Patricia Klous (born October 19, 1948) is a retired American television actress and former
model
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, best known for her roles as stewardess Marcy Bower on the
CBS
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TV series ''
Flying High'' (1978–79) and as cruise director Judy McCoy on the
ABC
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sitcom ''
The Love Boat
''The Love Boat'' is an American romantic comedy/drama television series that aired on ABC from 1977 to 1986; in addition, four three-hour specials aired in 1986, 1987, and 1990. The series was set on the luxury passenger cruise ship MS ''Pa ...
'' (1984–1986).
Career biography
Klous began her career in the 1970s as a successful model in New York City after graduating with a bachelor of science in biology and psychology from the
University of Texas
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. In New York, executive producer Mark Carliner cast her opposite
Connie Sellecca
Connie Sellecca (born Concetta Sellecchia; May 25, 1955) is an American actress, producer, and former model, best known for her roles on the television series '' Flying High'', ''The Greatest American Hero'', and ''Hotel'', for which she was nomi ...
and Katherine Witt (who were also New York City-based models) in the
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS, the abbreviation of its former legal name Columbia Broadcasting System, is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainm ...
prime-time comedy-drama ''
Flying High'' (1978–79) about the misadventures of three young flight attendants at the fictional Sun West Airlines. Despite high ratings in the beginning, the series eventually failed and was cancelled four months after it debuted. Klous did occasional television work afterwards during the early 1980s.
Klous portrayed Fran Linhart in the ABC-TV comedy ''
Aloha Paradise'' (1981).
In 1984, the producers of the long-running
ABC
ABC are the first three letters of the Latin script known as the alphabet.
ABC or abc may also refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Broadcasting
* American Broadcasting Company, a commercial U.S. TV broadcaster
** Disney–ABC Television ...
sitcom ''
The Love Boat
''The Love Boat'' is an American romantic comedy/drama television series that aired on ABC from 1977 to 1986; in addition, four three-hour specials aired in 1986, 1987, and 1990. The series was set on the luxury passenger cruise ship MS ''Pa ...
'' tapped Klous to replace actress
Lauren Tewes
Cynthia Lauren Tewes () is an American actress. She played Julie McCoy on the television drama anthology series ''The Love Boat'', which originally aired on ABC from 1977 to 1986.
Early years
Tewes was born in Braddock, Pennsylvania, of Germ ...
when Tewes was dropped from the show. On ''The Love Boat'', Klous portrayed Judy McCoy, the sister and successor of Tewes' character as cruise director. She remained with the series until it ended in 1986.
Klous retired from acting in 2002.
Filmography
References
External links
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1948 births
Living people
20th-century American actresses
American television actresses
Female models from Kansas
Models from New York City
Actresses from Kansas
Actresses from New York City
University of Texas alumni
People from Hutchinson, Kansas
21st-century American women
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