| Patty Maloney | |
|---|---|
| Born | Patricia Anne Maloney (1936-03-17) March 17, 1936 (age 88) Perkinsville, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1973–2005 |
| Height | 119 cm (3 ft 11 in) |
Patricia Anne Maloney (born March 17, 1936) is an American actress.
Early life
She was born in Perkinsville, New York. She stands 3 feet 11 inches (119 cm) and weighs 60 pounds (27 kg).
Career
Maloney is best known as Honk from Far Out Space Nuts, as Lumpy from the Star Wars Holiday Special, and as Darla Hood from the animated TV series version of The Little Rascals. She appeared in Star Trek: Voyager in 1996.
She was often a guest on the 1970s variety series Donny & Marie, and portrayed the robot waitress Tina in the Buck Rogers in the 25th Century episode "Cruise Ship to the Stars". In 1977 she appeared in the episode "Ida Works Out" on Rhoda as a witch on Halloween looking for a costume party in Rhoda's apartment building.
Since 1982, she has also been an animation voice actor, worked on the Monopoly game show pilot, and even operated the Crypt Keeper puppet on Tales from the Crypt. Maloney appeared in Ernest Saves Christmas with California native Buddy Douglas as Santa's two elves. In 2011, she appeared as herself in Hanlet: Episode 41⁄2 – Attack of the Phantom Special, an independent documentary film about the making of Star Wars Holiday Special.
Another of her voice roles was in 1988, alongside Jeff Cohen, Glynis Johns and Casey Kasem in the movie Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School as Tanis the Mummy.
Personal life
In 1961, Maloney married Joseph Vitek, a Chicago printer, at the Actors' Chapel in New York. During their marriage, she worked as a keypunch operator at Clipper Carloading in Chicago until Vitek died in 1968. Around 2010, she was diagnosed with age-related macular degeneration, a visual impairment which severely limited her ability to read scripts and other textual matter.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | The Lord of the Rings | Voice | |
| 1981 | Under the Rainbow | Rosie | |
| 1984 | The Ice Pirates | Waitress | |
| 1984 | Swing Shift | Laverne | |
| 1988 | Ernest Saves Christmas | Thisbe | |
| 1991 | The Addams Family | Lois Addams | |
| 1999 | Twin Falls Idaho | June |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Don't Be Afraid of the Dark | Creature | Television film |
| 1974 | Punch and Jody | Mrs. Stilts | |
| 1975 | Far Out Space Nuts | Honk | 9 episodes |
| 1976 | Don't Call Us | Sylvia | Television film |
| 1976, 1977 | The Brady Bunch Hour | Various roles | 2 episodes |
| 1977 | Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman | Skipper | 5 episodes |
| Charlie's Angels | Tinkle Belle | Episode: "Circus of Terror" | |
| Rhoda | Witch | Episode: "Ida Works Out" | |
| 1978 | Star Wars Holiday Special | Lumpy | Television film |
| The Love Boat | Dottie Warren | Episode: "The Little People" | |
| The Krofft Superstar Hour | Various roles | 13 episodes | |
| 1979–1980 | Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | Twiki / Tina | 3 episodes |
| 1981 | Side Show | Thelma Tiny | Television film |
| 1982 | Little House on the Prairie | Alice Bates | Episode: "Little Lou" |
| Madame's Place | Patty, the Secretary | Episode: Pilot | |
| 1982–1983 | The Little Rascals | Darla | 31 episodes |
| 1984 | Trapper John, M.D. | Megan | Episode: "A Little Knife Music" |
| Pryor's Place | Dumb #1 | Episode: "Voyage to the Planet of the Dumb" | |
| The Smurfs | Blue Eyes | 2 episodes | |
| 1985 | Amazing Stories | Alien | Episode: "Fine Tuning" |
| 1985–1986 | Dumbo's Circus | Dink the Koala Bear | 81 episodes |
| 1986 | Barnum | Older Tom Thumb | Television film |
| Zoobilee Zoo | Ergo | Episode: "Close Encounters of a Zooble Kind" | |
| 1987 | Throb | Little Woman | Episode: "Death Be Not Weird" |
| Out of This World | Baby Neil | Episode: "Baby Talk" | |
| 1988 | Circus | Maggie | Television film |
| Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School | Tanis the Mummy (voice) | ||
| 1990 | Married... with Children | Alien | Episode: "Married... with Aliens" |
| 1995 | Legend | Zorelda Tombs | Episode: "Clueless in San Francisco" |
| A.J.'s Time Travelers | B.I.T. | 33 episodes | |
| 1996 | Star Trek: Voyager | Little Woman | Episode: "The Thaw" |
| 1997 | Pearl | Maggie | Episode: "Billy Returns" |
| The New Batman Adventures | Mrs. Segar (voice) | Episode: "Double Talk" | |
| 1998 | Nash Bridges | Tricia | Episode: "The Tourist" |
| 2005 | My Name Is Earl | Woman with Chimney | Episode: "Teacher Earl" |
References
- Hal Erickson (January 1998). Sid and Marty Krofft: A Critical Study of Saturday Morning Children's Television. McFarland. p. 160. ISBN 9780786405183. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
- "Vitek". newspapers.com. The Chicago Tribune. 11 February 1968. p. 109. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
External links
- Patty Maloney at IMDb
- Star Wars Holiday Special site Archived 2017-12-14 at the Wayback Machine
- Short Persons Support page
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