PAT QUINN
Pat Quinn (also known as Patricia Quinn) is an American actress. Quinn played the title role of Alice Brock in the 1969 film Alice’s Restaurant. Quinn’s other credits included An Unmarried Woman, Shoot Out, Zachariah, Clean and Sober, and Shut Yer Dirty Little Mouth! (More from Wikipedia)
Arlo Guthrie starred as himself in a movie called Alice’s Restaurant (1969) that brought the song “Alice’s Restaurant Massacree” to life better than anyone could have expected. It was directed by Arthur Penn whose other films include Bonnie and Clyde and Little Big Man. Other cast members include Pat Quinn, James Broderick, and M. Emmet Walsh. Stockbridge police chief William Obanhein (“Officer Obie”) appears as himself, as does the blind judge, James Hannon. Pete Seeger and his bandmate in the Weavers, Lee Hays are also in the film. Alice Brock has a cameo in the movie; as the song says, the name of her restaurant was never “Alice’s Restaurant” – originally it was called The Back Room.
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