 patricia helen "pat" kennedy lawford (may 6, 1924 â september 17, 2006) was an american socialite and the sixth of nine children of rose and joseph p. kennedy, sr. she was a sister of president john f. kennedy, senator robert f. kennedy, and longtime senator ted kennedy. ==early life== kennedy was born in brookline, massachusetts, the sixth of nine children born to rose (nÃ©e fitzgerald) and joseph p. kennedy, sr.. she was considered the most sophisticated, yet also the most introverted, of her parents' five daughters. since childhood she had a fascination with travel and hollywood. in time she would become a world traveler, so much so that as a young girl she was given assignments by the independent and foreign press to write of her travels. her ongoing fascination with hollywood was fueled by her father's stories and adventures there as a movie mogul heading rko pictures. after graduating from rosemont college, she moved to hollywood in hopes of becoming a movie producer and director like her father. her father apparently believed that she could do as much, once saying, "pat is the one with head for business. she could really run this town if she put her mind to it."http://www.globalarchitectsguide.com/library/patricia-kennedy-lawford.php however, because she was a woman in the very conservative 1950s, she was restricted to working as production assistant on patriotic and religious productions such as singer kate smith's radio program and father peyton's family rosary crusade. ==personal life== she met english actor peter lawford through her sister eunice in the 1940s. they met again in 1949, and again in 1953. they courted briefly and officially announced their engagement in february 1954. they married on april 24, 1954, at the roman catholic church of st. thomas more in new y
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