Pat Crawford Brown (June 29, 1929 – July 2, 2019)[1] was an American actress.

On television, she is best known for her role as Ida Greenberg in Desperate Housewives (2004–2007).

She also had recurring roles on daytime soap operas General Hospital and Days of Our Lives.

Brown was a self-described lifelong Democrat and a practicing Roman Catholic.

[3] Brown was a resident of the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California, where she died on July 2, 2019, 3 days after her 90th birthday.