Patty Halliwell

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Patty Halliwell

Finola Hughes as Patty Halliwell
First appearance:
      "Thank You for Not Morphing"
Last appearance:
      "Forever Charmed"
Created by: Constance M. Burge
Statistics
Full name: Patricia Halliwell
Status: Deceased
Species: Witch, Ghost
Affiliation: The Charmed Ones
Notable
family:		 Children Prue Halliwell, Piper Halliwell, Phoebe Halliwell, Paige Matthews
Parents Penelope Halliwell and Allen Halliwell
Ex-husband Victor Bennett
Lover Samuel Wilder.
Notable
powers:		 Aside from the basic powers of a magical witch, such as spellcasting and scrying, Patty possesses the gifts of:
  • Molecular immobilization
Portrayed
by:		 Finola Hughes, Alyssa Milano[1]

Patricia "Patty" Halliwell is a fictional character on the WB television series Charmed. Patty Halliwell is the mother of the "Charmed Ones" (Prue, Piper, Phoebe, and Paige) on the series. She is played by actress Finola Hughes.

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[edit] Fictional biography

Patty was born on April 5, 1950[2] She was the only child of Allen Halliwell and Penelope Johnson. She is a descendant of Melinda Warren, and had the power of molecular immobilization.

Patty was taught by her mother the art of magic. When she was nine, Patty invented spells to counter the ones her mother cast.]][3]

Patty had married the mortal Victor Bennett, and gave birth to Prue, Piper, and Phoebe.[4] When Victor learned that she was a witch, and that their children are also witches, he had a hard time coping. It was around this time that Patty and her Whitelighter, Sam Wilder, began seeing each other romantically.[5] Irritated by Sam's constant involvement in their lives and with magic in general, Victor left the family out of frustration for a few months.

During the separation, Patty was kidnapped by a warlock named Nicholas. Sensing that she was pregnant with the third Charmed One, Nicholas forced Patty to give him immunity from their powers in exchange for the lives of her daughters. It was because of this that Patty and Grams' had to bind the girls' powers so that Nicholas couldn't gain access to them.[4]

Patty and Victor later divorced.

During this time after the divorce, Sam and Patty's relationship grew and Patty became pregnant with his child. She gave birth to a fourth girl on August 2, 1977. Since witches and Whitelighters were not allowed to be involved, this fact had to be kept secret from the Elders. Therefore, to protect her youngest daughter from both sides of magic, she gave the baby up anonymously to a church, with the single request that her daughter's name begin with a "P".[6]

Patty freezing Sam, with the water demon rising in the background.
Patty freezing Sam, with the water demon rising in the background.

On February 28, 1978 during an attempt to vanquish a Water Demon in a summer camp's lake, Patty was distracted by an overprotective Sam. She was forced to freeze him, but the Demon used this opportunity to drown her from the inside out. Years later, her idea of using a combination of magic and electricity to vanquish the demon was carried out by Prue, Piper and Sam.[5]

Patty became a spirit after her death and watched over her daughters from the spirit realm. She took ghostly shape to aid her daughter Prue when she was nearly drowned by the Demon of Fear, Barbas. Later she was allowed to occasionally take corporeal form among the living. The first time this happened was when she was allowed to attend the wedding of Piper and Leo Wyatt, as an apology for the Elders putting the two of them through so much agony.[7]

She was allowed to become corporeal again when she told Piper and Phoebe about their fourth sister, Paige Matthews, after Prue's funeral,[6] and again when she was summoned by Grams in order to choose sides between Victor and herself over whether or not Leo would be a danger to the girls after Victor called upon her as an objective third party. She sided with Victor causing Grams to go off in a huff and reversed the spell upon the girls that Grams had cast. She managed to summon Grams back for the Wiccaning and she and Victor both felt they made up a little for their lost time parenting the girls in this instance. Both she and Grams returned to aid Piper in the series finale.[8]

In the finale Piper and Leo travel back in time using Coop's (a Cupid) ring to save Phoebe and Paige from death. Piper wasn't specific enough about where she wanted to go and apparently ended up traveling to when Phoebe was concived and her parents were still together. Upon hearing of her daughters' deaths Patty insisted on coming to help them out and came up with the plan to form a new Power of Three with Grams. She travels first to the far future with Piper and Leo and then to a time when Grams was comforting a young Piper. She didn't know she was dead then and after Grams fainted upon seeing her Piper was forced to tell her. Piper also kept dodging the subject of Prue not wanting to tell her of her death. Patty convinced Grams to help by revealing the girls as the Charmed Ones and with Grams and Piper recited a spell to remove the Hollow from the past Charmed Ones and Billie and Christy changing the future. She was later reunited with Victor and was shocked to find out they were divorced from him. He comforted her though telling her it was a long time ago. At the end she joined everyone after it was over and revealed that she now knew of Prue's death thanks to Victor but was okay after hearing it because of Paige. She was returned to her own time by Coop and her memory of it was erased.

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[edit] Hughes, on the filming of her final episode

  • Regarding the taping of her last appearance on the series, this is what actress Finola Hughes had to say: Have been on the set of "Charmed" for this last week. Hours have been long. Those girls work so hard. They are the funniest when they are all together, I love working on sets that are so relaxed, this show has always been like that. This episode is going to be quite amazing, lots of special effects, and a great ending. I am already plotting how I can steal the cute Juicy hoody that Alyssa is wearing in the final episode. It has a frilly bustle, and puffy sleeves. I wannit! I'm thinking I can sneak into wardrobe on the last day. Well, they won't need it again, right? You wait till you see it, you'll want it too. Though perhaps you are not quite as obsessive about the puffy sleeve movement as I am. Cannot get over how stunning the 'charmed ones' are. Rose, with her ridiculous porcelain skin, Alyssa with perfect bone structure, and the radiant, gorgeous Holly, they are the main reason the show has been this huge hit, their camaraderie and chemistry. I return as the mom, (well dead, you know) and get to wear these fab '70's togs. Everything is vintage that wardrobe found for me, the pants are crazy cords that sweep the ground, really funny! Has anyone read this? I thought it was great and very sweet Love Finola.[9]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Thank You for Not Morphing". Charmed. The WB Television Network. 1998-10-21. Milano portrayed Patty in a video being watched by the sisters.
  2. ^ "Pardon My Past". Charmed. The WB Television Network. 2000-02-17.
  3. ^ "Cheaper by the Coven". Charmed. The WB Television Network.
  4. ^ a b "That '70s Episode". Charmed. The WB Television Network. 1999-04-07.
  5. ^ a b "P3 H2O". Charmed. The WB Television Network. 1999-12-08.
  6. ^ a b "Charmed Again (Part 1)". Charmed. The WB Television Network. 2001-10-04.
  7. ^ "Just Harried". Charmed. The WB Television Network. 2001-02-22.
  8. ^ "Forever Charmed". Charmed. The WB Television Network. 2006-05-21.
  9. ^ Charmed Street Team. Charmed Street Team. Retrieved on 2006-12-29.
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