# Patti D'Arbanville
**Patti D'Arbanville** (full name Patricia D'Arbanville) is an American actress, born in 1951 in New York, whose screen career began in [Andy Warhol](https://www.edgepedia.org/andy-warhol)'s circle in the late 1960s and has since spanned underground film, Hollywood movies, French cinema, and American television for nearly five decades.
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Birth | Born in 1951 in New York, NY; full name Patricia D'Arbanville[1](https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/darbanville-patti-1951) |
| Screen debut | Small role as Patti, Geri's lover, in the Warhol-produced underground film *Flesh* (1968), directed by Paul Morrissey[2](https://www.fandango.com/people/patti-darbanville-143877) |
| Early signature roles | Title role in David Hamilton's *Bilitis*; Sally Johnson in *Big Wednesday* (1978); Shirley in *Time After Time* (1979)[1](https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/darbanville-patti-1951) |
| Major television roles | Lieutenant Virginia Cooper in *New York Undercover* (Fox, 1994 to 1997); Selena Davis in *Guiding Light* (1998 to 2000); Rose Boscorelli in *Third Watch* (2000 to 2005); Lorraine Calluzzo in *The Sopranos* (2004)[1](https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/darbanville-patti-1951) |
| Film output | 23 films spanning 1968 to 2017, with a combined worldwide box office of $292 million for the 13 films that have a worldwide figure[3](https://www.netflixmovies.com/s/actor/patti-d-arbanville) |
| Awards | DramaLogue Award for best actress, c. 1987, for *Italian American Reconciliation*; Soap Opera Digest Award nomination, favorite scene stealer, 2000, for *Guiding Light*[1](https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/darbanville-patti-1951) |
| Song subject | The subject of "Lady D'Arbanville" by Cat Stevens on his album *Mona Bone Jakon*[4](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001091/) |
## Discovery by Warhol and early film work
D'Arbanville was working as a teen disc jockey in her early teens when Andy Warhol discovered her and cast her in a small role in the underground film *Flesh* (1968), directed by Paul Morrissey[2](https://www.fandango.com/people/patti-darbanville-143877). IMDb's biographical summary says she was 17 before her mother allowed her to appear in a Warhol project, and that her start in *Flesh* was followed by a string of movies that included some degree of nudity[4](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001091/). While a fringe member of Warhol's Factory, she began modeling and moved to France at age 16 to continue her modeling career[2](https://www.fandango.com/people/patti-darbanville-143877).
Her French period produced several credits recorded by Encyclopedia.com: *La Maison* (also known as *The House*, 1970), *La Saignee* (1971), and *L'Amour* (1973), the Warhol-associated film in which she appeared after *Flesh*[1](https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/darbanville-patti-1951). She also took the title role in *Bilitis*, a David Hamilton film; the 1999 International Television and Video Almanac notes she was fluent in French and worked in French films until 1973, when she moved to Los Angeles[5](https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-International-Television-Almanac/1999/International-Television-%26-Video-Almanac-1999-Whos-Who.pdf). Encyclopedia.com dates *Bilitis* to 1976, while a separate profile places it in 1977[1](https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/darbanville-patti-1951) • [6](https://profilbaru.com/dag/Patti_D%27Arbanville).
## Hollywood career in the 1970s and 1980s
Back in American features, D'Arbanville played Betty Fargo in *Rancho Deluxe* ([United Artists](https://www.edgepedia.org/united-artists), 1975), then moved through a run of studio pictures: *Big Wednesday* (Warner Bros., 1978), *The Main Event* (Warner Bros., 1979, as Donna Washington), *Time After Time* (Warner Bros., 1979, as Shirley), *Hog Wild* (1980), *The Fifth Floor* (1980), and *Modern Problems* (Twentieth Century-Fox, 1981)[1](https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/darbanville-patti-1951).
The mid-1980s brought *The Boys Next Door* (1985), *Real Genius* (TriStar, 1985, as Sherry Nugil), *Call Me* (1988, as Cori), and *Fresh Horses* (Columbia, 1988), followed by *Wired* (1989), in which she played [Cathy Smith](https://www.edgepedia.org/cathy-smith)[1](https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/darbanville-patti-1951). Of her 23 listed films, the top grossers by worldwide box office are *Perfect Stranger* (2007, $73.1 million), *Morning Glory* (2010, $60 million), and *The Main Event* (1979, $45 million); the eight biggest earners account for 97 percent of her combined total[3](https://www.netflixmovies.com/s/actor/patti-d-arbanville).
