| Pat Sheehan | |
|---|---|
| Playboy centerfold appearance | |
| October 1958 | |
| Preceded by | Teri Hope |
| Succeeded by | Joan Staley |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 7, 1931 San Francisco, California[1] |
| Died | January 14, 2006 (aged 74) |
| Measurements | Bust: 35"[1] Waist: 22" Hips: 34" |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
| Weight | 120 lb (54 kg) |
Patricia Ann Sheehan, also known as Patricia Sheehan Crosby (September 7, 1931 in San Francisco, California – January 14, 2006 in Beverly Hills, California) was an American actress and model. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its October 1958 issue.[1]
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Sheehan's father, Arthur Edmond Sheehan, was an automotive engineer and businessman and her mother, Gladys Anna Larson, worked at a hospital. Her parents divorced in 1935 just a few years after she was born.
In 1942, her brother, Arthur Sheehan, a triple-A league pitcher, was drafted into the United States Army. Working as a gunner on a flying fortress, he was promoted to staff sergeant and died after his plane was shot down over Germany; only two of nine people survived. He was later added to the San Francisco Hall of Fame.
Her brother Ed is a Jehovah's Witness and was a skilled soccer player in high school. He also played in a professional band and was in the Band Corps during World War II.
In 1949, she won the local Miss Milkmaid pageant, which launched her career. Sheehan had her first chance at fame when she won first place in the Miss San Francisco Pageant of 1950: her prize was a Gensler Lee diamond ring. She took honors for Miss San Francisco and flew to Santa Cruz, California to be on Jim Davis's KCBS Radio Show and take part in the Miss California Pageant. Shortly after the divorce, she participated in the Miss California Pageant of 1951. Two years later, in 1953, her father died of diabetes. Sheehan dated and married George Von Duuglas-Ittu on January 9, 1951 in Carson City, Nevada. George (AKA George Douglas) was a studio agent and assistant director. They divorced on January 6, 1954. Together, they had one child, Franz Nicholas Gregory Von Duuglas-Ittu (AKA Gregory Crosby), born on October 21, 1951.
Sheehan made it into her first magazine, Comedy, on July 1953. She later got into acting, performing in her first movie: The Adventures of Hajji Baba. She posed for magazines such as TV Fan and People Today. In 1955, she finally got to speak on camera in her first dialogue role in Son of Sinbad. Sheehan was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for October 1958, tied with Mara Corday. Her centerfold was photographed by Sam Wu.
She was in the movies Kismet, The French Line, Daddy Long Legs, Blondie, as well as The NBC Comedy Hour. Agnes Moorehead was her acting coach during this period.
Sheehan also became one of the six Goldwyn Girls in 1955. Gigi was her last movie, in 1958.
Shortly after Bing Crosby's first wife, Dixie Lee, died of ovarian cancer, he started dating Sheehan. Their relationship became very serious. He would fly to San Francisco to do his radio show, then would stop by Sheehan's place to pick her up for their date. Eventually, Crosby proposed to Sheehan.
On May 4, 1958, she married Crosby's son, Dennis Crosby in Las Vegas, Nevada. They had three children: Gregory Crosby; Dennis Crosby, Jr.; and Patrick Anthony Crosby. They divorced in 1964 and Sheehan never remarried, although she dated a number of famous men, including Australian actor Rod Taylor and Frank Sinatra.
For a time, Sheehan dated Elvis Presley; once she flew with him to Memphis to see his mother. She had even gone to dinner with Howard Hughes. She also modeled with actor Marlon Brando.
In her later years, Sheehan lived in Van Nuys, California with her son Gregory, a Hollywood producer and screenwriter, and his wife Spice Williams, an actress and stuntwoman.
Sheehan died of a heart attack on January 14, 2006 in Beverly Hills, California.
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