Patricia McQueeney, Ford's longtime manager, 77
McQueeney dies
SepT 8, 2005
Patricia McQueeney, who was Harrison Ford's longtime talent manager and a former personality on NBC's "Today," has died.
McQueeney died Sunday at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica after a brief illness. She was 77.
McQueeney was Ford's manager for more than 30 years, until the time of her death. When she launched her management company, McQueeney Management Inc., in 1970, Ford was one of her original clients along with other actors including Cindy Williams, Candy Clark, Mackenzie Phillips, Charlie Martin Smith, Teri Garr and Frederic Forrest.
McQueeney's fledgling company experienced a windfall after many of those clients appeared in George Lucas' 1973 hit film "American Graffiti." But because of the demands of Ford's career in particular, McQueeney ultimately ended up representing him exclusively as both his talent agent and his manager.
Born Patricia Noonan in Bridgeport, Conn., McQueeney married actor Robert McQueeney at age 17 and moved to Queens, N.Y., where their three children were born. It wasn't until their 12-year marriage ended that McQueeney embarked on her five-decade career in the entertainment industry.
She got her start as a model using the name Patricia Scott and later became a television spokesperson for such accounts as Revlon, AT&T and Eastman Kodak.
In the late 1950s, she was hired as a co-host for "Today" alongside the show's then-host Dave Garroway. She wrote her own interviews and feature spots and did many of the commercials on the show, where she remained until 1964, when she headed to California to continue her career in TV commercials before launching her company six years later.
Throughout her career, McQueeney was active in many organizations, including the California Entertainment Commission, the board of directors of Blue Ribbon 400 and the founders group of supporters at the Los Angeles County Music Center for the Performing Arts.
She is survived by her children -- Bryan McQueeney, Kathleen Reynolds and Barbara McQueeney -- and six grandchildren.
Services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday at Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Beverly Hills. The family is asking that donations be made to McQueeney's favorite charity, Ride On Therapeutic Horsemanship, which teaches horseback riding to people with physical and mental disabilities.
McQueeney died Sunday at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica after a brief illness. She was 77.
McQueeney was Ford's manager for more than 30 years, until the time of her death. When she launched her management company, McQueeney Management Inc., in 1970, Ford was one of her original clients along with other actors including Cindy Williams, Candy Clark, Mackenzie Phillips, Charlie Martin Smith, Teri Garr and Frederic Forrest.
McQueeney's fledgling company experienced a windfall after many of those clients appeared in George Lucas' 1973 hit film "American Graffiti." But because of the demands of Ford's career in particular, McQueeney ultimately ended up representing him exclusively as both his talent agent and his manager.
Born Patricia Noonan in Bridgeport, Conn., McQueeney married actor Robert McQueeney at age 17 and moved to Queens, N.Y., where their three children were born. It wasn't until their 12-year marriage ended that McQueeney embarked on her five-decade career in the entertainment industry.
She got her start as a model using the name Patricia Scott and later became a television spokesperson for such accounts as Revlon, AT&T and Eastman Kodak.
In the late 1950s, she was hired as a co-host for "Today" alongside the show's then-host Dave Garroway. She wrote her own interviews and feature spots and did many of the commercials on the show, where she remained until 1964, when she headed to California to continue her career in TV commercials before launching her company six years later.
Throughout her career, McQueeney was active in many organizations, including the California Entertainment Commission, the board of directors of Blue Ribbon 400 and the founders group of supporters at the Los Angeles County Music Center for the Performing Arts.
She is survived by her children -- Bryan McQueeney, Kathleen Reynolds and Barbara McQueeney -- and six grandchildren.
Services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday at Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Beverly Hills. The family is asking that donations be made to McQueeney's favorite charity, Ride On Therapeutic Horsemanship, which teaches horseback riding to people with physical and mental disabilities.
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