Patience Mather Cleveland (May 23, 1931 – May 27, 2004) was an American film and television actress.

Biography

Cleveland was born in New York City, the youngest of six siblings, to an old established

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family, where she was raised. Her older brother was

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. Her parents were Dr. Mather Cleveland, M.D., and his wife, Susan Colgate Cleveland. Her father authored ''New Hampshire and the Civil War'' and ''The Orthopedic Service at St. Luke's Hospital, New York City, 1859–1968''. Her family has longstanding ties to Colby-Sawyer College, where the family papers, including her own, are archived. A children's book that she wrote, ''The Lion Is Busy'', was published in 1963. She made appearances in many television shows, including ''

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'', ''

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'', '' ER'', along with voice acting in other shows such as ''

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'', as well as many television commercials. She acted in several feature films, including playing the reclusive Roberta Sparrow, also known as "Grandma Death", in the 2001 cult film ''

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''. Cleveland married French-born American character actor Peter Hobbs on October 24, 1965, in

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. The union was apparently childless and ended in divorce in 1968.California, Marriage Index, 1960-1985 vailable online at ancestry.com Provo, UT, US: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: State of California. California Marriage Index, 1960-1985. Microfiche. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California. Cleveland died from

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, four days after her 73rd birthday.

Partial filmography

References

External links

Photos of Patience Cleveland
from the Cleveland Colby Colgate Archives at Colby–Sawyer College
Patience Cleveland's diaries
by Cleveland Colby Colgate Archives * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cleveland, Patience 1931 births 2004 deaths American film actresses American stage actresses American television actresses 20th-century American women writers Actresses from New Hampshire Writers from New Hampshire Deaths from cancer in California Smith College alumni Actresses from New York City Writers from New York City 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses Miss Porter's School alumni