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She was born Patricia Ellen Russo in Brooklyn, New
York, to Frank Russo, a firefighter and Elizabeth
(McCormack) Russo, a professional roller
skating|roller skater.  She was a model at the age
of four and began appearing on television at the
age of seven.  She made her motion picture debut
in Two Gals and a Guy (1951) and appeared in the
television series Mama (aka I Remember Mama) from
1953-1956. She briefly starred in her own series,
Peck's Bad Girl, in 1959.

Her Broadway theatre|Broadway debut was in
Touchstone (1953) followed by her most famous
role, as little Rhoda Penmark, an evil child with
murderous inclinations, in The Bad Seed (1954). 
She would go to star in the film version (1956)
and garner an Academy Award nomination for Best
Supporting Actress.

McCormack has continued to act in secondary roles,
mostly in television with occasional film
appearances. She has had recurring roles in
popular television series such as The Ropers,
Dallas (TV series)|Dallas, Murder, She Wrote, and
The Sopranos.

She is divorced from restaurateur Bob Catania
(married 1967) and has two children.

==References==

Rigdon, Walter (ed.) The Biographical Encyclopedia
of Who's Who of the American Theatre. New York:
James H. Heineman, Inc. c1966.

"Patty McCormack." Biography Resource Center.
Thomson Gale. February 15, 2005.