Patricia Glassop

Patricia Agnes Glassop (6 July 1926 – 21 September 2010), also professionally known as Patricia Hutchence was an Australian film and television makeup artist, and was the mother of INXS frontman Michael Hutchence. In later years she was an author. Biography Patricia Agnes Kennedy was born on 6 July 1926. In her teens she became a model and carried on modeling up to her thirties. She was first married at the age of eighteen. A year later, she gave birth to a daughter, Tina. She later divorced her first husband, whose name is not a matter of public record. When she was thirty years old, she married her second husband Kelland Hutchence. On 22 January 1960, her first son Michael was born. Two years later, her second son Rhett was born. The family moved to Hong Kong when son Michael was four years old and stayed there until he was twelve years old. In 1966, while still living in Hong Kong, both Patricia and her daughter Tina became involved in the film Strange Portrait, starring Jeffrey Hunter. Patricia had the makeup artist job and Tina had a small part in the film. Fellow Australian Terry Bourke was involved with the production of the film. The film, however, never saw release.