Patricia Idlette
Born
Miami, Florida, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1980–2008

Patricia Idlette is an American actress known for her role as Kiffany in Showtime's Dead Like Me. She also appeared in four episodes of Battlestar Galactica as politician Sarah Porter, and as Melanie Blackstone in the miniseries Amerika. Idlette portrayed Katherine Jackson, mother of Michael Jackson, in the 2004 biopic Man in the Mirror: The Michael Jackson Story. She appeared as Brenda's mother in Scary Movie 3 in 2003.

Originally from Miami, Florida,[1] she trained as an actress in Florida and Michigan.[2] She moved to Canada to join the repertory company of the Stratford Festival,[2] acting in productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream, Antony and Cleopatra, The Winter's Tale, The Merchant of Venice, As You Like It and Medea.[1] She remained based in Canada for many years, acting on stage in Toronto and Vancouver and appearing as a guest actor in television series such as Street Legal, The Littlest Hobo, Adderly, Katts and Dog and The X-Files.

She garnered a Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination for Best Performance by a Female in a Featured Role for her performance in Susan G. Cole's play A Fertile Imagination.[3]

She moved back to Florida in the early 2000s.[1]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1982ShocktraumaNurse MalcolmTelevision film
1983Between FriendsTelevision film
1984Heavenly BodiesKC
1986Reckless DisregardReceptionistTelevision film
1987Hands of a StrangerLast Rape VictimTelevision film
1988HostageCell MateTelevision film
1989The Dream TeamWoman at Police Station
1991Drop Dead GorgeousNewscasterTelevision film
1992Last WishHospital NurseTelevision film
1992Black DeathGayleTelevision film
1992SurvivorsKaren WalkerTelevision film
1994Out of DarknessPolicewomanTelevision film
1994Children of the DarkCheckout PersonTelevision film
1996Toe TagsTelevision film
1997Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis StorySocial WorkerTelevision film
1998Floating AwayHookerTelevision film
2000Sole SurvivorMahaliaTelevision film
2000Frankie & HazelTeacherTelevision film
2000Holiday HeartMrs. WalkerTelevision film
2000Air Bud 3Mrs. BrimstoneDirect-to-video
2001Class WarfareLottery AttendantTelevision film
2002The Secret Life of ZoeyCoraTelevision film
2003The Delicate Art of ParkingFemale Doctor
2003Scary Movie 3Mrs. Meeks
2004The Goodbye GirlImprov TroupeTelevision film
2004The Perfect ScoreReceptionist
2004Ginger Snaps 2: UnleashedDr. Brookner
2004Meltdown911 OperatorTelevision film
2004Man in the Mirror: The Michael Jackson StoryKatTelevision film
2004Deadly VisionsJasmineTelevision film
2005Bad Girls from Valley HighWoman in Dressing Room
2005Amber Frey: Witness for the ProsecutionDispatch Officer #2Television film
2006The Ron Clark StoryDevinaTelevision film
2006A Little Thing Called MurderFemale inmateTelevision film
2006She's The ManScience Teacher
2006Past TenseDr. WagnerTelevision film
2006TempbotShort film
2008Chaos TheoryNurse

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1980The Littlest HoboBeth McLeanEpisode: "Licence to Steal"
1985Comedy FactoryMavisEpisode: "Harry and the Kids"
1986–1987AdderlyReporter, Yvonne3 episodes
1987Walt Disney's Wonderful World of ColorsJosieEpisode: "The Liberators"
1987AmerikaMelanie Blackstone4 episodes
1987Alfred Hitchcock PresentsWomanEpisode: "The Specialty of the House"
1988–1989Street LegalCrown, Hilary Geisler2 episodes
1988The Twilight ZoneSusanEpisode: "Our Selena Is Dying"
1988Katts and DogDeannie BennetEpisode: "Kids Just Want to Have Fun"
1992Top CopsElderly LadyEpisode: "John Kosek/Richard Voorhees/Doug Edgington/David Miles"
1992Murder, She WroteDesk PersonEpisode: "Sugar & Spice, Malice & Vice"
1993NYPD BlueCivilian AssistantEpisode: "The Confessions"
1993South of SunsetMarthaEpisode: "Newspaper Boy"
1997The SentinelMrs. RussoEpisodes: "Private Eyes"
1997The X-FilesDesk ClerkEpisode: "Synchrony"
2000–2001Seven DaysVonnie, Jasmine2 episodes
2000The Outer LimitsWaitressEpisode: "The Grid"
2000FreedomEpisode: "The Chase"
2002–2003John DoeBureaucracy, No-nonsense Officer2 episodes
2002¡Mucha Lucha!(voice)Episode: "The Curse of the Masked Toilet/The Mummy with the Golden Mask"
2003The Dead ZoneNurse ParkEpisode: "Precipitate"
2003–2004Dead Like MeKiffany21 episodes
2004AndromedaCouncil Member #12 episodes
2005–2006Battlestar GalacticaSarah Porter4 episodes
2005Terminal CityLouiseEpisode: "Episode #1.6"
2006The L WordTechnicianEpisode: "Lobsters"
2006PsychDesk Sergeant Martha Allen2 episodes

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Patricia Idlette" Archived 2016-03-09 at the Wayback Machine. Fort Myers Florida Weekly, July 23, 2008.
  2. 1 2 "Stages of Black and White: Should directors cast by color or simply cast the best for the role?". The Globe and Mail, July 11, 1987.
  3. "That Scatterbrain Booky and Lilies pace Dora race: Each production picks up eight nominations". The Globe and Mail, May 15, 1991.
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