Pat was a native New Yorker who worked as a receptionist and clerk in a box factory. She met Andy Warhol later and starred in his film "Heat" with Joe Dallesandro and Sylvia Miles. Later she met a fashion designer, Roy Halston and worked in his Madison Avenue store. From there, she decided to move to Los Angeles in the mid-1970s and appeared in ...
October 21, 1941, Flatbush, New York City, New York, United States
Died
October 3, 2001, West Hollywood, California, United States
Place Of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Profession
Actress, Soundtrack
Nominations
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play
Star Sign
Libra
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Fact
1
Played a mean school teacher in Motley Crue's video "Smokin' In the Boys Room" which was similar to her character Edna in Reform School Girls (1986)
2
Was a good friend of the late Berry Berenson who died in the 9-11 tragedy. Berenson was planning Ast's 60th birthday party, which, sadly, neither would live to see.
3
Hired for the Broadway musical "Nine", but was fired by Tommy Tune after 3 months for "trying to take over the show".
4
Pat's beloved canine companion was an Australian Shepard named Winnie.
5
Pat attended Erasmus High School in Brooklyn, New York. She and Barbra Streisand were classmates, graduating the same year.
6
She met Halston at a party in New York, which led to a friendship, a job in his store on Madison Avenue, and a job as one of his models (in spite of the fact she weighed 210 pounds).
7
Her father was a comic who performed in the Catskills.
8
Friend of Andy Warhol.
9
Was a receptionist and clerk in a box factory when she met Andy Warhol and starred in some of his films. Her roles led to meeting the designer Halston at a party, and she was a model in his Madison Avenue store, although she weighed over 200 lbs.