Spoiler : She was so great in The Bad Seed that she was forever identified with that role and her career stalled.

Spoiler : McCormack, Patty (birth name was Patricia Ellen Russo) Born in Brooklyn, New York 8/21/1945. Married to hair stylist Bob Catania (1967-?). McCormack was nominated for a 1956 Acadmey Award at age eleven for her role as the evil little girl in The Bad Seed. Ingeborg on Mama for CBS-TV (1953-1956). Lisha Steele on the NBC-TV soap, Young Dr. Malone (1958-1963). Torey Peck on Peck's Bad Girl for CBS-TV (1959-1960). Linda Warren on The Best Of Everything for ABC-TV (1970). Anne Brookes on The Ropers for ABC-TV (1979-1980). Kim Reynolds on the CBS-TV soap, As The World Turns (?-?).

Spoiler : I think I was named after her character Lisha Steele. I was born in 1961 and the name Lisha was not used before that short period of time. My dad claimed he made the name up but probably heard it at some point during that time.