Patricia Idlette

Acting

Born October 1, 1958, Miami, Florida, US

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.

Filmography

• 2008Chaos Theory — Nurse
• 2006Past Tense — Dr. Wagner
• Psych — Martha Allen
• 2006She's the Man — Science Teacher
• 2006Tempbot
• 2006The Ron Clark Story — Devina
• 2005Bad Girls from Valley High — Woman In Dressing Room
• Battlestar Galactica — Sarah Porter
• 2004Deadly Visions — Jasmine(as Patricia Idelette)
• 2004Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed — Dr. Brookner
• 2004The Perfect Score — Receptionist
• Dead Like Me — Kiffany, Tiffany
• Romeo!
• 2003Scary Movie 3 — Mrs. Meeks
• Something Else — (voice)
• John Doe — Bureaucracy, No-nonsense Officer
• The Dead Zone — Nurse Park
• 2001Class Warfare — Lottery Attendant
• Andromeda — Council Member
• 2000Holiday Heart — Mrs. Walker
• 2000Sole Survivor — Mahalia
• 1998Floating Away — Hooker
• The Sentinel — Ms. Russo
• 1996Toe Tags
• The Outer Limits — Waitress
• 1994Out of Darkness — Police Woman
• The X-Files — Desk Clerk
• 1992Last Wish — Hospital Nurse
• 1988Hostage — Cell Mate
• 1987Hands of a Stranger — Last Rape Victim
• Adderly
• The Comedy Factory — Mavis
• The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents — Woman
• 1984Heavenly Bodies — KC
• Murder, She Wrote — Desk Person
• 1982Shock-Trauma — Nurse Malcolm