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Dorothy Patrick is a Actor Canadienne born on 3 june 1921 at Saint Boniface (Canada)

Dorothy Patrick

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Birth name Dorothy Wilma Davis
Nationality Canada
Birth 3 june 1921 at Saint Boniface (Canada)
Death 31 may 1987 (at 65 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Dorothy Patrick (June 3, 1921 – May 31, 1987) was a Canadian-American film actress and a John Robert Powers model.

Biography

Her first husband was Lynn Patrick (February 3, 1912 – January 26, 1980) who became one of the most prominent and successful figures in American Ice hockey. Her son from this marriage was Lester Lee Patrick (1940–1996). Lester had a half-sister and three half-brothers. One of the brothers, Craig Patrick was noted assistant coach 1980 U.S Olympic Hockey team and former General Manager of the New York Rangers and Pittsburgh Penguins respectively.

A few years into her film career, Dorothy married her second husband, noted Beverly Hills dentist-to-the-stars, Sterling Trevling "Doc" Bowen. Dr. Bowen's first son from his first marriage was the noted avant-garde artist Michael Bowen (d. 2009). Dorothy's marriage to Dr. Bowen had one son, Sterling Terrence "Terry" Bowen (b. 1944) a resident of Sacramento, California.

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Filmography of Dorothy Patrick (25 films)

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Actress

Violent Saturday, 1h25
Directed by Richard Fleischer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Heist films, Children's films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Victor Mature, Richard Egan, Lee Marvin, Stephen McNally, Virginia Leith, Tommy Noonan
Roles Helen Martin
Rating68% 3.445613.445613.445613.445613.44561
Harper (Stephen McNally) is a bank robber posing as a traveling salesman. He arrives in town, soon to be joined by sadistic benzedrine addict Dill (Lee Marvin) and bookish Chapman (J. Carrol Naish).
The Bad and the Beautiful, 1h58
Directed by Vincente Minnelli, Jerry Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about films, Films about television
Actors Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Walter Pidgeon, Dick Powell, Barry Sullivan, Gloria Grahame
Roles Arlene (uncredited)
Rating77% 3.895893.895893.895893.895893.89589
In Hollywood, screenwriter James Lee Bartlow (Dick Powell), movie star Georgia Lorrison (Lana Turner), and director Fred Amiel (Barry Sullivan) each refuse to speak by phone to Jonathan Shields (Kirk Douglas) in Paris. Movie producer Harry Pebbel (Walter Pidgeon) gathers them in his office and explains that Shields was calling them because he has a new film idea and he wants the three of them for the project. Shields cannot get financing on his own, but with their names attached, there would be no problem. Pebbel asks the three to allow him to get Shields on the phone before they give their final answer.
Torch Song
Torch Song (1953)
, 1h30
Directed by Charles Walters
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about television, Musical films
Actors Joan Crawford, Michael Wilding, Gig Young, Marjorie Rambeau, Harry Morgan, Dorothy Patrick
Roles Martha
Rating56% 2.804612.804612.804612.804612.80461
Jenny Stewart (Joan Crawford) is a tough Broadway musical star, alienating her colleagues with her neurotic demands for absolute perfection. Jenny takes offense when her new rehearsal pianist Tye Graham (Michael Wilding) criticizes her song stylings and ruthless ways.
Half a Hero, 1h11
Directed by Don Weis
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Actors Red Skelton, Jean Hagen, Jerry Hausner, Charles Dingle, Willard Waterman, Mary Wickes
Roles Edna Radwell
Rating56% 2.8107252.8107252.8107252.8107252.810725
Freelance writer Ben Dobson (Skelton) who lands his first full-time writing job at a national magazine, tasked with rewriting other authors' work. His wife Martha (Hagen) uses this as the perfect time to start their family, and four years later pressuring Ben into moving from New York to the suburbs, where he's swiftly living beyond his means. His boss then wants him to write a story on those suburbs, titled "slums of tomorrow." While Martha happily embraces her new environment and friendly neighbors, Ben is cynical about their life there, and decides they should return to the city. However, while showing their home to another prospective buyer, he realizes he would miss the home's personal touches, and they should stay.
Savage Frontier, 54minutes
Directed by Harry Keller
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Allan Lane, Dorothy Patrick, Eddy Waller, Bob Steele, Roy Barcroft, Richard Avonde
Roles Elizabeth Webb
Rating67% 3.3838253.3838253.3838253.3838253.383825
Singin' in the Rain, 1h43
Directed by Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about films, Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Films about television, Musical films
Actors Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Jean Hagen, Millard Mitchell, Cyd Charisse
Roles Usherette (uncredited)
Rating82% 4.149354.149354.149354.149354.14935
Don Lockwood (Kelly) is a popular silent film star with humble roots as a singer, dancer and stuntman. Don barely tolerates his vapid, shallow leading lady, Lina Lamont (Hagen), though their studio, Monumental Pictures, links them romantically to increase their popularity. Lina herself is convinced they are in love, despite Don's protestations otherwise.
Scaramouche, 1h55
Directed by George Sidney
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Swashbuckler, Action, Adventure, Romance
Actors Stewart Granger, Eleanor Parker, Janet Leigh, Mel Ferrer, Henry Wilcoxon, Nina Foch
Roles Dorie
Rating74% 3.745523.745523.745523.745523.74552
In France just prior to the French Revolution, Queen Marie Antoinette (Nina Foch) asks her cousin Noel, the Marquis de Maynes (Mel Ferrer), to uncover the identity of "Marcus Brutus", a dangerous pamphleteer rousing hatred of the aristocracy.
Retreat, Hell!, 1h34
Directed by Joseph H. Lewis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films
Actors Frank Lovejoy, Richard Carlson, Anita Louise, Russ Tamblyn, Nedrick Young, Robert Ellis
Roles Eve O'Grady
Rating63% 3.1952553.1952553.1952553.1952553.195255
A Marine battalion is assembled from various sources and sent to Korea. The film depicts the formation and training of the battalion, the amphibious landing at the Battle of Inchon, the advance through North Korea, and the Winter Chinese Communist Offensive sends the Marines into a fighting withdrawal to the staging area at Hŭngnam Harbor "...with rifles, grenades, bayonets, our bare fists if we have to" (quoting the battalion commander).
Desert Passage
Directed by Lesley Selander
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Tim Holt, Joan Dixon, Walter Reed, Dorothy Patrick, John Dehner, Clayton Moore
Roles Roxie Van Zelt
Rating56% 2.809732.809732.809732.809732.80973
Tim Holt and old sidekick Chito Rafferty are considering getting out of the stagecoach business when they encounter John Carver, a prison parolee who supposedly has a stash of stolen loot hidden away. Everyone else they encounter is after the money, too.
Road Agent
Road Agent (1952)

