Actress. She is best remembered for her recurring portrayal of the carefree Miss Duffy in the television adaptation of "Duffy's Tavern." Born Patrica Chapman, after attaining her degree in theatrical arts from the University of Florida, she began her career as a leading lady in stock companies. While attending a luncheon at the prestigious Beverly Hills Hotel, she was introduced to director Elliott Nugent. Impressed by her slim physique, dark good looks, and impeccable charm, he took notice of her potential and arranged for her to begin a career in the film industry beginning with her appearing under his supervision per a supporting role in "Mr. Belvedere Goes to College" (1949). From there, she would go on to flourish as a notable character actress appearing in over 30 features; often typecast as wives, mothers, love interests, old maids, housekeepers, secretaries, educators, businesswomen, landladies, neighbors, eccentrics, curmudgeons, waitresses, nurses, retail clerks, white-collared workers, sidekicks, faithful friends, busybodies, and aristocrats. She appeared in such feature films as "A Modern Marriage" (1950), "The Pace That Thrills" (1951), "Take Care of My Little Girl" (1951), "The Pride of St. Louis" (1952), "The WAC from Walla Walla" (1952), "Teenage Rebel" (1956), and "Summer and Smoke" (1961). On television, she became an even more familiar face appearing in numerous guest spots on such syndicated sitcoms as "I Married Joan," "Our Miss Brooks," "Mayor of the Town," "The Mickey Rooney Show," "Lux Video Theatre," "The Red Skelton Hour," "Chevron Hall of Stars," "Playhouse 90," "The Dennis O'Keefe Show," "Goodyear Theatre," "My Sister Eileen," "The Bob Cummings Show," "Aloca Theatre," "The Donna Reed Show," "The Flintstones," "Pete and Gladys," "The Tom Ewell Show," and "The Addams Family." During her career, she was a member of the Screen Actors Guild, was supportive of the Motion Picture and Television Fund, had been a member of the Hollywood Democratic Committee, was a regular parishioner of the Catholic church, presided as a chairwoman for her local charters of the American Red Cross and the Girl Scouts, had been a theatrical instructor for the Pasadena Playhouse, was a commercial model for the Forbes Agency, and she was the celebrity spokeswoman for the retailer Mary Quant. After withdrawing from acting in 1964, Chapman, who never married nor had any children, succeeded in going on to enjoy a more traditional pattern of life going unto a newfound occupation as customer service representative for AIG until her official retirement.