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Zoneboy · 10-12-2011, 04:13 PM

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BALTIMORE — Patricia Modell, the wife of former NFL team owner Art Modell and a longtime television actress, has died. She was 80.

Mrs. Modell was pronounced dead around 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon, the Baltimore Ravens announced after being contacted by Modell’s son. She had been hospitalized for around five months.

During a 22-year acting career, Patricia Breslin Modell performed on the New York stage, in motion pictures and on television. She starred in the “People’s Choice” television series with actor Jackie Cooper and played the role of Meg Baldwin in the soap opera “General Hospital.” She also played Laura Brooks on the prime time soap opera “Peyton Place.”

Among her many television other roles, she was a regular on “Twilight Zone,” ‘’Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” ‘’Perry Mason,” and “Maverick.”

At one point in her career, Mrs. Modell had appeared on more television shows than any other woman in U.S. history. Her record was eventually broken by one of her best friends, Lucille Ball.

She married Art Modell, former owner and president of the Cleveland Browns and Baltimore Ravens, in 1969. She retired from acting at that time and immersed herself in her family and community improvement.

In Cleveland, Mrs. Modell served on the board at Ursuline College and was active in the Make-A-Wish Foundation, the Cleveland Musical Arts Association, the Cleveland Ballet, the Playhouse Square Foundation, and the Cerebral Palsy Association. She actively supported the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, and she started and funded, along with her husband, the Hospice of the Western Reserve in Cleveland.

After Art Modell moved his football team to Baltimore in 1996, his wife served on several boards, including: House of Ruth, Gilchrist Hospice, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and The Walters Art Museum. In addition, the Modells contributed money to the St. Vincent’s Center and the Baltimore Museum of Art.

The Modells also gave $3.5 million to the Lyric Opera House, which was recently renamed the Patricia and Arthur Modell Performing Arts Center at The Lyric.

The Modells pledged $5 million to help start a public boarding school for disadvantaged students. The SEED School, which opened in the Fall of 2008, recruits middle and high school students from around the state. The gift is believed to have been one of the largest private contributions to a single public school in Maryland.

Born in New York, Patricia Modell was the daughter of Edward and Marjorie Breslin. Her father was a Special Sessions Judge in New York City. Monsignor Patrick Breslin, for whom she was named, was Judge Breslin’s eldest brother.

Mrs. Modell graduated from the Academy of Mt. St. Ursuline and the College of New Rochelle.

She is survived by her husband, two sons, John and David, and six grandchildren.

Regulus · 10-12-2011, 04:21 PM

Zoneboy · 10-12-2011, 04:29 PM

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Regulus · 10-12-2011, 05:10 PM

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I watched that episode last night!

Marvo301 · 10-12-2011, 05:59 PM

Patricia Breslin Modell

tv star collector · 10-12-2011, 07:22 PM

I liked her roles on The People's Choice and The Twilight Zone.

Family Ties Forever! · 10-12-2011, 11:53 PM

RIP

catlover79 · 10-13-2011, 03:07 AM

We knew her very well in the Cleveland area as Art Modell's wife but I had no idea she was an actress until a few years ago. That was HER in that jukebox episode of The Twilight Zone? I had no idea!!

Zoneboy · 10-13-2011, 03:21 AM

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That was HER in that jukebox episode of The Twilight Zone? I had no idea!!

You mean mystic seer.

It's ironic that in that episode she played a woman who (along with her husband) was desperate to leave Ohio and she later became a prominent resident of that state.

Brad Russ · 10-13-2011, 06:42 AM

RIP

Penny Lane · 10-13-2011, 09:59 AM

I remember her well from her role on General Hospital back in the '60's. I was an ardent fan of the show back then. RIP Patricia

catlover79 · 10-13-2011, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Zoneboy

You mean mystic seer.

It's ironic that in that episode she played a woman who (along with her husband) was desperate to leave Ohio and she later became a prominent resident of that state.

Yup, and after 1995, the Modells had to leave Ohio rather than be run out of the state on a rail!!! (I'm not kidding!!!)

born2late · 10-13-2011, 02:12 PM

RIP.

I just saw that Twilight Zone episode recently.

Penny Lane · 10-13-2011, 02:29 PM

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Yup, and after 1995, the Modells had to leave Ohio rather than be run out of the state on a rail!!! (I'm not kidding!!!)

What happened??????????????

10-12-2011, 04:13 PM	#1
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