Trivia

Her part in the armed robbery of the Hibernia Bank (now a Bank of America branch) took place at 1450 Noriega Street in San Francisco's Sunset District. She was finally arrested in San Francisco at 625 Morse Street, not far from the Cow Palace. Her defense attorney would be F. Lee Bailey who, by many accounts, lost the case because he permitted his client to take the stand.

Danny Elfman's band, then still called "The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo", wrote a song about the whole Patty Hearst ordeal, called "You Got Your Baby Back". It was released as a 2 track single in 1976 and is also known as "The Patty Hearst Song".

Granddaughter of William Randolph Hearst, and daughter of Randolph Hearst and Catherine Hearst.

On February 4, 1974 she was kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) and held captive for over two months in cramped studio apartment #6 at 1827 Golden Gate Avenue near the University of San Francisco.

Daughter Lydia Hearst is a Ford model.

The punk band, The Misfits, wrote a song called "She" about Patty Hearst.

Her great-grandfather, George Hearst, is a character portrayed by actor Gerald McRaney on the HBO series Deadwood (2004).

Warren Zevon's song, "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner", makes a reference to Patty Hearst's participation in the SLA bank robbery. There's a line at the end of the song: "Patty Hearst heard the burst of Roland's Thompson gun and bought it".

Received a full pardon from President Bill Clinton for her terrorist activities with the Symbionese Liberation Army. (2001)

Married her former bodyguard. Changed her name to 'Tania' when she was kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army.

The indie rock band, Camper Van Beethoven's 1988 album, "Our Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart", takes its name from a reference to Hearst in one of the SLA's press manifestos. The album also includes "Tania", a love song to Hearst.

Is portrayed by Natasha Richardson in Patty Hearst (1988)

Was a cheerleader at Sacred Heart School in Menlo Park, California.

Has two daughters, Gillian Hearst-Shaw and Lydia Hearst.

Her French bulldog, Diva, won a ribbon at the Westminister Kennel Club Dog Show on February 11, 2008.

Sister of Victoria Hearst, Catherine Hearst, Virginia Hearst and Anne Hearst.

Aunt of Amanda Hearst.

Daughters Lydia Hearst and Gillian Hearst-Shaw were a part of the Toys for Tots holiday party in New York. (December 2002)