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Patty McCormack

Patty McCormack

Actor, also producer · Born August 21, 1945 (81) · New York City, New York, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Patty McCormack (born August 21, 1945) is an American actress with a career in theater, films and television. She achieved success as a child actress, and received a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in The Bad Seed (1956). Her acting career has continued with supporting roles in film and television, including a more recent performance as Pat Nixon in Frost/Nixon (2008). Description above from the Wikipedia article Patty McCormack, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

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Born
August 21, 1945 (81)
From
New York City, New York, USA
Works as
Actor, also producer
Titles
61 on MovieCove · 92 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 65 days to Oct 28Down 7% in 30 days

What are Patty McCormack's films like?

Across their 30 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

Drama12 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 44th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Horror6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 16th percentile
: browse their Horror movies
Comedy5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 11th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Action2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 14th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Biography2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 65th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
24%
Bonds
22%
Survival
16%
Self
15%
Society
12%
Power
8%
Ideas
3%
Family bonds7 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice7 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love5 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity6 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival4 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption4 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose4 titles, browse their movies with this themeGuilt3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 29 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 10 · Serious 9 · Dark 10

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 22 · Stylized 7 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 7 · Charged 11 · Intense 11

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 14 · Shifting 13 · Whiplash 2

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 17 · Some laughs 12 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 12 · Even-paced 17 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

A split, not a type: Casual 14 · Engaged 12 · Full focus 3

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 12 · Affecting 11 · Heavy 6

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 20 · Open-ended 6 · Ambiguous 3

Roles they play

9 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 4 of 9 analyzed roles.

Ally
4 of 9
Shadow
2 of 9
Mentor
2 of 9
Threshold guardian
1 of 9
Show the 9 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
21
Dread
11
Warm
7
Melancholic
8
Hopeful
9
Other
24

How their films linger

Unsettling11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 4 with a twist

  • Happy10
  • Bittersweet11
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous6
  • Cyclical2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Patty McCormack's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 42 of their 61 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (13).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Patty McCormack's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

92 credits, 61 with a MovieCove page; 5 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • The Bad Seed Returns(2022)

    as Dr. March

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Always Amore(2022)

    as Nonna

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Dirty John(2018)

    Show 1 episode · as Dr. Margot Hayes

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows

  • The Bad Seed(2018)

    as Dr. March

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • House of Deadly Secrets(2018)

    as Sylvia Holmes

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Chicanery(2017)

    as Sandra Monescu

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • A Moving Romance(2017)

    as Mrs. Norrell

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • The Ranch(2016)

    Show 1 episode · as Charlene

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows

  • Buttwhistle(2014)

    as Grandma Confer

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • The Master(2012)

    as Mildred Drummond

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Scandal(2012)

    Show 1 episode · as Anne Pierce

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • Soda Springs(2012)

    as Beth

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • GCB(2012)

    Show 1 episode · as Chessy

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows

  • Hart of Dixie(2011)

    Show 4 episodes · as Sylvie Stephens-Wilkes

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows

  • 2nd Take (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Estelle

  • Hawaii Five-0(2010)

    Show 1 episode · as Tabitha May

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows

  • Safari: Silent Predators (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Vera Conrad

  • Elevator Girl(2010)

    as Rosemary

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Citizen Jane(2009)

    as Aunt Gertrude

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • A Christmas Proposal(2008)

    as Maggie

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Frost/Nixon(2008)

    as Pat Nixon

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Private Practice(2007)

    Show 1 episode · as Cynthia

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows

  • Greek(2007)

    Show 2 episodes · as Joan

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all shows

  • In the Wall (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Dolores

  • Left in Darkness(2006)

    as Grandmother

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Shark(2006)

    Show 1 episode · as Mary Belkin

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • What About Brian(2006)

    Show 1 episode · as Lillian

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • South of Nowhere(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Mary Spencer

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • Criminal Minds(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Marcia Gordon

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • Supernatural(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Eleanor Holmes / Betsy

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Shallow Ground(2004)

    as Helen Reedy

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Grey's Anatomy(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Rebecca Franklin

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows

  • Mystery Woman: Snapshot(2005)

    as Barbara Sommers

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Gone But Not Forgotten (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Andrea Hammerhill

  • Heart of the Beholder(2005)

    as Helen

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Target (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Maysie

  • Desperate Housewives(2004)

    Show 1 episode · as Teresa Pruitt

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows

  • Entourage(2004)

    Show 1 episode · as Realtor

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Enfant Terrible: A Conversation with Patty McCormack (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Actor

  • The Kiss(2003)

    as Priscilla Standhope

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Inhabited(2003)

    as Olivia Hagen

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • The Medicine Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Janice Piegi

  • Choosing Matthias (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Mrs. Leonard

  • Acceptable Risk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Lois

  • Family Law (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 1 episode · as Monica Whitman

