Biography
Patricia Campbell Hearst (born February 20, 1954) is the granddaughter of American publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst. She first became known for the events following her 1974 kidnapping by the Symbionese Liberation Army. She was found and arrested 19 months after being abducted, by which time she was a fugitive wanted for serious crimes committed with members of the group. She was held in custody, and there was speculation before trial that her family's resources would enable her to avo...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Bad Hostage
2024
as Self (archive footage)
In a investigation into the pernicious origins of Stockholm Syndrome, a thrilling family story intersects with a dramatic bank robbery in Sweden (1973...
Third Eye Spies
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Two physicists discover psychic abilities are real only to have their experiments at Stanford co-opted by the CIA and their research silenced by the d...
Pottersville
2017
Executive Producer
Maynard, a beloved local businessman is mistaken for the legendary Bigfoot during an inebriated romp through town in a makeshift gorilla costume. The ...
Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold
2017
as Self
Griffin Dunne’s years-in-the-making documentary portrait of his aunt Joan Didion moves with the spirit of her uncannily lucid writing: the film simult...
Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst
2004
as Herself (archive footage)
A documentary on the curious American domestic terrorist group, infamous for the 1974 kidnapping of Patty Hearst.
A Dirty Shame
2004
as Paige
Sylvia Stickles runs a convenience store with her husband and mother-in-law. One day, Sylvia is hit on the head and transforms from an uptight prude t...
Second Best
2004
as Alana
Jealousy overwhelms a group of friends, particularly struggling writer Elliot, as they prepare for the homecoming of their old friend, a wildly succes...
The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Hugh Hefner
2001
as Self
The Comedy Central Roasts are a series of celebrity roast specials which air on the Comedy Central cable network. This one is for Hugh Hefner.
Pie in the Sky: The Brigid Berlin Story
2000
as Self
Documentary about American artist and former Warhol superstar, Brigid Berlin.
Cecil B. Demented
2000
as Fidget's Mom
A young lunatic director and his devoted cult of cinema terrorists kidnap a Hollywood movie goddess and force her to star in their radical underground...
Pecker
1998
as Lynn Wentworth
A Baltimore teenager who picks up a second-hand camera starts snapping his way to stardom, soon turning into a nationwide sensation, with a fateful ch...
Bio-Dome
1996
as Doyle's Mother
Bud and Doyle are a pair of aimless slackers with no real direction in life. While their environmentally-conscious girlfriends are passionate about sa...
Serial Mom
1994
as Juror #8
Beverly is the perfect happy homemaker, along with her doting husband and two children, but this nuclear family just might explode when her fascinatio...
Cry-Baby
1990
as Wanda's Mother
A prim and proper schoolgirl goes against her society grandmother's wishes when she dates a motorcycle-riding juvenile delinquent.
Patty Hearst
1988
Book
The true story of a rich girl who was abducted by American revolutionaries in the 1970's. Her time spent with her captors made her question herself an...