Patricia Tallman
Patricia Tallman Trivia
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Her height is 5' 9" (1.75 m).
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Pat's voice can be heard in the cartoon Babylon 5 parodies Frightspace and Grudgematch.
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She spends time helping struggling actors prepare for the realities of the acting business, such as auditions techniques and to help get interviews with casting directors.
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She was a student of Charles Nelson Reilly who mentored her in stage acting.
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In 2001, Patricia appeared on stage in a production of The Vagina Monologues in Northridge California.
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Jeffrey Willerth and Patricia Tallman were married on August 28, 1999. Jeffrey played the Vorlon ambassador Kosh on Babylon 5. They have a son, Julian.
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Patricia dedicates a good deal of her free time doing fund-raising activities for the children of Penny Lane, a home for abused children in North Hills, California
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Her first professional stage performance was in the off-Broadway hit "Big, Bad Burlesque" in New York City.
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She earned her bachelor's degree in Fine Arts from Carnegie Mellon University's theatre arts program in Los Angeles, California.
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She started her acting career by performing in summer stock at the Red Barn Theatre in Saugatuck, Michigan at the age of 15.
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Patricia started a business to help struggling actors and actresses with their marketing and audition techniques.
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Patricia Tallman: (talking about the misconception that all actors are overpaid) 90% of the actors you see on cable and on TV are in that range of "just barely making a living".
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Patricia Tallman: (talking about the appeal of the "Babylon 5" characters) It's a tribute to Joe (Straczynski) for having written characters that have a real journey. Nobody is 100% good, no one is 100% bad. There's something likable about each of them and there's something hateful about each of them....or at least irritating.
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Patricia Tallman: (talking about the passing of Andreas Katsulas) He was a tremendous person to work with and to have on the set.
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Patricia Tallman: (talking about working with Walter Koenig on "Babylon 5") I would tease him a lot because his eyeline tended to be kind of at my chest level and a lot of my costumes were very low cut.
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Patricia Tallman: (talking about her character "Lyta Alexander") I heard some folks describing her as having a Spock-like appeal.
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Patricia Tallman: Lyta has sort of taken on a life of her own. I looked at as an actor looks at a role.
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Patricia Tallman: (Describing the organization called "Penny Lane" that she's involved with) It's a home for kids who don't make it in regular foster care, they have been so abused, they just don't function normally.
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Patricia Tallman: (When asked why she became a stuntwoman) I always wanted to be Errol Flynn. I had taken fencing lessons in college, and loved stage combat. When I got to New York, I took period sword technique classes, as a hobby. I met some stunt people in those classes and it all went downhill from there!
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Patricia Tallman: (When asked what's in store for her after "Babylon 5" wraps up, she jokingly said) I've got an idea for a webpage called Lyta's Lingerie.
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Patricia Tallman: I've never been afraid of being typecast as the tough chick in horror movies because being typecast means you're working.
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Patricia Tallman: Stunts were my equivalent of a waitress job. I would do them for money, and did just enough to keep me going. But I would come home from those assignments in so much pain that I couldn't hold my son without wincing.
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Patricia Tallman: The only job I ever turned down was a film for a small movie company where they wanted me to be totally naked. It was silly. I said, "You don't hire me for that; you hire a Playboy bunny." You need to get somebody who looks spectacular naked, and I don't.
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