  • Silent Predators(1999)

    as Vera Conrad

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • The Sopranos(1999)

    Show 4 episodes · as Liz La Cerva

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • Mommy's Day(1997)

    Producer · as Mrs. Sterling

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Mommy(1995)

    as Mommy

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • ER(1994)

    Show 1 episode · as Mrs. Dwyer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • Doogie Howser, M.D.(1989)

    Show 1 episode · as Marge Lester

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all shows

  • Freddy's Nightmares (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Show 1 episode · as Estonia 'Stoney' Adler

  • Saturday the 14th Strikes Back(1988)

    as Kate Baxter

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Private Road: No Trespassing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as Dave Roberts

  • Second Chance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Show 1 episode · as Wendy Worth

  • Answers(1985)

    as Mandy Morgan (Segment "A Good Time")

  • Murder, She Wrote(1984)

    Show 1 episode · as Det. Kathleen Chadwick · as Lana Whitman

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows

  • Invitation to Hell(1984)

    as Mary Peterson

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Night Partners(1983)

    as Sophie Metzman

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Hotel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Show 1 episode · as Paula

  • The Awakening of Cassie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as Sally

  • Magnum, P.I.(1980)

    Show 1 episode · as Carol Baldwin

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows

  • The Ropers(1979)

    Show 28 episodes · as Anne Brookes

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all shows

  • Dallas(1978)

    Show 1 episode · as Evelyn Michaelson (as Patricia McCormack)

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all shows

  • The Love Boat(1977)

    Show 1 episode · as Beth Donaldson

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows

  • Mobile One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Bug(1975)

    as Sylvia Ross

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Murder Impossible (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Tanya

  • Barnaby Jones(1973)

    Show 1 episode · as Angie McClaine

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all shows

  • Emergency!(1972)

    Show 1 episode · as Janet Caldwell

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows

  • Marcus Welby, M.D.(1969)

    Show 1 episode · as Dr. Newman

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows

  • The Young Animals(1968)

    as Janet

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Lancer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Show 1 episode · as Pearl Sickles

  • The Young Runaways (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    as Deannie Donford

  • The Mini-Skirt Mob(1968)

    as Edie

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Maryjane (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    as Susan Hoffman

  • Jacktown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as Margaret

  • The Explosive Generation(1961)

    as Janet Sommers

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn(1960)

    as Joanna Wilkes

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • The Chevy Mystery Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Show 1 episode · as Dotty Halsey

  • Peck's Bad Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Show 14 episodes · as Torey Peck

  • Kathy O' (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    as Kathy O'Rourke

  • All Mine to Give(1957)

    as Annabelle Eunson

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • The Clouded Image (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    as Jane

  • Wagon Train(1957)

    Show 1 episode · as Mary Ellen Thomas

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows

  • Child of Trouble (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    as Toby Green

  • The Miracle Worker (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    as Helen Keller

  • The Bad Seed(1956)

    as Rhoda Penmark

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Studio 57 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Atomic Attack (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    as Ginny Mitchell

  • Janet Dean, Registered Nurse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Two Gals and a Guy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    as Fay Oliver (uncredited)

Career shape

Star power in the 96th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 92 titles from 1951 to 2022; peak year 2022.

Biggest box office

The Master (2012)

$29M worldwide

Highest rated

Frost/Nixon (2008)

Midcredits 96th

Most popular right now

The Master (2012)

Film career

19512022

Peak 2022 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 4 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting92 of 92: 92 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score50th

By decade

1950s12 · acting1960s10 · acting1970s8 · acting1980s12 · acting1990s6 · acting2000s26 · acting2010s16 · acting2020s2 · acting

Billing

usually 6th · top billed in 6% of 16 roles
569611

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Patty McCormack's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 28th percentile, the median of the 32 of 33 with a score; across their 29 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 28th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

28thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 29

Approval · how many liked their films

29thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 29

Reach · how many have seen their films

49thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 29

Midcredits score across 60 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up18
  • 50th to 74th12
  • 25th to 49th12
  • Below 25th18

Shape of the crowd

26 of their 60 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved8
  • Cult Classic2
  • Crowd Pleaser23
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed26

Most divisive · actor

Heart of the Beholder (2005)

88th percentile spread · 27% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Sopranos (1999)

Midcredits 99th · 94% liked

Reviewers score the acting 59/100 in their films, across 27 reviewed titles; fans 74, detractors 41. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Patty McCormack's work okay for kids?

Across up to 6 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs lighter than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore5 titles23–62 · median 43 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity6 titles3–63 · median 17 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity5 titles4–72 · median 38 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs4 titlesmedian 35 · moderateMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense4 titlesmedian 58 · moderateMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Patty McCormack work with?

People who share at least 2 of Patty McCormack's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Frank von Zerneck shares the most, 4.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers