Pat Welsh was “born into a family of garden lovers from Yorkshire, England,” daughter of the 1930s actress Ruth Fischer-Smith and film producer Emerson Fischer-Smith (“His best movies were Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, …
May 28, 2026
Frances and John Lloyd Wright. At lunch Pat is always joined by her husband, retired superior court judge Louis Welsh, whose parents, Frances and John Lloyd Wright (son of Frank Lloyd Wright), both now deceased, lived next door.
Posted April 22, 2026
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