Patricia McPherson is an American

United States

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 actress. She is most well known for her role in the 1980s hit TV series Knight Rider as Bonnie Barstow, KITT's

KITT

KITT is the short name of two fictional characters from the adventure TV series Knight Rider. While having the same acronym, the KITTs are two different entities: one known as the Knight Industries Two Thousand, which appeared in the original TV series Knight Rider, and the other as the Knight...

 mechanic. She appeared in season one and was absent from season two, but she was subsequently asked to return to the show, which she did in the season-three opener, remaining from 1984 until the end of the series in 1986.

Patricia has made guest appearances in a variety of television shows including Starman

Starman (TV series)

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, Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote is an American television mystery series starring Angela Lansbury as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher. The series aired for 12 seasons from 1984 to 1996 on the CBS network, with 264 episodes transmitted. It was followed by four TV films and a spin-off series,...

, MacGyver

MacGyver

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, Matlock

Matlock (TV series)

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, and Star Trek: The Next Generation

Star Trek: The Next Generation

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in the season 1 episode entitled Angel One as Ariel.

Today, Patricia McPherson is very active conserving wildlife and the forests; her efforts have included helping in attempts to preserve the Ballona Wetlands

Ballona Wetlands

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 in southern California

Southern California

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 and working with the Ballona Wetlands Trust to sue the Playa Vista community for failure to take action concerning methane.

Although she has retired from acting since 1991, she made a cameo appearance as a Regent in the Syfy

Syfy

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 television series "Warehouse 13

Warehouse 13

Warehouse 13 is an American fantasy television series that premiered on July 7, 2009 on the Syfy network.Executive-produced by Jack Kenny and David Simkins, the dramatic comedy from Universal Media Studios has been described as borrowing much from 1980s television series Friday the 13th: The...

" (season 1, episode 10) in 2009.

Personal life

She is married to James Garrett. It is believed that she does not have children when she responded to a question about having children: "Eventually, I suppose. I don't particularly care for babies, but I love families."

Filmography

• Warehouse 13
  Warehouse 13
  Warehouse 13 is an American fantasy television series that premiered on July 7, 2009 on the Syfy network.Executive-produced by Jack Kenny and David Simkins, the dramatic comedy from Universal Media Studios has been described as borrowing much from 1980s television series Friday the 13th: The...
  
  (2009) (TV)
• Matlock: The Witness Killings (1991) (TV)
• Aftershock (1990)
• Star Trek: The Next Generation
  Star Trek: The Next Generation
  Star Trek: The Next Generation is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry as part of the Star Trek franchise. Roddenberry, Rick Berman, and Michael Piller served as executive producers at different times throughout the production...
  
  (1988) (TV)
• Prime Risk
  Prime Risk
  -Plot summary:A female engineer, with the assistance of her pilot-wannabe male friend, discovers a way to rip off automated teller machines, but in doing so stumbles upon a plot to destroy the U.S. monetary system....
  
  (1985)
• Concrete Beat (1984) (TV)
• Knight Rider (1982–83, 1984–86) (TV)
• All Star Comedy (1982) (TV)
• Othello
  Othello
  The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in approximately 1603, and based on the Italian short story "Un Capitano Moro" by Cinthio, a disciple of Boccaccio, first published in 1565...
  
  (1981) (V)
• The Stunt Man
  The Stunt Man
  The Stunt Man is a 1980 American film directed by Richard Rush, starring Peter O'Toole, Steve Railsback, and Barbara Hershey. The movie was adapted by Lawrence B. Marcus and Rush from the novel by Paul Brodeur...
  
  (1980)

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