Directed by Lesley Selander
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Tim Holt, Robert J. Wilke, Dorothy Patrick, Noreen Nash, Mauritz Hugo, Tom Tyler
Roles Sally Clayton
Rating59% 2.957472.957472.957472.957472.95747
Milo Brand contrôle le seule route vers le marché aux bestiaux et fait payer des droits de passage exorbitants. En voulant récupérer leur argent, Tim et Chito prennent par erreur toute la recette de Brand qu'ils donnent aux éleveurs pour payer Brand avec son argent. mais tout se complique lorsque l'argent est volé et le contremaitre de Brand assassiné.
Battle Zone, 1h22
Directed by Lesley Selander
Origin USA
Genres War
Themes Political films
Actors John Hodiak, Linda Christian, Charles Bronson, Stephen McNally, Martin Milner, Philip Ahn
Roles Danny's Girl (uncredited)
Rating52% 2.6233552.6233552.6233552.6233552.623355
A rivalry develops between veteran of World War II M/Sgt Danny Young (John Hodiak) and Sgt. Mitch Turner (Stephen McNally) Marine combat photographers over the attentions of Jeanne (Linda Christian), a Red Cross nurse during the Korean War.
I'll See You in My Dreams, 1h50
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Doris Day, Danny Thomas, Frank Lovejoy, Patrice Wymore, James Gleason, Mary Wickes
Roles Chorine (uncredited)
Rating67% 3.3890153.3890153.3890153.3890153.389015
Gus Kahn (Danny Thomas) is the prolific tunesmith, whose fortunes take an upswing in 1908 when he meets and falls in love with Grace LeBoy (Doris Day). Kahn's career ascends to spectacular heights via such hits as Pretty Baby, My Buddy, Toot Toot Tootsie and "Makin' Whoopee, only to go into eclipse when he loses his savings in the 1929 stock-market crash.
House by the River, 1h24
Directed by Fritz Lang
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Louis Hayward, Jane Wyatt, Lee Bowman, Dorothy Patrick, Kathleen Freeman, Ann Shoemaker
Roles Emily Gaunt
Rating69% 3.495333.495333.495333.495333.49533
A rich novelist, Stephen Byrne, who lives and works by a river, kills his attractive maid after she begins screaming following a drunken pass. The writer, with the help of his limping brother, loads the body into an old sack and the pair throws the body into the river. Unfortunately, the body comes back up and floats by the house days later. Despite desperate attempts by the brothers to get the body, the police end up recovering it.
711 Ocean Drive, 1h42
Directed by Joseph M. Newman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Edmond O'Brien, Joanne Dru, Otto Kruger, Barry Kelley, Dorothy Patrick, Don Porter
Roles Trudy Maxwell
Rating67% 3.3937253.3937253.3937253.3937253.393725
Knowing how much telephone repairman Mal Granger (Edmond O'Brien) likes to bet on the horses, small-time bookmaker Chippie Evans (Sammy White) proposes a scheme in which Granger's technical expertise would provide gangster Vince Walters (Barry Kelley) with race results in advance.