Patty Maloney

Patty Maloney
Years active at Hanna-Barbera	1982-1988
Characters played	Darla Hood Tanis Blue Eyes Melina

Patricia Anne Maloney is an American actress with dwarfism. In 2010, she was diagnosed with age-related macular degeneration, which effectively ended her acting career.

Roles

20th century

• The Little Rascals (1982-1983)
  • Darla Hood
• Smurfs
  • Blue Eyes ("Blue Eyes Returns," 1984)
  • Melina ("Sassette's Bewitching Friendship," 1987)
• Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School (1988)
  • Tanis

Other roles

On Far Out Space Nuts, Maloney played Honk.

On Donny & Marie (1976), she acted in comedy sketches with Paul Lynde and Ruth Buzzi.

In the Star Wars Holiday Special, she played Lumpy, the son of Chewbacca.

She was often paired with Billy Barty in both movies and television shows in the 1970s and 1980s.

Behind the scenes

• Maloney was replaced by Kristen Li for Tanis's guest appearance in the 2018 O.K. K.O. Let's Be Heroes episode "Monster Party."