Pat Colbert obit

Pat Colbert Dies: Actress Who Played Dora Mae On ‘Dallas' Was 77

 

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Pat Colbert, who played the role of Dora Mae in the series Dallas, has died. She was 77.

According to multiple reports, Colbert died on June 23 at her home in Compton. Colbert had suffered three strokes over the last decade.

Colbert’s first television appearance was in 1979’s Eischiled, playing a model in the series which starred Joe Don Baker. The actress would soon co-star in Flamingo Road, sharing credits with John Beck, Woody Brown, Peter Donat, Howard Duff, Morgan Fairchild, Barbara Rush, and many more.

Throughout the 1980s, Colbert made appearances in shows like Benson (1982), The Fall Guy (1982), Knots Landing (1983), and A Death in California (1985).

Colbert also starred in CBS’s Capitol, a soap about politics in D.C., playing the character named Cora Mullens.

She first appeared in Dallas Season 7 in 1983, portraying Dora Mae, the host and manager of the Oil Baron’s Club. Colbert stayed on the nighttime soap until its final season in 1991.

After Dallas ended, she appeared in episodes of Sisters (1991) and True Colors (1991).

In film, Colbert played The Nurse in 1981’s S.O.B. and a hooker in the 1982 film Hysterical.

Colbert starred opposite Bill Cosby in the 1987 spy spoof film Leonard Part 6, playing the role of Allison Parker, the wife of Cosby’s character.

The actress would go on to have credits in films like Thom & Dusty Go to Mexico: The Lost Treasure (2014) and If Not for His Grace (2015).

A funeral for Colbert is set for July 20.

Actress

If Not for His Grace (2015)

If Not for His Grace

5.4

Sister Patterson (as Patricia Colbert)

2015

 

Thom & Dusty Go to Mexico: The Lost Treasure (2014)

Thom & Dusty Go to Mexico: The Lost Treasure

5.8

Mrs. Jackson

2014

 

Claude Brooks, Frankie Faison, Stephanie Faracy, Adam Jeffries, Nancy Walker, and Brigid Brannagh in True Colors (1990)

True Colors

7.0

TV Series

Woman

1991

1 episode

 

Sela Ward, Swoosie Kurtz, Patricia Kalember, and Sheila Kelley in Sisters (1991)

Sisters

7.5

TV Series

Esther

1991

2 episodes

 

Victoria Principal, Barbara Bel Geddes, Patrick Duffy, Larry Hagman, Charlene Tilton, Jim Davis, Linda Gray, and Steve Kanaly in Dallas (1978)

Dallas

7.1

TV Series

Dora Mae

1983–1991

67 episodes

 

Bill Cosby in Leonard Part 6 (1987)

Leonard Part 6

2.2

Allison Parker (as Pat Colbért)

1987

 

A Death in California (1985)

A Death in California

6.3

TV Mini Series

(as Pat Colbért)

1985

1 episode

 

Donna Mills, Joan Van Ark, Michele Lee, Constance McCashin, John Pleshette, and Ted Shackelford in Knots Landing (1979)

Knots Landing

6.9

TV Series

TV Reporter

1983

1 episode

 

Lee Majors and Heather Thomas in The Fall Guy (1981)

The Fall Guy

7.1

TV Series

Hooker

1982

1 episode

 

Hysterical (1982)

Hysterical

5.3

Hooker #1

1982

 

Missy Gold, Robert Guillaume, Caroline McWilliams, James Noble, Lewis J. Stadlen, and Inga Swenson in Benson (1979)

Benson

7.1

TV Series

Mrs. Francis (as Patricia Colbert)

1982

1 episode

 

Debrah Farentino, Nicholas Walker, and Jess Walton in Capitol (1982)

Capitol

7.2

TV Series

Cora Mullens (1982-1983)

1982–1987

 

S.O.B. (1981)

S.O.B.

6.4

The Nurse (as Pat Colbért)

1981

 

Flamingo Road (1980)

Flamingo Road

6.5

TV Series

1980–1981

4 episodes

 

Joe Don Baker in Eischied (1979)

Eischied

7.8

TV Series

Model #3

1979

1 episode