Trish Van Devere (born Patricia Louise Dressel; March 9, 1941)[a] is a retired American actress.

[4] In 1966, Van Devere moved to New York City and began pursuing a career in acting,[4] studying at the Actors Studio.

[4] Van Devere had her breakthrough portraying the original Meredith Lord in the soap opera One Life to Live in 1968 — the income from which she largely used to help maintain the Poor People's Theater Company.

She subsequently garnered significant notice for her lead role in the film One Is a Lonely Number (1972), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe award.

Van Devere married actor George C. Scott in September 1972 in Santa Monica, California, after they appeared together in the film The Last Run (1971).