Patricia Noel Driscoll[2] (17 December 1927 – 2 January 2020) was a British and Irish actress, who has appeared both on television and in films.

[3][4][5][6][7][8][9] Trained as an actress at RADA,[4] Driscoll made her first television appearances in 1953 on Whirligig and then as a police sergeant in the series Scotland Yard in the episode "The Silent Witness" in 1954.

From 1955 to 1957, she introduced Picture Book, a BBC Television series that appeared on Mondays as part of the Watch with Mother cycle and encouraged children to make things.

Driscoll’s other numerous television appearances included:[3] The Vise (1958), Hawaiian Eye (1959), Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse: Murder in Gratitude (1959), Danger Man (1961 & 1964), Second Time Around (six episodes, 1974), The Good Life (1977), Kidnapped (mini-series, 1978), and Into The Labyrinth (1981).

Driscoll was married to British actor Duncan Lamont until his death from a heart attack at the age of 60 in 1978.