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Patricia Wettig
Age: 58
Height: 164 cm
Birth Place: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Born: Dec. 4th, 1951
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BIOGRAPHY: Three-time Emmy Award winner Patricia Wettig made a noticeable dramatic impact on late 1980s TV as wife and mom Nancy Weston on the award-winning series "thirtysomething" (1987). Although her husband, actor Ken Olin, also co-starred on the series, they had different spouses on the show. Known for her searching blue eyes, touching sensitivity, obvious intelligence and controlled intensity, her post series' career didn't live up to what many expected for her; however, lately her fans have enjoyed her major resurgence again on TV as part of the talented ensemble of "Brothers & Sisters" (2006), with her husband serving as one of the producers.
Patricia was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on December 4, 1951, one of four daughters born to Tennessee college basketball coach Clifford Neal and his wife Florence. Raised in Grove City, Pennsylvania, she studied drama at Temple University in Philadelphia, then graduated from Ohio Wesleyan in 1974. She trained with the Neighborhood Playhouse in the early years and made ends meet at one time as a personal dresser to singer/dancer/actress Shirley MacLaine. She also performed with New York's Circle Repertory Company during the years 1980 and 1981, appearing in such off-Broadway productions as "Innocents, Thoughts, Harmless Intentions," "The Woolgatherer," "Childe Byron," "The Diviners" and "Threads". She met Olin when both were cast in a 1982 production of "A Streetcar Named Desire" wherein they DID play a married couple (she portrayed Stella, he played Stanley). They wed later that year and had two children together -- Clifford (born 1983) and Roxanne (born 1986).
The comely, wide-smiling, sharp-featured blonde soon began to appear on some of the higher-rated dramatic shows of the day including "Hill Street Blues" (1981) and "L.A. Law" (1986), and a recurring part on "St. Elsewhere" (1982). Her success on "thirtysomething" (1987), for which she also won a Golden Globe Award, led to her title role as a victim of rape in Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story (1992) (TV) and as a school teacher passenger in Stephen King (I)'s The Langoliers (1995) (TV), not to mention a choice part in her debut movie Guilty by Suspicion (1991) starring Robert De Niro. She also bookended the hugely popular movie City Slickers (1991) series (as Billy Crystal's wife) with her appearance in the sequel.
Since then Patricia has been spotted in recurring roles on the series "Breaking News" (2002), "Prison Break" (2005) (as a female Vice President) and "Alias" (2001), the last-mentioned being executive produced by husband Ken. Perhaps inspired by her husband, who successfully rechanneled his energies and talents as a TV producer and director, Patricia has more or less downplayed her acting career in recent years while earning an M.F.A. in playwriting from Smith College in 2001. Since that time she has focused diligently on the pen.
TRIVIA:
- Is of German descent.
- Son, Clifford Olin (born 1983) and daughter, Roxanne Elizabeth Olin (born on November 5, 1985) with husband 'Ken Olin' (qv).
- Earned a master's degree in playwriting from Smith College in May 2001. Is now focusing more on writing than on acting.
- In 2005, was a finalist for the Blackburn Prize, awarded annually for an outstanding new English-language play by a woman, for her play, My Andy.
- Her three sisters' names are Pam, Phyllis and Peggy.
- She wrote the play "My Andy," the story of 'Andy Warhol' (qv)'s relationship with his mother. It earned Patricia a finalist position for the 2005 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, a writing award honoring outstanding English-language plays written by women.
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