Pat Crawford Brown

Pat Crawford Brown portrays Ida Greenberg in the first 4 seasons of Desperate Housewives
==Biography==
Pat Crawford Brown (born June 29, 1929) is an American actress, aunt of American folksinger/songwriter Christine Lavin (who adores her Aunt Patsy). Brown has appeared in such films as Sister Act, Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit, Reality Bites, Little Giants, Romy & Michele's High School Reunion, Jack Frost, Forces of Nature, Daredevil, Stuck on You, You Me and Dupree and Norbit. In addition, Brown has guest-starred on over 100 television shows, including L.A. Law, Coach, Quantum Leap, Growing Pains, Murder She Wrote, The Wonder Years, The New Adventures of Superman, Married with Children, Home Improvement, ER, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Ellen, Beverly Hills 90210, The Drew Carey Show, Suddenly Susan, 3rd Rock from the Sun, NYPD Blue, Lizzy McGuire, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Judging Amy, Monk, Ghost Whisperer, Arrested Development, Gilmore Girls, CSI and Desperate Housewives, where she played Ida Greenberg for four seasons.
==Career==
Crawford has starred or appeared in the following:
Year 	Title 	Role
1985 	Do You Remember Love (Television Film) 	Woman
1986 	"The Twilight Zone (Television) 	Mrs. Finnegan (1 episode)
1987 	"Sledge Hammer! (Television) 	Woman at bar (1 episode)
1987 	L.A. Law (Television) 	Jury Foreman #2 (2 episodes)
1987 	Highway to Heaven (Television) 	Betty (1 episode)
1988 	18 Again! (Film) 	Old Lady
1988 	Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (Film) 	Mrs. Meeker
1988 	Liberace: Behind the Music (Television Film) 	Nancy
1989 	Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death (Film) 	Secretary
1989 	Moonlighting (Television) 	Cleaning Lady (1 episode)
1989 	"Dear John (Television) 	Mom (1 episode)
1989 	Mama's Family (Television) 	Joanne Mickley (1 episode)
1989 	"The Famous Teddy Z (Television) 	? (1 episode)
1990 	Out of Sight, Out of Mind (Film) 	Nurse
1990 	"A Brand New Life (Television) 	Mrs. Sayley (1 episode)
1990 	"Designing Women (Television) 	Constance
1990 	The Bradys (Television) 	Passerby on sidewalk, Mabel (2 episodes)
1990 	Knots Landing (Television) 	Owner (2 episodes)
1990 	A Gnome Named Gnorm (Film) 	Female Mourner
1990 	"Dream On (Television) 	Frieda (1 episode)
1990 	Quantum Leap (Television) 	Woman (1 episode)
1990 	Carol & Company (Television) 	Miss Underwood (1 episode)
1991 	Matlock (Television) 	Mrs. Burnett (1 episode)
1991 	Get a Life (Television) 	Aunt Molly (1 episode)
1991 	Growing Pains (Television) 	Kathleen (1 episode)
1991 	Sins of the Mother (Television Film) 	Foreman
1991 	Amen (Television) 	Winnie (1 episode)
1991 	The Rocketeer (Film) 	Mrs. Pye
1992 	Demonic Toys (Film) 	Mrs. Micaels
1992 	Empty Nest (Television) 	Melba
1992 	Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue (Film) 	Mrs. Earlane
1992 	Sister Act (Film) 	Choir Nun
1992 	Bodies of Evidence (Television) 	Mrs. Polk (1 episode)
1992 	Middle Ages (Television) 	? (1 episode)
1992 	Step by Step (Television) 	Mrs. Hill (1 episode)
1989-92 	Murder, She Wrote (Television) 	Woman, Cashier (2 episodes)
1992 	The Wonder Years (Television) 	Mrs. Ruebner (2 episodes)
1992 	Dinosaurs (Television) 	Stenographer (1 episode)
1992 	Time Trax (Television) 	Paul's Wife (1 episode)
1993 	Homefront (Television) 	? (1 episode)
1993 	Love Is Like That (Film) 	Woman in Pink
1993 	The John Larroquette Show (Television) 	Chris' Mom (1 episode)
1993 	Based on an Untrue Story (Television Film) 	Judge
1993 	Fugitive Nights: Danger in the Desert (Television Film) 	Martha
1993 	Bakersfield P.D. (Television) 	Woman (1 episode)
1993 	Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (Film) 	Choir Nun
1994 	Reality Bites (Film) 	Cashier
1994 	Tom (Television) 	Miss Broch (1 episode)
1994 	Little Giants (Film) 	Louise
1994 	Mad About You (Television) 	Neighbor (1 episode)
1995 	Hearts Afire (Television) 	Landlady (1 episode)
1994-95 	Sister, Sister (Television) 	Maid, Ms. Little (2 episodes)
1990-95 	Murphy Brown (Television) 	Mrs. Sister Mary Margaret O'Brien (3 episodes)
1995 	Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (Television)	Mrs. Macarthy (1 episode)
1995 	Married with Children (Television) 	Bingo Caller (1 episode)
1995 	Kirk (Television) 	Aunt Zelda (1 episode)
1996 	Deadly Games (Television) 	Woman (1 episode)
1996 	The Crew (Television) 	Ida (1 episode)
1996 	Home Improvement (Television) 	Mrs. Kluzewsk (1 episode)
