Patience Cleveland
Patience Mather Cleveland was an American film and television actress.
Biography
Cleveland was born in New York City, the youngest of six siblings, to an established New Hampshire family, where she was raised. Her older brother was James Colgate Cleveland. Her parents were Dr. Mather Cleveland and his wife Susan Colgate Cleveland. Her father wrote New Hampshire and the Civil War and The Orthopedic Service at St. Luke's Hospital, New York City, 1859-1968. Her family has longstanding ties to Colby-Sawyer College, where the family papers, including hers, are archived.She wrote The Lion Is Busy, a children's book published in 1963. She made appearances in many television shows, including Seinfeld, Everybody Loves Raymond, That's Life, The Drew Carey Show, Angel, and ER, along with voice roles in other shows such as Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law and many television commercials. She acted in several feature films, including playing the reclusive Roberta Sparrow, also known as Grandma Death, in Donnie Darko.
Cleveland married French-born American character actor Peter Hobbs on October 24, 1965 in Los Angeles. The union was apparently childless and ended in divorce in 1968.
Cleveland died from cancer in Santa Monica, California, four days after her 73rd birthday.