Pat Sheehan

Pat Sheehan Biography

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Patricia Ann Sheehan, also known as Patricia Sheehan Crosby (September 7, 1931 in San Francisco, California " January 14, 2006 in Beverly Hills, California) was an American actress and model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its October 1958 issue.

Early life

Sheehan's father, Arthur Edmond Sheehan, was an automotive engineer and businessman and her mother, Gladys Anna Larson, worked at a hospital. Her parents divorced in 1935 just a few years after she was born.

In 1942, her brother, Arthur Sheehan, a triple-A league pitcher, was drafted into the United States Army. Working as a gunner on a flying fortress, he was promoted to staff sergeant and died after his plane was shot down over Germany; only two of nine people survived. He was later added to the San Francisco Hall of Fame.

Her brother Ed is a Jehovah's Witness and was a skilled soccer player in high school. He also played in a professional band and was in the Band Corps during World War II.

Early career

In 1949, she won the local Miss Milkmaid pageant, which launched her career. Sheehan had her first chance at fame when she won first place in the Miss San Francisco Pageant of 1950: her prize was a Gensler Lee diamond ring. She took honors for Miss San Francisco and flew to Santa Cruz, California to be on Jim Davis's KCBS Radio Show and take part in the Miss California Pageant. Shortly after the divorce, she participated in the Miss California Pageant of 1951. Two years later, in 1953, her father died of diabetes. Sheehan dated and married George Von Duuglas-Ittu on January 9, 1951 in Carson City, Nevada. George (AKA George Douglas) was a studio agent and assistant director. They divorced on January 6, 1954. Together, they had one child, Franz Nicholas Gregory Von Duuglas-Ittu (AKA Gregory Crosby), born on October 21, 1951.

Fame

Sheehan made it into her first magazine, Comedy, on July 1953. She later got into acting, performing in her first movie: The Adventures of Hajji Baba. She posed for magazines such as TV Fan and People Today. In 1955, she finally got to speak on camera in her first dialogue role in Son of Sinbad. Sheehan was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for October 1958, tied with Mara Corday. Her centerfold was photographed by Sam Wu.

She was in the movies Kismet, The French Line, Daddy Long Legs, Blondie, as well as The NBC Comedy Hour. Agnes Moorehead was her acting coach during this period.

Sheehan also became one of the six Goldwyn Girls in 1955. Gigi was her last movie, in 1958.

Shortly after Bing Crosby's first wife, Dixie Lee, died of ovarian cancer, he started dating Sheehan. Their relationship became very serious. He would fly to San Francisco to do his radio show, then would stop by Sheehan's place to pick her up for their date. Eventually, Crosby proposed to Sheehan.

On May 4, 1958, she married Crosby's son, Dennis Crosby in Las Vegas, Nevada. They had three children: Gregory Crosby; Dennis Crosby, Jr.; and Patrick Anthony Crosby. They divorced in 1964 and Sheehan never remarried, although she dated a number of famous men, including Australian actor Rod Taylor and Frank Sinatra.

For a time, Sheehan dated Elvis Presley; once she flew with him to Memphis to see his mother. She had even gone to dinner with Howard Hughes. She also modeled with actor Marlon Brando.

Later life

In her later years, Sheehan lived in Van Nuys, California with her son Gregory, a Hollywood producer and screenwriter, and his wife Spice Williams, an actress and stuntwoman.

Sheehan died of a heart attack on January 14, 2006 in Beverly Hills, California.

Magazines

TV Guide- July 1956; On the Dotted Line
TV Fan- October 1956; Most Gorgeous Gal on TV; Cover
People Today- December 1956; Walk Down the Stage Slowly; Cover
Escapade- January 1957; Cover
Tempo- April 30, 1957; Cover
Modern Man Quarterly- 1957; Cover
Peep Show- February 1958
Gala- March 1958
Times- May 19, 1958
People Today- June 1958; Dennis Crosby's Best Girl; Cover
Tempo- July 1958; Centerfold
Life- October 1958
Modern Man- October 1958
Playboy- October 1958; Cover and Centerfold
Playboy (UK)- October 1958; Centerfold
Times- December 29, 1958
Eye- August 1960; Views and Wiews: Pat Sheehan
Scene- December 1960; Dennis Crosby's Blonde Bombshell; Cover
Chicks and Chuckles - February 1961
Parade (UK)- September 1965; Cover

Filmography

The French Line (1954) (uncredited) Model
The Adventures of Hajji Baba (1954) (uncredited) Handmaiden
Kismet (1955) (uncredited), Harem Showgirl
Daddy Long Legs (film) (1955) (uncredited), Blonde
Son of Sinbad (1955) (uncredited) Harem Girl
Guys and Dolls (1955), Goldwyn Girl, as one of the Hot Box Girls (uncredited)
Man With a Gun (1955) (uncredited)
Gigi (1958) (uncredited) Blonde
Space Cowboys (2000)

Television

Blondie (1 episode, 1957) The Other Woman (1957) TV episode
The NBC Comedy Hour 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.10, and 1.17 (5 episodes, 1956) TV episode, herself, blonde actress
Texaco Star Theater (recurring episodes) Dancer
Place the Face (1955) TV episode
The Milton Berle Show (recurring episodes, 1956)
Queen For a Day (1956) TV episode, Model
Inside Beverly Hills (1956) TV episode
The Chevvy Show (1956) TV episode, herself
The Colgate Comedy Hour, episodes #5.19 and 6.7 (1955) TV episodes (uncredited) Pretty Blonde
Matinee Theater (1956) TV episode, (Uncredited) Bit Dramatic Role
People are Funny (1957) TV episode, Miss Univac

Titles

Miss Milkmaid Winner 1949
Miss San Francisco Winner 1950
Miss Golden Gate 1950
Miss World Trade 1950
Miss Pan American Airways 1950
Miss California Contestant 1951
Playboy Miss October 1958