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Patricia "Patty" Halliwell is a fictional character on the WB television series Charmed. Patty Halliwell is the mother of the "Charmed Ones" (Prue, Piper, Phoebe, and Paige) on the series. She is played by actress Finola Hughes.

Fictional biography

Patty was born on April 5, 1950 to Allen Halliwell and Penelope Johnson. She is a descendant of Melinda Warren, and had the power of molecular immobilization.

Patty was taught by her mother the art of magic. When she was nine, Patty invented spells to counter the ones her mother casted.

Patty had married the mortal Victor Bennet, and gave birth to Prue, Piper, and Phoebe. When Victor learned that she was a witch, and that their children are also witches, he had a hard time coping. It was around this time that Patty and her Whitelighter, Sam Wilder, began seeing each other romantically. Irritated by Sam's constant involvement in their lives and with magic in general, Victor left the family out of fustration for a few months.

During the separation, Patty was kidnapped by a warlock named Nicholas. Sensing that she was pregnant with the third Charmed One, Nicholas forced Patty to give him immunity from their powers in exchange for the lives of her daughters. It was because of this that Patty and Grams' had to bind the girls' powers so that Nicholas couldn't gain access to them.

During this time, Sam and Patty's relationship grew and Patty became pregnant with his child. She gave birth to a baby girl, Paige. Since witches and Whitelighters were not allowed to be involved, this fact had to be kept secret from the Elders. Therefore, to protect her youngest daughter from both sides of magic, she gave the baby up anonymously to a church.

Patty and Victor later divorced.

On February 28, 1978 during an attempt to vanquish a Water Demon in a summer camp's lake, Patty was distracted by an overprotective Sam. She was forced to freeze him, but the Demon used this opportunity to drown her. Years later, her idea of using a combination of electricity and freezing to vanquish the demon was carried out by Piper and Prue.

Patty became a spirit after her death and has been allowed to occasionally take corporeal form among the living. The first time this happened was when she was allowed to attend the wedding of Piper and Leo Wyatt, as an apology for the Elders putting the two of them through so much agony.

She was allowed to become corporeal again when she told Piper and Phoebe about their fourth sister, Paige Matthews, after Prue's funeral, and again when she was summoned by Grams in order to choose sides between Victor and herself over whether or not Leo would be a danger to the girls. Both she and Grams returned to aid Piper in the series finale.

Episodes

Trivia

  • Regarding the taping of her last appearance on the series, this is what actress Finola Hughes had to say: Have been on the set of "Charmed" for this last week. Hours have been long. Those girls work so hard. They are the funniest when they are all together, I love working on sets that are so relaxed, this show has always been like that. This episode is going to be quite amazing, lots of special effects, and a great ending. I am already plotting how I can steal the cute Juicy hoody that Alyssa is wearing in the final episode. It has a frilly bustle, and puffy sleeves. I wannit! I'm thinking I can sneak into wardrobe on the last day. Well, they won't need it again, right? You wait till you see it, you'll want it too. Though perhaps you are not quite as obsessive about the puffy sleeve movement as I am. Cannot get over how stunning the 'charmed ones' are. Rose, with her ridiculous porcelain skin, Alyssa with perfect bone structure, and the radiant, gorgeous Holly, they are the main reason the show has been this huge hit, their camaraderie and chemistry. I return as the mom, (well dead, you know) and get to wear these fab '70's togs. Everything is vintage that wardrobe found for me, the pants are crazy cords that sweep the ground, really funny! Has anyone read this? I thought it was great and very sweet Love Finola. (Source)

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