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Patty McCormack

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Actress

The Resume

    (August 21, 1945- )
    Birth name is Patricia Ellen Russo
    Acted in films in ‘Two Gals and a Guy (1951),' ‘The Bad Seed (1956),' ‘All Mine to Give (1957),' ‘Kathy O' (1958),' ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960),' ‘The Mini-Skirt Mob (1968),' ‘The Young Animals (1968),' ‘Mommy (1995),' ‘Mommy II: Mommy's Day (1997),' ‘The Medicine Show (2001)' and ‘Target (2004)'
    Acted in television shows ‘Mama (1949),' ‘Peck's Bad Girl (1959)' and ‘The Ropers (1979)'

Why she might be annoying:

    Despite a long career in theater, film and television, she is doomed to be remembered as Rhoda Penmark, the child murderess in ‘The Bad Seed.'
    She is sometimes confused with fellow former child star Patty Duke.
    Her sequels to ‘The Bad Seed,' ‘Mommy' and “Mommy 2,' went straight to video.
    When asked by the director of ‘The Bad Seed' how she liked playing a psychopath, she said ‘Oh Mr. Leroy, I'm having so much fun!'

Why she might not be annoying:

    She played the first (and perhaps the scariest) evil child in movie history.
    Her portrayal of Rhoda Penmark earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
    The adults she worked with found her very mature and professional.
    She had to put up with being spanked by co-star Nancy Kelly in a nutty curtain call to ‘The Bad Seed.'
    She has a memorable recurring role as Adriana's mother in ‘The Sopranos.'

Credit: Georgina


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 24 Votes: 12.50% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 9 Votes: 22.22% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 9 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 75 Votes: 41.33% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 54 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 30 Votes: 86.67% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 4 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 15 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 42 Votes: 40.48% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 20 Votes: 45.00% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 24 Votes: 45.83% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 21 Votes: 38.10% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 48 Votes: 45.83% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 66 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 104 Votes: 44.23% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 118 Votes: 45.76% Annoying