Preceded by Teri Hope Name Pat Sheehan Weight 120 lb (54 kg) | Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Succeeded by Joan Staley | |
Born Patricia Ann Sheehan
September 7, 1931
San Francisco, California, U.S. ( 1931-09-07 ) Died January 14, 2006(2006-01-14) (aged 74)
Beverly Hills, California, U.S. Measurements Bust: 35"
Waist: 22"
Hips: 34" | ||
Patricia Ann Sheehan, also known as Patricia Sheehan Crosby (September 7, 1931 – January 14, 2006) was an American actress and model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its October 1958 issue.
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Early life
Sheehan's father, Arthur Edmond Sheehan, was an automotive engineer and businessman and her mother, Gladys Anna Larson, worked at a hospital. Her parents divorced in 1935, just a few years after she was born. In 1942, her brother, Arthur, a triple-A league pitcher, was drafted into the United States Army. Working as a gunner on a Flying Fortress, he was promoted to staff sergeant and died after his plane was shot down over Germany; only two of nine people survived. He was later added to the San Francisco Hall of Fame.
Early career
In 1949, she won the local Miss Milkmaid pageant, which launched her career. Sheehan had her first chance at fame when she won first place in the Miss San Francisco Pageant of 1950: her prize was a Gensler Lee diamond ring. She took honors for Miss San Francisco and flew to Santa Cruz, California to be on Jim Davis's KCBS Radio Show and take part in the Miss California Pageant. Shortly after the divorce, she participated in the Miss California Pageant of 1951. Two years later, in 1953, her father died of diabetes. Sheehan dated and married George Von Duuglas-Ittu on January 9, 1951 in Carson City, Nevada. Von Duuglas-Ittu was a studio agent and assistant director. They divorced on January 6, 1954.
Motion pictures
Sheehan made it into her first magazine, Comedy, on July 1953. She later got into acting, performing in her first movie: The Adventures of Hajji Baba. She posed for magazines such as TV Fan and People Today. In 1955, she finally got to speak on camera in her first dialogue role in Son of Sinbad. Sheehan was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for October 1958, tied with Mara Corday. Her centerfold was photographed by Sam Wu.
She was in the movies Kismet, The French Line, Daddy Long Legs, Blondie, as well as The NBC Comedy Hour. Agnes Moorehead was her acting coach during this period.
Sheehan also became one of the six Goldwyn Girls in 1955, and she appeared uncredited as one of the Hot Box Girls in the film version of Guys and Dolls (1955). Gigi was her last movie, in 1958.
Shortly after Bing Crosby's first wife, Dixie Lee, died of ovarian cancer, he started dating Sheehan. Their relationship became very serious. He would fly to San Francisco to do his radio show, then would stop by Sheehan's place to pick her up for their date. Eventually, Crosby proposed to Sheehan. On May 4, 1958, she married Crosby's son, Dennis Crosby in Las Vegas, Nevada. They had three children: Gregory; Dennis Jr.; and Patrick Anthony. They divorced in 1964 and Sheehan never remarried.
Later life
In her later years, Sheehan lived in Van Nuys, California with her son Gregory, a Hollywood producer and screenwriter, and his wife Spice Williams, an actress and stuntwoman. She died of a heart attack on January 14, 2006 in Beverly Hills, California, aged 74.