Lorna Patterson is an American

United States

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 film, stage and television actress.

Patterson was born in Whittier, California

Whittier, California

Whittier is a city in Los Angeles County, California about southeast of Los Angeles. The city had a population of 85,331 at the 2010 census, up from 83,680 as of the 2000 census, and encompasses 14.7 square miles . Like nearby Montebello, the city constitutes part of the Gateway Cities...

, where she attended Rio Hondo College

Rio Hondo College

Rio Hondo College is a community college located in the city of Whittier, California, United States, named after the Rio Hondo. It was founded in 1960 and mainly serves the cities of Whittier, Pico Rivera, Santa Fe Springs, El Monte, and South El Monte...

 for a single semester. She is a founding member of the Musical Theatre Guild and has appeared in many stage musicals. She is perhaps best known for her role as Randy, the blonde stewardess in the 1980

1980 in film

- Events :* May 21 - Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back is released and is the biggest grosser of the year ....

 comedy hit, Airplane!

Airplane!

Airplane! is a 1980 American satirical comedy film directed and written by David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker and released by Paramount Pictures...

, and for her lead role in the television version

Private Benjamin (TV series)

Private Benjamin is an American sitcom based on the movie of the same name. The show aired on CBS from April 6, 1981, to January 10, 1983. Eileen Brennan, who reprised her role from the film, won an Emmy and Golden Globe Award for her work on the series....

 of the film Private Benjamin

Private Benjamin

Private Benjamin is a 1980 American comedy film starring Goldie Hawn. The film was one of the biggest box office hits of 1980, and also spawned a short-lived television series. The film is ranked 82 on the American Film Institute's "100 Funniest Movies" poll, and 59 on Bravo's "100 Funniest...

.

Patterson was married to actor Robert Ginty

Robert Ginty

Robert Ginty was an American movie actor, producer, scenarist, and director of movies and TV series episodes.-Early life:...

. She is currently married to actor/director Michael Lembeck

Michael Lembeck

Michael Lembeck is an actor, television and film director.Lembeck was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Caroline and Harvey Lembeck, an actor and comedian. He began acting in the late-1960s and directing in the 1970s. His most notable acting role was as Julie Cooper's husband, Max Horvath, on...

, and the couple have two children. Patterson converted to Judaism

Judaism

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 a few years after marrying Lembeck, after having developed an interest in the religion and completing courses in The Louis and Judith Miller Introduction to Judaism Program, a division of the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies

Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies

The Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies, informally known as the "Ziegler School" or simply "Ziegler", is the graduate program of study leading to Ordination as Conservative Rabbis at the American Jewish University...

 at the American Jewish University.

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