Patricia Idlette facts for kids

Patricia Ann Idlette is an American actress. She is well-known for her role as Kiffany in the TV show Dead Like Me. She also played Sarah Porter in four episodes of Battlestar Galactica. Patricia Idlette appeared as Melanie Blackstone in the TV miniseries Amerika. In 2004, she played Katherine Jackson, who is the mother of famous singer Michael Jackson, in the movie Man in the Mirror: The Michael Jackson Story. She was also in the movie Scary Movie 3 in 2003, playing Brenda's mother.

Early Life and Education

Patricia Idlette was born in Miami, Florida. She also spent some of her growing-up years in Fort Myers, Florida. She studied acting at two universities: Florida State University and the University of Michigan. When she was a student at Miami Dade College, she won first place in a state speech competition. She was very good at reading poetry and stories out loud, even beating older students.

Acting Career Highlights

Patricia Idlette moved to Canada to join a theater group called the Stratford Festival. There, she acted in many plays, including famous ones like A Midsummer Night's Dream, Antony and Cleopatra, and The Merchant of Venice.

She lived in Canada for many years, performing on stage in cities like Toronto and Vancouver. She also appeared as a guest star in several TV shows. Some of these shows include Street Legal, The Littlest Hobo, and The X-Files.

Patricia Idlette was nominated for a special award called the Dora Mavor Moore Award. This was for her excellent performance in a play called A Fertile Imagination. She later moved back to Florida in the early 2000s.

Notable Roles in Film and Television

Patricia Idlette has had many roles in both movies and TV shows. Besides her well-known parts in Dead Like Me and Battlestar Galactica, she has been in several other projects.

In films, she played a nurse in Shocktrauma (1982) and KC in Heavenly Bodies (1984). She also appeared in The Dream Team (1989) and Scary Movie 3 (2003). In 2004, she was in The Perfect Score and Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed. She also played a science teacher in She's The Man (2006).

On television, she appeared in episodes of The Twilight Zone and Murder, She Wrote. She was also in NYPD Blue and The Sentinel. Later, she had roles in The Outer Limits and The Dead Zone. From 2005 to 2006, she played Sarah Porter in Battlestar Galactica. She also appeared in The L Word and Psych.

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