Patricia Kennedy from 0 to 79 years old

Описание: Patricia Helen Kennedy Lawford (May 6, 1924 - September 17, 2006) was an American socialite, and the sixth children and fourth daughter of Rose and Joseph Kennedy. She was the sister of President John Kennedy, Senator Robert Kennedy, and Senator Ted Kennedy, as well as the sister-in-law of Jacqueline Kennedy.
Born in Brookline, Massachusetts, Patricia attended Roehampton Sacred Heart Convent School in London, and Maplehurst Sacred Heart Convent School in Bronxville, New York. In 1945, she received a bachelor of arts degree from Rosemont College, where she was active in both directing and acting in theatrical productions.
She was considered the most sophisticated, yet also the most introverted, of her parents' five daughters. Since childhood she had a fascination with travel and Hollywood. In time, she would become a world traveler, so much so that, as a young girl, she was given assignments by the independent and foreign press to write of her travels. She wanted to be a film producer, a profession not readily open to young women in her time. Despite that, and after graduating from Rosemont College, she moved to Hollywood, in hopes of becoming a movie producer and director like her father.
She worked as a production assistant on patriotic and religious productions such as singer Kate Smith's radio program and Father Peyton's Family Rosary Crusade.
Patricia married English actor Peter Lawford on April 24, 1954 at St. Thomas More Church in New York City, twelve days before her thirtieth birthday. The couple had four children: Christopher, Sydney, Victoria, and Robin.
The relationship suffered strains as early as their brief engagement. Patricia could not tolerate Lawford's heavy drinking, extra-marital affairs, and gradual addiction to drugs. Shortly after her brother Jack's death in 1963, she filed for a legal separation, and the couple was officially divorced in February 1966. She never remarried.
After her divorce, Patricia battled alcoholism, and suffered from tongue cancer. She worked with the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum, as well as with the National Center on Addiction, and was a founder of the National Committee for the Literary Arts, for which she arranged a series of author lectures and scholarships.
She died of pneumonia aged 82 on September 17, 2006, in her Manhattan home.