Patsy O'Leary

{{short description|American actress}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Patsy O'Leary

| birth_name = Patricia M. O'Day

| birth_date = September 8, 1910

| birth_place = County Cork, Ireland

| death_date =

| death_place =

| occupation = Actress

| spouse = Clement J. Joynt (m. 1930, div. 1936)

}}

Patsy O'Leary (born Patricia O'Day, September 8, 1910, date of death unknown) was an Irish-American actress known for her work on Mack Sennett comedies in the late 1920s and early 1930s.{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/375654182/?terms=%22patsy+o%27leary%22|title=Gossip of Hollywood|last=Thomas|first=Dan|date=October 22, 1930|website=The Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer|language=English|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-05-08}}

Biography

O'Leary was born in County Cork, Ireland, to an Irish mother and a French father; the family relocated to Paris when O'Leary was a girl before heading to America and settling in Tacoma, Washington.{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/520509602/?terms=%22patsy+o%27leary%22|title=Bobbed News of Talkieland|last=Thomas|first=Dan|date=December 8, 1930|website=The Madison Capital Times|language=English|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-05-08}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/224041205/?terms=%22patsy+o%27leary%22|title=Little Stories of Little Stars|last=|first=|date=December 23, 1930|website=The St. Cloud Times|language=English|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-05-08}} She got into acting as a child on Sennett's lot.{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/274879242/?terms=%22patsy+o%27leary%22|title=Up the Ladder|last=|first=|date=November 15, 1930|website=The Honolulu Star-Bulletin|language=English|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-05-08}} She appeared in dozens of films over the course of her career (mostly comedies and Westerns) and also owned her own restaurant in Hollywood for a time.{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/287328305/?terms=%22patsy+o%27leary%22|title=Owner Loses Job|last=|first=|date=November 22, 1930|website=The Newark Advertiser|language=English|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-05-08}} She married Dr. Clement J. Joynt in 1930 and appears to have retired from acting soon after. She divorced Joynt in 1936.{{cite news|title = Patsy O'Day Divorced|newspaper = The Scranton Republican|page = 1|date = October 28, 1936|url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/37164185/oday_divorce/|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = October 17, 2019}} {{free access}}

Filmography

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  • The Girl from Everywhere (1927)
  • A Dumb Waiter (1928)
  • Girl-Shy Cowboy (1928)
  • The Swim Princess (1928)
  • Love at First Flight (1928)
  • Run, Girl, Run (1928)
  • Isle of Lost Men (1928)
  • Uppercut O'Brien (1929)
  • The New Half back (1929)
  • Clancy at the Bat (1929)
  • A Hollywood Star (1929)
  • The Golfers (1929)
  • The Lunkhead (1929)
  • The Constabule (1929)
  • The Barber's Daughter (1929)
  • Jazz Mamas (1929)
  • Motoring Mamas (1929)
  • Girl Crazy (1929)
  • The Bees' Buzz (1929)
  • The Campus Carmen (1929)
  • A Hollywood Theme Song (1930)
  • Racket Cheers (1930)
  • Don't Bite Your Dentist (1930)
  • Take Your Medicine (1930)
  • Grandma's Girl (1930)
  • Midnight Daddies (1930)
  • The Bluffer (1930)
  • Vacation Loves (1930)
  • Average Husband (1930)
  • Hello, Television (1930)
  • Goodbye Legs (1930)
  • The Chumps (1930)
  • Campus Crushes (1930)
  • Fat Wives for Thin (1930)
  • Radio Kisses (1930)
  • Honeymoon Zeppelin (1930)
  • He Trumped Her Ace (1930)
  • Bulls and Bears (1930)
  • Half Holiday (1931)
  • One More Chance (1931)
  • I Surrender Dear (1931)
  • Poker Widows (1931)
  • The World Flier (1931)
  • Too Many Husbands (1931)
  • The Fainting Lover (1931)
  • In Conference (1931)
  • Just a Bear (1931)
  • The Dog Doctor (1931)
  • The College Vamp (1931)
  • The Flirty Sleepwalker (1932)

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References

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