She worked occasionally in later studio and independent films: *The Fan* (1996, as Ellen Renard, credited as Patti D'Arbanville-Quinn), *Fathers' Day* (1997, as Shirley Trainor), an uncredited turn as Mrs. Shivers in *I Know What You Did Last Summer* (1997), *Celebrity* (Miramax, 1998, as Iris), *Personal Velocity* (2002, as Celia), *World Trade Center* (Paramount, 2006), *Perfect Stranger* (2007, as Esmeralda), and *The Marconi Bros.* (2008)[1](https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/darbanville-patti-1951). Her latest listed film appearance is as herself in *Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex Fashion & Disco* (2017)[3](https://www.netflixmovies.com/s/actor/patti-d-arbanville).
## Television
D'Arbanville's television work outgrew her film visibility from the mid-1990s. Her series roles include Amber Twine in *[Wiseguy](https://www.edgepedia.org/wiseguy-tv-series)* (CBS, 1989), Christy Carson in *Another World* (NBC, 1992 to 1993), Roxanne in *South Beach* (NBC, 1993), and Lieutenant Virginia Cooper in *New York Undercover* (Fox, 1994 to 1997), credited as Patti D'Arbanville-Quinn[1](https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/darbanville-patti-1951). On daytime she played Selena Davis on *Guiding Light* (CBS, 1998 to 2000), and on prime-time drama she was Rose Boscorelli on *Third Watch* (NBC, 2000 to 2005)[1](https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/darbanville-patti-1951).
Guest appearances ran across four decades of American episodic television, including *Charlie's Angels* (1980), *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), *Miami Vice* (1985), *Law & Order* (1992), *My So-Called Life* (1994, as Amber Vallon in three episodes), *Homicide: Life on the Street* (1998), and *Law & Order: Criminal Intent* (2007)[1](https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/darbanville-patti-1951). In 2004 she appeared as Lorraine Calluzzo in three episodes of HBO's *The Sopranos*[1](https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/darbanville-patti-1951), and in 2017 she played Lorna Tannetti in five episodes of the first season of *The Sinner*[7](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne-112387/filmographie/).
## Stage and honors
She trained for the stage with Herbert Berghof around 1972[1](https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/darbanville-patti-1951). Her recorded stage appearance is as Janice in [John Patrick Shanley](https://www.edgepedia.org/john-patrick-shanley)'s *Italian American Reconciliation* at the GNU Theatre in Los Angeles in 1987, for which she won the DramaLogue Award for best actress[1](https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/darbanville-patti-1951) • [5](https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-International-Television-Almanac/1999/International-Television-%26-Video-Almanac-1999-Whos-Who.pdf). In 2000 she received a Soap Opera Digest Award nomination as favorite scene stealer for *Guiding Light*[1](https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/darbanville-patti-1951).
## Personal life
Encyclopedia.com records her parents as George D'Arbanville, a bartender, and Jean Egan D'Arbanville, an artist, and three marriages: to the actor Roger Miremont on August 1, 1975 (some sources cite 1976; divorced 1980), to the actor, singer, and farmer Steve Curry on April 26, 1980 (divorced 1981), and to Terry Quinn, a firefighter and bar owner, on June 15, 1993 (divorced March 12, 2002)[1](https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/darbanville-patti-1951). Her children are Jesse Wayne, with the actor [Don Johnson](https://www.edgepedia.org/don-johnson), and, from her third marriage, Emmelyn, Alexandra, and Liam[1](https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/darbanville-patti-1951).
## In popular culture
[Cat Stevens](https://www.edgepedia.org/cat-stevens) made her the subject of the song "Lady D'Arbanville" on his album *Mona Bone Jakon*[4](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001091/).
## References
1. [D'Arbanville, Patti 1951–, Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television via Encyclopedia.com](https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/darbanville-patti-1951)
2. [Patti D'Arbanville Overview and Biography, Fandango](https://www.fandango.com/people/patti-darbanville-143877)
3. [Patti D'Arbanville Movies, NetflixMovies.com](https://www.netflixmovies.com/s/actor/patti-d-arbanville)
4. [Patti D'Arbanville, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001091/)
5. [International Television & Video Almanac 1999, Who's Who, via World Radio History](https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-International-Television-Almanac/1999/International-Television-%26-Video-Almanac-1999-Whos-Who.pdf)
6. [Patti D'Arbanville profile](https://profilbaru.com/dag/Patti_D%27Arbanville)
7. [Patti D'Arbanville : Filmographie, AlloCiné](https://www.allocine.fr/personne/fichepersonne-112387/filmographie/)
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*Topic: Encyclopedia › Arts and culture › Screen and stage › Film and television › Screen people and creators › Screen actors of the Anglosphere and Europe › American actors: 1970s to 1990s › Surnames D to Di*
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