Pat Welsh: The Voice of "E. T." Memoirs Of A Voice, A Diary And Me

My book details the life, both young and old, of Pat Welsh, who found fame in 1982 as the voice of E.T. in Steven Spielberg’s immortal classic about an alien left behind on Earth. The narrative includes writings from Pat’s own personal diary written in 1931 at the age of sixteen, stories of an adult Pat, and contemporary perspectives.
Pat Welsh was born in 1915 in San Francisco. She came from an affluent family, her grandfather being Robert S. Atkins, owner of a popular Department store in t...