Patricia Harty (actress)
Patricia Harty (born November 5, 1941), also known professionally as Trisha Hart, is an American actress. Early years. Born in Washington, D.C., Harty lived in Baltimore until age 5, when she and her family moved. She took lessons in singing and dancing while growing up in North Miami, Florida, and graduated from Edison Senior High School in 1957. She worked for a lawyer, took secretarial classes, and majored in English at Columbia University. Career. Harty performed in the national company of "I Ought to Be in Pictures" (1961). On Broadway, Harty's credits include "Fiorello!" (1959) and  Sail Away (1961). Harty debuted on television as a dancer on Pat Boone's program, and she was a dancer on Perry Como's TV show. She was a featured dancer on Garry Moore's TV series, where she also performed in comedy skits with Carol Burnett. Harty is known for her starring roles in several short-lived television series, "Occasional Wife" (1966–67) as Greta Patterson, "Blondie" (1968) as the titular Blondie Bumstead, "The Bob Crane Show" (1975) as Ellie Wilcox, and "Herbie, the Love Bug" (1982) as Susan MacLane. She also appeared on Broadway in "Fiorello!" and "Sail Away . Personal life. In the mid-1960s, Harty was married to E. Thomas Kearney, who was also her manager. She married Occasional Wife" co-star Michael Callan. The marriage ended in divorce. She married Les Sheldon, who had been associate producer on "The Bob Crane Show", in 1975.