Patricia Smith

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Actress

Birth Date: February 20, 1930

Death Date: January 2, 2011

Birth Place: New Haven, Connecticut

Spouses: John Lasell

Actress Patricia Smith began her career in theater. In 1951, the talented ingénue made her Broadway debut opposite Henry Fonda in the hit play "Point of No Return." Within a few years, she made a natural transition into television, performing in theatrical anthology series like "Ponds Theater" and "Kraft Theatre." She'd go on to become a familiar face on TV, appearing in a long list of hit series over a career that spanned four decades.

She may be best known for her recurring role on the acclaimed sitcom "The Bob Newhart Show," on which she played Margaret Hoover. Smith also appeared in a handful of films, most memorably as Jack Lemmon's wife in his Oscar-winning drama "Save the Tiger." When Smith found it more difficult to land worthwhile roles, she took a job at the composers' agency Gorfaine-Schwartz in their legal department. She made her final onscreen appearance in 1997 with a small role in the John Travolta/Dustin Hoffman thriller "Mad City." She died nearly 15 years later from heart failure. She was 80 years old.

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Bluff City LawStream

Guest Star
Judge Dunbar
Series
2019
36%

Shannon Smith's 20th Anniversary

Guest
Show
2016

Star Trek: The Next GenerationStream

Guest Star
Dr. Sara Kingsley
Series
1987
92%

Star Trek: The Next Generation 2.0

Guest Star
Show
1987

The Aviator

Costume Design
Movie
1985

Highway to HeavenStream

Guest Star
Sarah Stearns
Series
1984

Who Will Love My Children?

Actor
Cleta Thomas
Movie
1983

The Scarlett O'Hara War

Actor
Louise Knight
Movie
1980

Trapper John, M.D.

Guest Star
Series
1979

A Woman Called Moses

Actor
Mrs. Leah Jenkins
Movie
1978

Planet Earth

Actor
Skylar (uncredited)
Movie
1974

A Case of Rape

Actor
Marge Bracken
Movie
1974

I Love You... Goodbye

Actor
Gwen
Movie
1974

Tell Me Where It Hurts

Actor
Naomi
Movie
1974

Barnaby JonesStream

Guest Star
Series
1973

Save the TigerStream

Actor
Janet Stoner
Movie
1973
86%

The Bob Newhart ShowStream

Guest Star
Margaret Hoover
Series
1972

The Streets of San FranciscoStream

Guest Star
Mrs. Hunt
Series
1972

Cannon

Guest Star
Gwen O'Connor
Series
1971

The Debbie Reynolds Show

Actor
Charlotte Landers
Show
1969

Hawaii Five-OStream

Guest Star
Joyce Weber
Series
1968

Where's Everett?

Actor
Sylvia Barker
Show
1966

My Favorite MartianStream

Guest Star
Series
1963

The FugitiveStream

Guest Star
Lucille Steelman
Series
1963

Dr. Kildare

Guest Star
Series
1961

The Twilight ZoneStream

Actor
Sylvia Bayles
Series
1959
92%

BonanzaStream

Guest Star
Series
1959

Perry MasonStream

Guest Star
Wanda Buren
Series
1957

The Bachelor Party

Actor
Helen Samson
Movie
1957
80%

The Spirit of St. LouisStream

Actor
Mirror Girl
Movie
1957
83%

Alfred Hitchcock PresentsStream

Actor
Jane Birdwell
Series
1955

GunsmokeStream

Guest Star
Abby
Series
1955

Marshal Dillon

Guest Star
Show
1955

Death Valley DaysStream

Actor
Eliza Jane Meeker
Series
1952