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Patricia Idlette

ActorBorn October 1, 1958 (66 years)
Patricia Idlette is an American actress known for her role as Kiffany in Showtime's Dead Like Me. She also appeared in four episodes of Battlestar Galactica as politician Sarah Porter, and as Melanie Blackstone in the miniseries Amerika. Idlette portrayed Katherine Jackson, mother of Michael Jackson, in the 2004 biopic Man in the Mirror: The Michael Jackson Story. She appeared as Brenda's mother in Scary Movie 3 in 2003.

Originally from Miami, Florida, she trained as an actress in Florida and Michigan. She moved to Canada to join the repertory company of the Stratford Festival, acting in productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream, Antony and Cleopatra, The Winter's Tale, The Merchant of Venice, As You Like It and Medea. She remained based in Canada for many years, acting on stage in Toronto and Vancouver and appearing as a guest actor in television series such as Street Legal, The Littlest Hobo, Adderly, Katts and Dog and The X-Files.

She garnered a Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination for Best Performance by a Female in a Featured Role for her performance in Susan G. Cole's play A Fertile Imagination.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Ginger Snaps II: Unleashed
  • Andromeda
  • The Ron Clark Story
  • The Dead Zone
  • Frankie & Hazel
  • Rin Tin Tin: K-9 Cop
  • Reckless Disregard

Known For

  • Man in the Mirror: The Michael Jackson Story
  • Heavenly Bodies
  • Deadly Visions
  • Past Tense
  • Between Friends
  • Toe Tags

Filmography

2007
Chaos Theory · as Nurse
2006
2006
Past Tense · as Dr. Wagner
2006
Psych (TV Series) · as Desk Sergeant
2006
She's the Man · as Science Teacher
2006
A Little Thing Called Murder · as Female Inmate
2006
2005
Terminal City (TV Series) · as Louise
2005
Bad Girls from Valley High · as Woman In Dressing Room
2005
Amber Frey: Witness for the Prosecution · as Dispatch Officer #2
2004
Deadly Visions · as Jasmine
2004
Battlestar Galactica (2003) (TV Series) · as Sarah Porter
2004
2004
Meltdown · as 911 Operator
2004
The Perfect Score · as Receptionist
2004
2004
The L Word (TV Series) · as Technician
2004
The Goodbye Girl · as Improv Troupe
2003
Scary Movie 3 · as Mrs. Meeks
2003
Romeo! (TV Series)
2003
The Delicate Art of Parking · as Female Doctor
2003
Dead Like Me (TV Series) · as Kiffany
2002
John Doe (TV Series) · as Bureaucracy
2002
2002
Mucha Lucha (TV Series) · as Cast
2002
The Dead Zone (TV Series) · as Nurse Park
2001
Class Warfare · as Lottery Attendant
2000
Air Bud: World Pup · as Mrs. Brimstone
2000
Holiday Heart · as Mrs. Walker
2000
Freedom (US) (TV Series) · as Cast
2000
2000
Andromeda (TV Series) · as Council Member
2000
Sole Survivor · as Mahalia
1999
Yvon of the Yukon (TV Series) · as Latrina
1998
7 Days (TV Series) · as Janice
1998
Floating Away · as Hooker
1997
1996
The Sentinel (TV Series) · as Ms. Russo
1996
1995
The Outer Limits (1995) (TV Series) · as Waitress
1994
Children of the Dark · as Checkout Person
1994
Out of Darkness · as Police Woman
1993
South of Sunset (TV Series) · as Martha
1993
NYPD Blue (TV Series) · as Civilian Assistant
1993
The X-Files (TV Series) · as Desk Clerk
1992
Quiet Killer · as Gayle
1992
Last Wish · as Hospital Nurse
1991
Drop Dead Gorgeous · as Newscaster
1990
Top Cops (TV Series) · as Elderly Lady
1989
The Dream Team · as Woman At Police Station
1988
Rin Tin Tin: K-9 Cop (TV Series) · as Deannie Bennet
1988
Hostage · as Cell Mate
1988
T and T (TV Series) · as Audrey Gideon
1987
Hands of a Stranger · as Last Rape Victim
1987
Amerika (TV Series) · as Melanie Blackstone
1987
Street Legal (TV Series) · as Crown
1986
Adderly (TV Series)
1985
The Twilight Zone (1985) (TV Series) · as Susan
1985
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985) (TV Series) · as Woman
1985
The Undergrads · as Nurse
1985
Reckless Disregard · as Receptionist
1984
1984
Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) · as Desk Person
1983
Between Friends · as Carolyn
1982
Shocktrauma · as Nurse Malcolm
1979
The Littlest Hobo (TV Series) · as Beth Mclean
1954
Disneyland (TV Series) · as Josie

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