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Trish Van Devere

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The Resume

    (March 9, 1941- )
    Born in Tenafly, New Jersey
    Birth name was Patricia Louise Dressel
    Portrayed Meredith Lord on ‘One Life to Live’ (1968)
    Appeared in the films ‘Where’s Papa?’ (1970), ‘One Is a Lonely Number’ (1972), ‘Day of the Dolphin’ (1973), ‘The Savage Is Loose’ (1974), ‘Beauty and the Beast’ (1976), ‘The Changeling’ (1979), ‘Vengeance Is Mine’ (1984), and ‘Messenger of Death’ (1988)
    Appeared on Broadway in ‘All God’s Chillun Got Wings’ (1975), ‘Sly Fox’ (1975-76), and ‘Tricks of the Trade’ (1980)
    Married to George C. Scott (1972-99)

Why she might be annoying:

    She tried to shave four years off her age, claiming 1945 as her year of birth.
    She was married to Grant Van Devere for eight months (1963-64).
    She was replaced on ‘One Life to Live’ after six months by Lynn Benesch.
    After their marriage, most of her film appearances were opposite Scott.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She and African-American actor Scott Cunningham founded the Free Southern Theater (1966) to stage free plays in fields and churches in the southern US for poor people who had never seen live theater before.
    She and Cunningham founded an offshoot, the Poor People’s Theater, in the basement of Riverside Church in Manhattan (1968).
    She suffered a miscarriage.
    She said about her relationship with Scott, ‘We are so different in many ways, but yet it's uncanny how alike we are. We have very similar emotional needs.’

Credit: C. Fishel


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    In 2023, Out of 31 Votes: 38.71% Annoying