Patricia Idlette

Patricia Idlette is an American actress known for her role as Kiffany in Showtimes Dead Like Me She also appeared in four episodes of Battlestar Galactica as politician Sarah Porter and as Melanie Blackstone in the miniseries Amerika Idlette portrayed Katherine Jackson mother of Michael Jackson in the 2004 biopic Man in the Mirror The Michael Jackson Story She appeared as Brendas mother in Scary Movie 3 in 2003 Originally from Miami Florida she trained as an actress in Florida and Michigan She moved to Canada to join the repertory company of the Stratford Festival acting in productions of A Midsummer Nights Dream Antony and Cleopatra The Winters Tale The Merchant of Venice As You Like It and Medea She remained based in Canada for many years acting on stage in Toronto and Vancouver and appearing as a guest actor in television series such as Street Legal The Littlest Hobo Adderly Katts and Dog and The XFiles She garnered a Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination for Best Performance by a Female in a Featured Role for her performance in Susan G Coles play A Fertile Imagination