Patience Cleveland

Patience Mather Cleveland (May 23, 1931 – May 27, 2004) was an American film and television actress.

Patience Cleveland
Born
Patience Mather Cleveland

(1931-05-23)May 23, 1931
New York City, U.S.
DiedMay 27, 2004(2004-05-27) (aged 73)
Santa Monica, California, U.S.
OccupationActress, writer, diarist

Biography

Cleveland was born in New York City, the youngest of six siblings, to an old established New Hampshire family, where she was raised. Her parents were Dr. Mather Cleveland, M.D., and his wife, Susan Colgate Cleveland. Her father authored New Hampshire and the Civil War and The Orthopedic Service at St. Luke's Hospital, New York City, 1859–1968. Her family has longstanding ties to Colby-Sawyer College, where the family papers, including her own, are archived.[1][2]

Cleveland graduated from Miss Porter's School and Smith College.

A children's book that she wrote, The Lion Is Busy, was published in 1963.[3] She made appearances in many television shows, including Seinfeld, Everybody Loves Raymond, That's Life, The Drew Carey Show, Angel, ER, along with voice acting in other shows such as Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, as well as many television commercials. She acted in several feature films, including playing the reclusive Roberta Sparrow, also known as "Grandma Death", in the 2001 cult film Donnie Darko.

Cleveland married Peter S. Hobbs on October 24, 1965, in Los Angeles, California. The union was apparently childless and ended in divorce in 1968.[4]

Cleveland died from cancer in Santa Monica, California, four days after her 73rd birthday.

Partial filmography
YearTitleRoleNotes
1967FitzwillyDollyn/a
1978Rabbit TestFirst Dancing Ladyn/a
1985LiesAunt Louisen/a
1986Psycho IIISister Margaretn/a
1986The Whoopee BoysWedding Guestn/a
1989Nowhere to RunGrandma Franklinn/a
2000Get Your StuffLilliann/a
2001Donnie DarkoRoberta Sparrow / Grandma Deathn/a
2002Taking the WheelThe Mothern/a

References
  1. "Patience Cleveland archives at Colby-Sawyer College". Archived from the original on 2016-08-09. Retrieved 2012-08-07.
  2. Cleveland's diaries ("A Day in the Life")
  3. Cleveland, Patience (1963). The Lion Is Busy. New York: Atlantis Books. OCLC 003906665.
  4. California, Marriage Index, 1960-1985 [available online at ancestry.com]. Provo, UT, US: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: State of California. California Marriage Index, 1960-1985. Microfiche. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California.
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