Pat was a native New Yorker who worked as a receptionist and clerk in a
box factory. She met Andy Warhol later and starred in his film "Heat"
with Joe Dallesandro and Sylvia Miles. Later she met a fashion
designer, Roy Halston and worked in his Madison Avenue store. From
there, she decided to move to Los Angeles in the mid-1970s and appeared
in such films as "Reform School Girls", "The Incredible Shrinking
Woman", and "Foul Play".
Her father was a comic who performed in the Catskills.
She met Halston at a party in New York, which led to a friendship, a
job in his store on Madison Avenue, and a job as one of his models (in
spite of the fact she weighed 210 pounds).
Was a receptionist and clerk in a box factory when she met Andy Warhol
and starred in some of his films. Her roles led to meeting the designer
Halston at a party, and she was a model in his Madison Avenue store,
although she weighed over 200 lbs.
Pat attended Erasmus High School in Brooklyn, New York. She and Barbra Streisand
were classmates, graduating the same year.
Pat's beloved canine companion was an Australian Shepard named Winnie.