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Barbara Hayden (1925–2025),[1][2] also known professionally as Pat Silver-Lasky, was an American actress and writer, mostly known for her collaborations with her second husband, Jesse L. Lasky Jr.
Silver-Lasky wrote four books with her second husband, Jesse, including historical novel The Offer, eight films, nearly 100 TV scripts, including the "Explorers" series ("Ten Who Dared" in the United States). Their verse play Ghost Town won several awards in the U.S. In 1984 and 1986, their TV series Philip Marlowe, Private Eye won three awards in the US and the Netherlands.
In 1987, Pat and Jesse wrote the play Vivien based on their book Love Scene, the story of Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh. Silver-Lasky directed its first production at the Melrose Theatre in Los Angeles (1987) and directed the London-rehearsed reading of Viven in 1992.
Silver-Lasky produced, wrote, directed, and acted in the first live TV drama series from Hollywood, Mabel's Fables, for KTLA (Paramount Pictures), which received an Emmy nomination. She also appeared in feature roles in films, played leading and co-starring roles on television, and directed for the theater in Los Angeles and Palm Springs.
As an ASCAP writer, she wrote lyrics for 14 published and recorded songs, including "While You're Young" for Johnny Mathis's album Portrait of Johnny. She wrote the lyrics for two films at Columbia Studios.
She served as a story editor on the second Marlowe series. She wrote articles and interviews, contributed to various British antique journals and written short stories for international magazines, including a 1999 series of romantic short stories for A World of Romance.
She lectured on script writing at several American universities, and was script consultant and guest lecturer at the London International Film School for eight years until 1999.
1946年、シルバー＝ラスキーはトニー・ロマーノと結婚し、彼との間に息子リチャード・ナイルズ[ 3 ]と娘[ 4 ]をもうけた。
彼女は1959年に脚本家で作家のジェシー・L・ラスキー・ジュニアと結婚したが、彼は1988年に亡くなった。
1995年、シルバー＝ラスキーはイギリスの漫画家ピーター・ベッツと出会った。二人は1997年に結婚した。[ 4 ]