Virginia (Patsy) Garrett was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on May 4, 1921, to vaudevillian parents notable as "Mason and Gwynne." At the age of 7, she began her own entertainment career as a radio singer. Later, she sang for popular bandleaders of the day.

Although she had recurring roles on popular TV shows such as Room 222 and Nanny and the Professor, she is most remembered for something else: a technical trick in a Purina Cat Food commercial.

Despite her family-friendly persona, her earliest film role was in 1962's "The Chapman Report," a film portraying the sex lives of several suburban women, based on the Kinsey Report. Garrett appeared as "Older Married Woman" (uncredited).

She was married to Alexander Kokinacis (known as composer Nick Alexander). They had two children. She died in Indio, California, at age 93, on January 8, 2015.

Chow-chow-chow, Patsy!

--Koko-Moxie