Pat Sheehan (model)

Pat Sheehan
Playboy centerfold appearance
October 1958
Preceded by Teri Hope
Succeeded by Joan Staley
Personal details
Born Patricia Ann Sheehan
(1931-09-07)September 7, 1931
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Died January 14, 2006(2006-01-14) (aged 74)
Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Measurements Bust: 35 in (89 cm)
Waist: 22 in (56 cm)
Hips: 34 in (86 cm)
Height 5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Weight 120 lb (54 kg)

Patricia Ann Sheehan (September 7, 1931 – January 14, 2006), also known as Patricia Sheehan Crosby, was an American actress and model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its October 1958 issue.

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.[1]

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 1951 Miss California Pageant. 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.[2]

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.[3][4]

Magazines

  • TV Guide — July 1956; On the Dotted Line
  • Police Gazette — December 1956; Date of the Month
  • TV Fan — October 1956; Most Gorgeous Gal on TV; Cover
  • People Today — December 1956; Walk Down the Stage Slowly; Cover
  • Escapade — January 1957; Cover
  • Tempo — April 30, 1957; Cover
  • Modern Man Quarterly — 1957; Cover
  • Peep Show — February 1958
  • Gala — March 1958; Cover
  • Male Point of View — March 1958
  • Times — May 19, 1958
  • People Today — June 1958; Dennis Crosby's Best Girl; Cover
  • Tempo — July 1958; Centerfold
  • Life — October 1958
  • Modern Man — October 1958
  • Playboy — October 1958; Cover and Centerfold
  • Playboy (UK) — October 1958; Centerfold
  • Times — December 29, 1958
  • Man's Point of View — April 1960
  • Eye — August 1960; Views and Wiews: Pat Sheehan
  • Scene — December 1960; Dennis Crosby's Blonde Bombshell; Cover
  • Chicks and Chuckles — February 1961
  • Parade (UK) — September 1965; Cover

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1954 The French Line Model uncredited
The Adventures of Hajji Baba Handmaiden uncredited
1955 Kismet Harem Showgirl uncredited
Daddy Long Legs (film) Blonde uncredited
Son of Sinbad Harem Girl uncredited
Guys and Dolls one of the Hot Box Girls Goldwyn Girl, uncredited[5]
Man with the Gun Blonde uncredited
1958 Gigi Blonde uncredited
2000 Space Cowboys

Television

  • Blondie (1 episode, 1957) The Other Woman (1957) TV episode
  • The NBC Comedy Hour 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.10, and 1.17 (5 episodes, 1956) TV episode, herself, blonde actress
  • Texaco Star Theater (recurring episodes) Dancer
  • The Bob Hope Show (recurring episodes) Blonde
  • Place the Face (1955) TV episode
  • The Milton Berle Show (recurring episodes, 1956)
  • Queen For a Day (1956) TV episode, Model
  • Inside Beverly Hills (1956) TV episode, Actress
  • The Chevvy Show (1956) TV episode, herself
  • The Colgate Comedy Hour, episodes #5.19 and 6.7 (1955) TV episodes (uncredited) Pretty Blonde
  • Matinee Theater (1956) TV episode, (Uncredited) Bit Dramatic Role
  • People are Funny (1957) TV episode, Miss Univac

Titles

  • Miss Milkmaid Winner 1949
  • Miss San Francisco Winner 1950
  • Miss Golden Gate 1950
  • Miss World Trade 1950
  • Miss Pan American Airways 1950
  • Miss California Contestant 1951
  • Rodeo Queen Rodeo Cowboy Association 1956
  • Playboy Miss October 1958

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Sheehan, Arthur E., Jr., SSgt". togetherweserved.com. Retrieved October 8, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Dennis Crosbys Divorced". The New York Times. July 4, 1964.
  3. ↑ Lentz, Harris M., III (2007). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2006: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. McFarland & Company. p. 338. ISBN 978-0786429332.
  4. ↑ "Pat Sheehan Profile". Glamour Girls of the Silver Screen. Retrieved October 8, 2017.
  5. ↑ Kurtti, Jeff (1996). The Great Hollywood Musical Trivia Book. New York: Applause Books. p. 41. ISBN 1-55783-222-6.
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