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Patricia Idlette

Profession
Acting
Born
October 1, 1958 · Miami, Florida, US

Biography

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 Man in the Mirror: The Michael Jackson Story. She appeared as Brenda's mother in Scary Movie 3 in 2003. Originally from Miami, Florida, she trained as an actress in Florida and Michigan. 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.

Known for

Scary Movie 3 poster
Scary Movie 3
Film · 2003 · ★ 6.0
The X-Files poster
The X-Files
Series · 1993 · ★ 8.4
She's the Man poster
She's the Man
Film · 2006 · ★ 6.8
Battlestar Galactica poster
Battlestar Galactica
Series · 2004 · ★ 8.2
Psych poster
Psych
Series · 2006 · ★ 7.9
The Perfect Score poster
The Perfect Score
Film · 2004 · ★ 5.8
Dead Like Me poster
Dead Like Me
Series · 2003 · ★ 7.6
Chaos Theory poster
Chaos Theory
Film · 2008 · ★ 6.4
Murder, She Wrote poster
Murder, She Wrote
Series · 1984 · ★ 7.5
Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed poster
Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed
Film · 2004 · ★ 6.5
Andromeda poster
Andromeda
Series · 2000 · ★ 7.1
The Outer Limits poster
The Outer Limits
Series · 1995 · ★ 7.7

Filmography