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Actress Pat Woodell, who starred as one of a trio of sisters in the wholesome 1960s sitcom “Petticoat Junction” before she went on to be featured in a series of not-so-wholesome exploitation films, died Sept. 29 at her home in Fallbrook, Calif. She was 71.
In 1962, gossip columnist Harrison Carroll wrote, “Everybody wants to hear 18-year-old singer Pat Woodell.”
The show made its debut in 1963 on CBS, with Woodell playing Bobbie Jo, the smart, studious daughter.
One of the better-known episodes that featured Woodell had her falling for a traveling-through beatnik type, played by Dennis Hopper.
Woodell did some singing on the show – including in a Beatles parody group, the Ladybugs – with her on-screen sisters and the addition of actress Sheila Kuehl, now a Los Angeles County supervisor.
Woodell grew tired of playing Bobbie Jo and left after two seasons of “Petticoat Junction,” which ran until April 1970.