
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors | Miss Atkins | 1969 |
The Trouble with Girls | Mrs. Gilchrist | 1969 |
Medical Center | Receiving Nurse / Nurse / Emergency Receiving Nurse | 1969 |
Micro Ventures | Jill Carter (voice) | 1968 |
Ironside | Motel Manager | 1967 |
Judd for the Defense | Nurse | 1967 |
Divorce American Style | Phoebe | 1967 |
Dear Heart | Millicent | 1964 |
Breaking Point | Woman Asking for Directions | 1963 |
The Chapman Report | Older Married Woman | 1962 |
My Three Sons | Agnes Peters / Doris Randall | 1960 |