Patsy O'Leary
Patsy O'Leary (born Patricia O'Day, September 8, 1910, date of death unknown) was an Irish-American actress known for her work on Mack Sennett comedies in the late 1920s and early 1930s.
Patsy O'Leary | |
|---|---|
| Born | Patricia M. O'Day 8 September 1910 |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Spouse | Clement J. Joynt (m. 1930, div. 1936) |
Patsy O'Leary (born Patricia O'Day, September 8, 1910, date of death unknown) was an Irish-American actress known for her work on Mack Sennett comedies in the late 1920s and early 1930s.[1]
Biography
[edit]O'Leary was born in County Cork, Ireland, to an Irish mother and a French father; the family relocated to Paris when O'Leary was a girl before heading to America and settling in Tacoma, Washington.[2][3] She got into acting as a child on Sennett's lot.[4] She appeared in dozens of films over the course of her career (mostly comedies and Westerns) and also owned her own restaurant in Hollywood for a time.[5] She married Dr. Clement J. Joynt in 1930 and appears to have retired from acting soon after. She divorced Joynt in 1936.[6]
Filmography
[edit]- The Girl from Everywhere (1927)
- A Dumb Waiter (1928)
- Girl-Shy Cowboy (1928)
- The Swim Princess (1928)
- Love at First Flight (1928)
- Run, Girl, Run (1928)
- Isle of Lost Men (1928)
- Uppercut O'Brien (1929)
- The New Half back (1929)
- Clancy at the Bat (1929)
- A Hollywood Star (1929)
- The Golfers (1929)
- The Lunkhead (1929)
- The Constabule (1929)
- The Barber's Daughter (1929)
- Jazz Mamas (1929)
- Motoring Mamas (1929)
- Girl Crazy (1929)
- The Bees' Buzz (1929)
- The Campus Carmen (1929)
- A Hollywood Theme Song (1930)
- Racket Cheers (1930)
- Don't Bite Your Dentist (1930)
- Take Your Medicine (1930)
- Grandma's Girl (1930)
- Midnight Daddies (1930)
- The Bluffer (1930)
- Vacation Loves (1930)
- Average Husband (1930)
- Hello, Television (1930)
- Goodbye Legs (1930)
- The Chumps (1930)
- Campus Crushes (1930)
- Fat Wives for Thin (1930)
- Radio Kisses (1930)
- Honeymoon Zeppelin (1930)
- He Trumped Her Ace (1930)
- Bulls and Bears (1930)
- Half Holiday (1931)
- One More Chance (1931)
- I Surrender Dear (1931)
- Poker Widows (1931)
- The World Flier (1931)
- Too Many Husbands (1931)
- The Fainting Lover (1931)
- In Conference (1931)
- Just a Bear (1931)
- The Dog Doctor (1931)
- The College Vamp (1931)
- The Flirty Sleepwalker (1932)
References
[edit]- ^ Thomas, Dan (22 October 1930). "Gossip of Hollywood". The Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- ^ Thomas, Dan (8 December 1930). "Bobbed News of Talkieland". The Madison Capital Times. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- ^ "Little Stories of Little Stars". The St. Cloud Times. 23 December 1930. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- ^ "Up the Ladder". The Honolulu Star-Bulletin. 15 November 1930. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- ^ "Owner Loses Job". The Newark Advertiser. 22 November 1930. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- ^ "Patsy O'Day Divorced". The Scranton Republican. 28 October 1936. p. 1. Retrieved 17 October 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
