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The radio programs "Cavalcade of America" and "March of Time" gave Patricia Peardon her start as a professional actress while she was still a student at Oakley Hall in Allendale, New Jersey, her hometown. After graduating from high school at the age of fifteen, she went on to become the youngest student to be admitted to Columbia University Extension Courses. With her academic chores behind her, she was engaged for her first play, the Theatre Guild's "Jane Eyre" which starred Katharine Hepburn and in which she tourned throughout the country as Adele, Rochester's ward. This was the beginning of a very happy and active career which led to Patricia's being cast in the title role of "Junior Miss," one of Broadway's biggest comedy hits. As teenager Judy Graves she remained with the play for four years on Broadway and a transcontinental tour and later played it in Europe with the first USO company of a play to be sent overseas during the war. The interim found her one of radio's and television's most in-demand ingenues, notably the featured Katherine Frisbee on the TV-film series "Johnny Jupiter." She has also played most of the important summer stock theatres and was film star Steve Cochran's leading lady in a strawhat production of "Heaven Can Wait." Painting is her favorite hobby; in fact, she once won first prize in an exhibition at the Illustrator's Club for the benefit of the American Theatre Wing which included works by such recognized artist-actors as Vincent Price, Tillie Losch and Paula Lawrence. Patricia is married to theatrical manager Richard Horner who has been associated with the offices of George Abbott and Katharine Cornell. |
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