Julia Sweeney

Sweeney was best known for her popular recurring character Pat, an annoying, androgynous, bespectacled person whose gender remained a mystery. The character was even the centerpiece of a feature, "It's Pat!" (1994), which was afforded only a regional release before being shunted off to the video shelves.

While still working at her day job as an accountant at a film studio, Sweeney began performing with the L.A.-based improv troupe The …