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Patricia Wheel

{{short description|American actress}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Patricia Wheel

| image = Patricia Wheel and Donald Curtis, 1953.jpg

| caption = Wheel with Donald Curtis, 1953

| birth_date = {{birth date|1925|12|9}}

| birth_place = New York City, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1986|6|3|1925|12|9}}

| death_place = New York City, U.S.

| occupation = Actress

| yearsactive = 1949–1976

| spouse = {{marriage|Eric Henry Alba Teran|1954}}

| children = 2

}}

Patricia Wheel (December 9, 1925 – June 3, 1986) was an American actress who appeared in films and TV series from the 1940s to the 1970s.[http://www.hollywood.com/celebrities/patricia-wheel-57673122/ Patricia Wheel]

Early years

Wheel was the daughter of Lester H. Wheel and his wife, Helene, and she had a sister, Lesley. She was born in New York City in 1925.{{Citation needed |date=May 2024}} She graduated from St. Agatha's school in New York and attended Hunter Model School. When she was 15, she received a dramatic scholarship and performed with a Long Island summer stock company.{{cite magazine |date=November 1952 |page=18 |title=Doctor's Wife |url=https://archive.org/details/radiotvmirro00macf/page/n481/mode/1up?view=theater |magazine=Radio-TV Mirror |access-date=May 19, 2024 }}

Career

During World War II, Wheel participated in a six-month USO tour through the South Pacific. Her activities with the troupe included tap dancing and acting in a production of Doughgirls. She also presented plays using people selected from the military personnel at Army camps.{{cite news |title=USO Camp Shows Boost GI Morale |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84454932/patricia-wheel/ |access-date=August 31, 2021 |work=The Montclair Times |date=September 6, 1945 |page=11|via = Newspapers.com}}

Wheel began her acting career in 1949, appearing in TV series like A Woman to Remember, Ford Theatre, Cameo Theatre, Somerset Maugham TV Theatre, The Billy Rose Show, and Lux Video Theatre among others.[http://www.playbill.com/person/patricia-wheel-vault-0000016580 Patricia Wheel]

She also appeared in the films Cry Uncle! and Jeremy. In the 1950s she had the title role in The Doctor's Wife, a soap opera on NBC radio.{{cite magazine |date=March 5, 1952 |page=42 |title=The Doctor's Wife |magazine=Variety |url=https://archive.org/details/variety185-1952-03/page/n43/mode/1up?view=theater |accessdate=May 20, 2024 }}

Wheel appeared in several Broadway Productions during the 1950s and 1960s like Cyrano de Bergerac, Charley's Aunt and Butterflies Are Free.

Personal life and death

On September 27, 1954, Wheel married industrial designer Eric Henry Alba Teran.{{cite news |title=Patricia Wheel Married |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1954/09/28/archives/patricia-wheel-married-actress-is-bride-of-eric-h-a-teran.html |access-date=August 31, 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=September 28, 1954 |page=33}} They had two sons, Andrew and Timothy Teran. She died on June 3, 1986, aged 61, in New York City after a long illness.{{cite news |title=Patricia Wheel |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/06/06/obituaries/patricia-wheel.html |access-date=August 31, 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=June 6, 1986 |page=D 18}}

Selected filmography

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References

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External links

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  • {{IMDb name|id=0923742|name=Patricia Wheel}}
  • {{IBDB name|84470}}

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Category:1925 births

Category:1986 deaths

Category:American film actresses

Category:American television actresses

Category:Actresses from New York City

Category:20th-century American actresses