1996 	ER (Television) 	Mrs. Votey (1 episode)
1996 	The Faculty (Television) 	Alice Munson (1 episode)
1994-96 	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (Television) 	Nurse, Lady (2 episodes)
1996 	Ellen (Television) 	Rose (1 episode)
1996 	Unhappily Ever After (Television) 	Sadie Glickstein (1 episode)
1996 	Dark Skies (Television) 	Clarice Brown, Hotel Clerk (1 episode)
1996 	The Pretender (Television) 	Millie Reynolds (1 episode)
1996 	Beverly Hills, 90210 (Television) 	Salvation Army Soldier (1 episode)
1996 	Claude's Crib (Television) 	Old Lady (1 episode)
1997 	Chicago Sons (Television) 	Woman (1 episode)
1997 	Profiler (Television) 	Sister Mary (1 episode)
1997 	Soul Man (Television) 	Gladys (1 episode)
1997 	Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (Film) 	Truck Stop Waitress
1989-97 	Coach (Television) 	Mrs. Thorkelson (12 episodes)
1997 	George & Leo (Television) 	? (1 episode)
1997 	Caroline in the City (Television) 	Sadie (1 episode)
1997 	Alright Already (Television) 	Lina (1 episode)
1997 	Night Man (Television) 	? (1 episode)
1997 	Johnny Mysto: Boy Wizard (Straight to Video) 	Margaret Lattimer
1998 	Johnny Skidmarks (Film) 	Mrs. Starkey
1998 	Fired Up (Television) 	Sister Mary Grace (1 episode)
1998 	Something So Right (Television) 	Mrs. Van Owl (1 episode)
1998 	The Godson (Film) 	Mrs. Thorkelson
1998 	The Brian Benben Show (Television) 	Heddy Bolinski (1 episode)
1998 	DiResta (Television) 	Grandma Wooly-Hat (1 episode)
1998 	Guys Like Us (Television) 	Mary (1 episode)
1998 	Jack Frost (Film) 	Scorekeeper
1998 	L.A. Doctors (Television) 	Old Lady Patient (1 episode)
1999 	Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place (Television) 	Librarian (1 episode)
1999 	Forces of Nature (Film) 	Florence
1999 	The Norm Show (Television) 	Mrs. Leftkowitz (1 episode)
1999 	Grown Ups (Television) 	The Elderly Woman (1 episode)
1999 	Malcolm & Eddie (Television) 	Peeping Tonya (1 episode)
1999 	The Drew Carey Show (Television) 	Mrs. Hopkins (1 episode)
1997-99 	Suddenly Susan (Television) 	Freida, Mildred (2 episodes)
2000 	Playing Mona Lisa (Film) 	Grandma Ida Weinberg
2000 	3rd Rock from the Sun (Television) 	Mrs. Larson (1 episode)
1997-2000	NYPD Blue (Television) 	Mrs. Klein, Old Woman (2 episodes)
2001 	The Woman Every Man Wants (Film) 	?
2001 	The Division (Television) 	Pappy Johnson (1 episode)
2001 	Nikki (Television) 	Mrs. Hierbaum (1 episode)
2001 	These Old Broads (Television Film) 	Miriam Hodges
2001 	State of Grace (Television) 	? (1 episode)
2001 	Danny (Television) 	Mrs. Landis (1 episode)
2001 	The Medicine Show (Television) 	Crickety Nurse (1 episode)
2001 	The Steve Harvey Show (Television) 	Ms. Hirschfeld (1 episode)
2001 	The Proud Family (Television) 	Agnus (1 episode)
2002 	Lizzie McGuire (Television) 	Mrs. Robinson (1 episode)
2002 	Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Television) 	Old Lady (1 episode)
2000-02 	Judging Amy (Television) 	Waitress Louise, Waitress Polly (2 episodes)
2002 	MDs (Television) 	Very Old Woman (1 episode)
2003 	A.U.S.A. (Television) 	Grandmother (1 episode)
2003 	Daredevil (Film) 	Old Lady on Plane
2003 	The Bernie Mac Show (Television) 	? (1 episode)
2003 	Life with Bonnie (Television) 	Candy (1 episode)
2003 	Stuck on You (Film) 	Mimmy
2004 	Memron (Television Film) 	Mrs. Westerfeld
2004 	Monk (Television) 	Nana Parlo (1 episode)
2004 	Arrested Development (Television) 	Old Woman (1 episode)
2004 	Strong Medicine (Television) 	Millie - Pharmacist (1 episode)
2002-2004	Gilmore Girls (Television) 	Mrs. Cassini (4 episodes)
2005 	Jack & Bobby (Television) 	Old Lady (1 episode)
2005 	Crazylove (Film) 	Old Lady
2006 	Emily's Reasons Why Not (Television) 	Grandma Beatrice (1 episode)
2006 	You, Me and Dupree (Film) 	Aunt Kathy
2006 	El Cortez (Film) 	Helena
2006 	The War at Home (Television) 	Kathy (1 episode)
2007 	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (Television) 	Female Dental Patient (1 episode)
2007 	Norbit (Film) 	Mrs. Henderson
2007 	Ghost Whisperer (Television) 	Bertha (1 episode)
2007 	Raines (Television) 	Glaucoma sufferer (1 episode)
2007 	General Hospital: Night Shift (Television) 	Mrs. Storch (3 episodes)
2004-07 	Desperate Housewives (Television) 	Ida Greenberg (28 episodes)
2008 	Dark Streets (Film) 	Delores
2008 	10 Items or Less (Television) 	Mrs. Brown (1 episode)
2008 	Uncross the Stars (Film) 	?
2008 	Caught on Tape (Film) 	Neighbor
2008 	Super Capers (Film) 	Gertrude
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