Patricia Donahue (née Maher, March 6, 1925 – June 11, 2012) was an actress who performed in television and films from 1956 to 1984.

She didn't receive her first screen lead until 1957, when she played a foil to comedians Huntz Hall and Stanley Clements in the lowbrow Bowery Boys comedy In the Money.

[citation needed] Donahue portrayed Lucy Hamilton, secretary to the title character in the Michael Shayne TV series.

[3] She also appeared in such television series as Checkmate, Death Valley Days, Goodyear Theatre, The Californians, The Walter Winchell File, Tales of Wells Fargo, The Thin Man, The Millionaire, Mr. Adams and Eve, The Twilight Zone, General Electric Theater, Perry Mason, Peter Gunn, 77 Sunset Strip, Bat Masterson, Mr. Lucky, Bonanza, The Wide World of Mystery, Thriller, Danger Man,(AKA Secret Agent Man in USA) The Saint (episode : The Charitable Countess),[4] The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (Dear Uncle George),[5] and dozens of other programs.

From 1961 to August 1966, Donahue pursued an acting career in England before returning to Hollywood, when she was shortly after cast in a "top role" in the film The Fastest Guitar Alive.