Patty McCormack

Biography: A professional model at the age of four, Patty McCormack made her first TV appearance at seven, and within a year was a regular on the weekly series I Remember Mama. McCormack skyrocketed to stardom as the homicidal ten-year-old Rhoda Penmark in Maxwell Anderson's 1954 Broadway play The Bad Seed. She repeated this unforgettable characterization onscreen in 1956, earning an Oscar nomination. Though a versatile young actress, she had trouble securing worthwhile roles after Bad Seed, though she did star in the 1957 film comedy Kathy O' and played the title character in Peck's Bad Girl (1959), television's first videotaped sitcom. In the 1960s she sang with a rock band and appeared in a brief spate of psychedelic B-pictures bearing such titles as The Miniskirt Mob (1967) and The Young Runaways (1968). Thereafter, she returned to the screen only sporadically, concentrating on her family and her various business interests. In 1995 Patty McCormack brought Rhoda Penmark up to date inA professional model at the age of four, Patty McCormack made her first TV appearance at seven, and within a year was a regular on the weekly series I Remember Mama. McCormack skyrocketed to stardom as the homicidal ten-year-old Rhoda Penmark in Maxwell Anderson's 1954 Broadway play The Bad Seed. She repeated this unforgettable characterization onscreen in 1956, earning an Oscar nomination. Though a versatile young actress, she had trouble securing worthwhile roles after Bad Seed, though she did star in the 1957 film comedy Kathy O' and played the title character in Peck's Bad Girl (1959), television's first videotaped sitcom. In the 1960s she sang with a rock band and appeared in a brief spate of psychedelic B-pictures bearing such titles as The Miniskirt Mob (1967) and The Young Runaways (1968). Thereafter, she returned to the screen only sporadically, concentrating on her family and her various business interests. In 1995 Patty McCormack brought Rhoda Penmark up to date in Mommy, in which she played a murderous (but loving!) parent. Expand

Patty McCormack's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average career score: 65
Highest Metascore: 86 The Master
Lowest Metascore: 42 Bug
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 4
  2. Negative: 0 out of 4
4 movie reviews
Title: Year: Credit: User score:
tbd Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity Jul 13, 2018 Herself 3.6
86 The Master Sep 14, 2012 Mildred Drummond 7.3
80 Frost/Nixon Dec 5, 2008 Pat Nixon 7.8
42 Bug Jun 6, 1975 Sylvia Ross tbd
51 The Bad Seed Sep 12, 1956 Rhoda Penmark / Rhoda Penmark tbd