Patricia Neway

About

Singer and Tony Award-winning musical theater performer who played the role of Mother Abbess in the original 1959 Broadway production of The Sound of Music.

Before Fame

She graduated from Notre Dame College prior to beginning her stage career. She debuted on Broadway in a 1942 production of La vie parisienne.

Trivia

She appeared on the television show Breaking Point and in the television movie Golden Child.

Family Life

She married second husband John Francis Byme in 1968.

Associated With

She appeared in the original Broadway production of The Sound of Music; the musical starred Mary Martin as Maria.