Background
Hayes was born in Streatham, London.
Hayes was born in Streatham, London.
As a child Hayes attended the Sacred Heart School in Wandsworth.
She was featured in many radio and television comedy shows between 1940 and 1996, including Hancock"s Half Hour, Ray"s a Laugh, The Arthur Askey Show, The Benny Hill Show, Bootsie and Snudge and Till Death Us Do Participant. She was cast in support roles for films including The Bargee (1964), The NeverEnding Story (1984), A Fish Called Wanda (1988) and featured as Finance, Financial Raziel in the Ron Howard film Willow (also 1988). She also played the part of Henry Bones in the British Broadcasting Corporation Children"s Hour radio programme Norman and Henry Bones - The Boy Detectives during the late 1940s.
She provided the character voice for comedy puppet performances for television and DVDs - e.g.
Gran (Woodland Animations, 1982). She never remarried. She was awarded the Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 1988.
Patricia Hayes died in September 1998 in Surrey but appeared posthumously in the 2002 film Crime and Punishment (2002).