Patricia Bruder (born April 14, 1937) is an American actress. She is known for playing the role of Ellen Lowell on the CBS Daytime soap opera As the World Turns (1960 to 1975, 1976 to 1995, 1998).
Early life
Bruder was born in Brooklyn, New York. She enrolled at Columbia University, studying drama. She appeared in Off-Broadway productions of Livin' the Life and The King and the Duke.
Her performance in Gypsy caught the attention of producers of the CBS soap opera As the World Turns. Bruder left the show for a brief time in 1975, returning in 1976. In 1977, Bruder produced and starred in The Miracle Worker. Her two daughters also appeared in the play. She also had a role in The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds at New York's Theater in the Park. On June 17, 2024 she performed the song "Time and Time Again" at a benefit for the American Popular Song Society at New York's The Cutting Room. Richard Maltby Jr. and David Shire were receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award and she had originally performed the song in their musical, The Sap of Life, in 1961.