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Patricia Crowley, Golden Globe Winner and 'Please Don't Eat the Daisies' Star, Dies at 91

Her son confirmed she died of natural causes in Los Angeles two days before her 92nd birthday.

Overview

  • Her death was announced by her son, Jon Hookstratten, an executive vice president at Sony Pictures Entertainment.
  • Crowley won the 1954 Golden Globe for New Star of the Year for early film roles including Forever Female and Money From Home.
  • From 1965 to 1967 she starred as Joan Nash in NBC’s Please Don’t Eat the Daisies, which ran 58 episodes.
  • She sustained a six-decade television career with credits on Dynasty and major soap roles, notably more than 250 episodes of Port Charles and about 60 of Generations.
  • Survivors include her husband Andy Friendly, children Jon and Ann, five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren, and her final screen role was in the 2012 film Mont Reve.