Patty Andrews was born in Mound, Minnesota on 16 February 1918, the daughter of Peter Andreos (changed to 'Andrews' upon arriving in the US) and Olga Sollie. Her real name was Patricia Marie. Her father was a Greek Catholic immigrant and her mother a Lutheran from Norway who ran the pure food café, a Greek café in Minneapolis which was located adjacent to the Orpheum Theater. Her sisters were Lavern Sophie born July 6, 1911, died 1967 (cancer); Maxene Angelyn born Jan. 3, 1916, died October 1995 of a heart attack while on vacation at Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Peter Andrews did not think it honorable to have his daughters in show business and decided they should go back to school and become secretaries. Maxine was only four when she first appeared on her first radio broadcast in Minneapolis. By the time she was six she was entertaining at veterans hospitals, for the Mayor of Minneapolis and at Daughters of American Revolution luncheons. Laverne started the trio of sisters and they appeared in kiddie revues on local radio stations and at the Orpheum in their hometown of Minneapolis. It was there they were discovered by Larry Rich, who offered them a job with his traveling revue. Patty was only ten at the time. They began their career in New York city with Jack Belasco's orchestra and later with Ted Mack making the Vaudeville circuit. In 1937 they were heard by recording executive, Dave Kapp and they began a long association with a string of hits. In 1953, the group broke up with Laverne going to New York to study dramatics. Laverne became a career housewife and Patti stayed in show business as a single after their hopes and ambitions clashed with one another. In 1956 they regrouped and sang in Las Vegas at the Flamingo Hotel along with a host of TV offers and a new Capitol recording contract. Their first major hit was "Bei Mir Bist Du Schon", was very well liked by Nazi Germany, until the discovery that the songwriters were a Jewish race. Other top hits included "Don't Fence Me In", "Apple Blossom Time", "Rum and Coca Cola", and "I Can Dream, Can't I?", in 1937.

Фільмографія

• 1990Abbott and Costello in the Movies — Archival
• 1970The Phynx — Patty Andrews
• Here's Lucy — Patty Andrews
• 1955Music Land — Singer (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1948Little Toot — Patty Andrews (voice)
• 1948Melody Time — Patty Andrews (voice)
• 1947Road to Rio — Patty Andrews
• 1946Johnny Fedora and Alice Blue Bonnet — Voice
• 1946Make Mine Music — Andrews Sisters (singing voice) (uncredited)
• 1945Her Lucky Night — Patty
• 1944Follow the Boys — Patty Andrews (as The Andrews Sisters)
• 1944Moonlight and Cactus — Patty
• 1944Swingtime Johnny — Patty Andrews
• 1943Always a Bridesmaid — Patty Andrews
• 1943How's About It — Patty Andrews
• 1942Give Out, Sisters — Patty
• 1942Private Buckaroo — Patty Andrews
• 1942What's Cookin'? — Patty Andrews
• 1941Buck Privates — Patty Andrews
• 1941In the Navy — Patty Andrews
• 1941Затримайте цього привида — Patty Andrews
• 1940Argentine Nights — Patty

Ток-шоу, премії та інші появи (12)

• Legends — Self - The Andrews Sisters (archive footage)
• 1981Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life — Self (as The Andrews Sisters)
• 1980The Gong Show Movie — Herself
• 1975Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? — Self (archive footage)
• 1974One More Time — Self
• «Сьогодні ввечері» з Джонні Карсоном — Self
• Шоу Мерва Ґріффіна — Self
• What's My Line? — Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show — Self
• 1944Hollywood Canteen — Self - The Andrews Sisters
• 1941Screen Snapshots Series 21 No. 1 — Self
• 1936New Shoes — Herself - The Andrews Sisters