Patricia Idlette Explained

Patricia Idlette is an American actress known for her role as Kiffany in Showtime's Dead Like Me. She also appeared in four episodes of Battlestar Galactica as politician Sarah Porter, and as Melanie Blackstone in the miniseries Amerika. Idlette portrayed Katherine Jackson, mother of Michael Jackson, in the 2004 biopic . She appeared as Brenda's mother in Scary Movie 3 in 2003.

Originally from Miami, Florida,[1] she trained as an actress in Florida and Michigan.[2] She moved to Canada to join the repertory company of the Stratford Festival, acting in productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream, Antony and Cleopatra, The Winter's Tale, The Merchant of Venice, As You Like It and Medea. She remained based in Canada for many years, acting on stage in Toronto and Vancouver and appearing as a guest actor in television series such as Street Legal, The Littlest Hobo, Adderly, Katts and Dog and The X-Files.

She garnered a Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination for Best Performance by a Female in a Featured Role for her performance in Susan G. Cole's play A Fertile Imagination.[3]

She moved back to Florida in the early 2000s.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1982 Shocktrauma Nurse Malcolm Television film
1983 Between Friends Television film
1984 Heavenly Bodies KC
1986 Reckless Disregard Receptionist Television film
1987 Hands of a Stranger Last Rape Victim Television film
1988 Hostage Cell Mate Television film
1989 The Dream Team Woman at Police Station
1991 Drop Dead Gorgeous Newscaster Television film
1992 Last Wish Hospital Nurse Television film
1992 Black Death Gayle Television film
1992 Survivors Karen Walker Television film
1994 Out of Darkness Policewoman Television film
1994 Children of the Dark Checkout Person Television film
1996 Toe Tags Television film
1997 Social Worker Television film
1998 Floating Away Hooker Television film
2000 Sole Survivor Mahalia Television film
2000 Frankie & Hazel Teacher Television film
2000 Holiday Heart Mrs. Walker Television film
2000 Air Bud 3 Mrs. Brimstone Direct-to-video
2001 Class Warfare Lottery Attendant Television film
2002 The Secret Life of Zoey Cora Television film
2003 The Delicate Art of Parking Female Doctor
2003 Scary Movie 3 Mrs. Meeks
2004 The Goodbye Girl Improv Troupe Television film
2004 The Perfect Score Receptionist
2004 Dr. Brookner
2004 Meltdown 911 Operator Television film
2004 Television film
2004 Deadly Visions Jasmine Television film
2005 Bad Girls from Valley High Woman in Dressing Room
2005 Amber Frey: Witness for the Prosecution Dispatch Officer #2 Television film
2006 The Ron Clark Story Devina Television film
2006 A Little Thing Called Murder Female inmate Television film
2006 She's The Man Science Teacher
2006 Past Tense Dr. Wagner Television film
2006 Tempbot Short film
2008 Chaos Theory Nurse

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1980 The Littlest Hobo Beth McLean Episode: "Licence to Steal"
1985 Comedy Factory Mavis Episode: "Harry and the Kids"
1986–1987 Adderly Reporter, Yvonne 3 episodes
1987 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Colors Josie Episode: "The Liberators"
1987 Amerika Melanie Blackstone 4 episodes
1987 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Woman Episode: "The Specialty of the House"
1988–1989 Street Legal Crown, Hilary Geisler 2 episodes
1988 The Twilight Zone Susan Episode: "Our Selena Is Dying"
1988 Katts and Dog Deannie Bennet Episode: "Kids Just Want to Have Fun"
1992 Top Cops Elderly Lady Episode: "John Kosek/Richard Voorhees/Doug Edgington/David Miles"
1992 Murder, She Wrote Desk Person Episode: "Sugar & Spice, Malice & Vice"
1993 NYPD Blue Civilian Assistant Episode: "The Confessions"
1993 South of Sunset Martha Episode: "Newspaper Boy"
1997 The Sentinel Mrs. Russo Episodes: "Private Eyes"
1997 The X-Files Desk Clerk Episode: "Synchrony"
2000–2001 Seven Days Vonnie, Jasmine 2 episodes
2000 The Outer Limits Waitress Episode: "The Grid"
2000 Freedom Episode: "The Chase"
2002–2003 John Doe Bureaucracy, No-nonsense Officer 2 episodes
2002 ¡Mucha Lucha! (voice) Episode: "The Curse of the Masked Toilet/The Mummy with the Golden Mask"
2003 The Dead Zone Nurse Park Episode: "Precipitate"
2003–2004 Dead Like Me Kiffany 21 episodes
2004 Andromeda Council Member #1 2 episodes
2005–2006 Battlestar Galactica Sarah Porter 4 episodes
2005 Terminal City Louise Episode: "Episode #1.6"
2006 The L Word Technician Episode: "Lobsters"
2006 Psych Desk Sergeant Martha Allen 2 episodes

Notes and References

  1. http://fortmyers.floridaweekly.com/news/2008-07-23/arts_ent/050.html "Patricia Idlette"
  2. "Stages of Black and White: Should directors cast by color or simply cast the best for the role?". The Globe and Mail, July 11, 1987.
  3. "That Scatterbrain Booky and Lilies pace Dora race: Each production picks up eight nominations". The Globe and Mail, May 15, 1991.