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Patricia Rose Breslin (March 17, 1926 - Oct 12, 2011) was an American actress and philanthropist. She had a prominent career in television, which included recurring roles as Amanda Miller on The People's Choice (1955–58), and as Laura Harrington Brooks on Peyton Place (1964–65). She also appeared in Go, Man, Go! (1954), and the horror films Homicidal (1961) and I Saw What You Did (1965).

In 1969, Breslin married NFL mogul , and became a well-known philanthropist while living in both Cleveland, Ohio, and Baltimore, Maryland, donating millions of dollars to various educational, health, and art organizations, including the of Maryland and the Baltimore Museum of Art. She also helped open the Hospice of the Western Reserve at the .


Early life
Patricia Rose Breslin was born in New York City on St. Patrick's Day 1926, of Irish descent, one of three children born to Edward (a judge) and Marjorie Breslin. Baltimore Sun: "Supporting Role - Pat Modell, wife of the Ravens owner, gave up an acting career for love -- and never looked back" By Elizabeth Large April 08, 2001 Her father was a Catholic of Irish descent and her mother was of Scottish descent. Breslin was raised in the Parkchester neighborhood of the Southeast . She graduated from the Academy of Mount St. Ursula High School in the Bronx before attending the College of New Rochelle in New Rochelle, New York.


Career
On television, Breslin co-starred in "The Long Walk", the May 30, 1950, episode of . In 1954, she guest-starred with Peter Mark Richman in an episode of 's legal drama, Justice, as a woman threatened by hoodlums. The same year, she appeared in a supporting role as Sylvia Franklin Saperstein in the sports film Go, Man, Go! (1954), opposite , , and the Harlem Globetrotters.

The following year, Breslin was cast in an episode of the Appointment with Adventure, a series with neither a host nor a regular star. From 1955 to 1958, Breslin co-starred with as his girlfriend and then wife in the NBC sitcom, The People's Choice.

Between 1960 and 1963, Breslin made three guest appearances on CBS's Perry Mason, and was cast as the defendant in all three episodes. In 1960, she played Karen Lewis in "The Case of the Lavender Lipstick". In 1962, she played Karen Ross in "The Case of the Poison Pen-Pal", and in 1963, as Laura Hewes in "The Case of the Prankish Professor".

In 1960, she played the newlywed wife of 's character in CBS's The Twilight Zone episode "Nick of Time", and was also in the 1963 Twilight Zone episode "No Time Like the Past", in which she portrayed Abigail Sloan.

In 1960, she guest-starred on the short-lived David McLean Western series, Tate, which aired on NBC. She appeared on Nick Adams' ABC Western, The Rebel and with in his ABC adventure series, Stoney Burke. Thereafter, Breslin played the role of Anne Mitchell, along with co-stars and , in the 1961 episode "The Haven" of CBS's , The DuPont Show with June Allyson.

She returned to film in 1961, starring in 's horror film Homicidal, and later worked with him again on the thriller I Saw What You Did (1964). In 1964, she was cast in the role of Laura Brooks on the ABC primetime soap opera Peyton Place. She also played the role of in the ABC soap opera from 1965 to 1969.


Personal life
From 1953 to 1969, Breslin was married to character actor and director David Orrick McDearmon, and they had two children. Later, Breslin married then (later the ) NFL team owner, advertising and business executive in 1969. Shortly after their marriage, Modell legally adopted Patricia's sons from her first marriage and they took his surname. The family lived in Waite Hill, Ohio, later moving to Owings Mills, Maryland, with a total of six grandchildren between them.


Philanthropy
Breslin became a well-known in both Cleveland, Ohio, and Baltimore, Maryland, after relocating to the city in 1995. Modell and she donated $5 million to the School of Maryland, a public boarding school for disadvantaged junior-high and high-school students from around the state. They also donated $3.5 million to help restore the Lyric Opera House, and Breslin served on the boards of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and the Walters Art Museum, and also donated to the Baltimore Museum of Art.

In Cleveland, she helped start the Hospice of the Western Reserve at the Cleveland Clinic, and supported the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. She was also active in the Make-A-Wish Foundation, the Cleveland Musical Arts Association, the , the Playhouse Square Foundation, and the Cerebral Palsy Association.


Death
Breslin died on October 12, 2011, at age 85, after a lengthy hospitalization with . Her funeral was held at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore. Her husband Art had been a major contributor to the restoration of the basilica. The Catholic Review: "Remembering Art Modell, champion of Catholic education" by George P. Matysek, Jr. September 6, 2012


Filmography

Film
; episode of Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV movie; episode of Hallmark Hall of Fame
Final entry in the film series


Television
Episode: "Birds Leave the Nest"
Season 1 Episode 20: "Rebecca"
Season 3 Episode 15: "Black Wedding"
Episode dated May 11
Season 3 Episode 14: "Room Service"
Season 4 Episode 31: "My Client, McDuff"
Season 1 Episode 2: "The Case of the Talking Garden"
Season 1 Episode 5: "Arsenic and Old Lace"
Season 1 Episode 2: "Five in Judgement"
104 episodes
Season 8 Episode 4: "False Impression"
Season 2 Episode 7: "The Dark File"
Season 4 Episode 4: "The Crooked Road"
Season 2 Episode 20: "Yellow River"
Season 5 Episode 33: "Millionaire Susan Ballard"
Season 6 Episode 8: "O Youth and Beauty!"
Season 1 Episode 31: "Sundance and the Fallen Sparrow"
Season 1 Episode 13: "The Return of Jessica Jackson"
Season 1 Episode 2: "Ballad for a Badman"
Season 2 Episode 9: "Adopted"
Season 2 Episode 7: "Nick of Time"
Season 4 Episode 5: "The Case of the Lavender Lipstick"
Season 3 Episode 16: "Flowers by the Door"
Season 2 Episode 23: "The Haven"
Season 2 Episode 29: "Miz Purdy"
Season 1 Episode 9: "Sweet Bloom of Death"
Season 6 Episode 12: "A Killing in Calico"
Season 7 Episode 24: "Apex"
Season 1 Episode 3: "Night of the Owl"
Season 4 Episode 25: "The Wide Open Spaces"
Season 3 Episode 24: "The Dream Merchant"
Season 2 Episode 26: "Kill My Love"
Season 3 Episode 34: "The Miracle Maker"
Season 1 Episode 4: "Point of Honor"
Season 1 Episode 7: "A Servant in the House of My Party"
Season 5 Episode 20: "The Case of the Poison Pen-Pal"
Season 6 Episode 15: "The Case of the Prankish Professor"
Season 4 Episode 10: "No Time Like the Past"
Season 2 Episode 27: "Epilogue"
Season 1 Episode 9: "Inquest Into a Bleeding Heart"
Season 3 Episode 14: "A Vote of Confidence"
Season 2 Episode 20: "Anyone for Murder?"
Season 1 Episode 141: "The Capitalist"
Season 1 Episode 16: "Corsicans Don't Cry"
Season 2 Episode 27: "The Long Quest"
Season 12 Episode 26: "The Streets of El Paso"
30 episodes
Contract role (26 episodes) (final appearance)


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