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Patricia Halliwell
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Finola Hughes as Patty Halliwell
First appearance That '70s Episode
Last appearance Forever Charmed
Created by Constance M. Burge
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Full Name Patricia Halliwell
Status Deceased
Species Witch
Affiliation The Charmed Ones, Sam Wilder (whitelighter/lover)
Notable Family Penelope Halliwell (mother), Prudence Halliwell, Piper Halliwell, Phoebe Halliwell, Paige Matthews (daughters), Wyatt Halliwell, Chris Halliwell, Melinda Halliwell, Phoebe's three daughters, Paige's twin daughters, Henry Mitchell Jr (grandchildren), Victor Bennet (ex-husband), Leo Wyatt, Coop, Henry Mitchell (sons-in-law)
Notable powers Aside from the basic powers of a magical witch, such as spellcasting and scrying, Patty possesses the gift of:
Portrayed by  Finola Hughes
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.

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Charmed
Season summaries | Episode guide | Broadcasters and DVD releases | Terms | Locations | Trivia | Book of Shadows | Magic School | The Nexus
Characters
Good beings: Charmed Ones | Close friends | Family and friends | Whitelighters | Elders Evil beings: | Darklighters | Warlocks
Neutral: Avatars | The Hollow

 


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