Luana Patten

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Luana Patten (born July 6, 1938 in Long Beach , California , † May 1, 1996 ) was an American actress.

Life

As early as 1946, at the age of seven, she became a child star in Walt Disney's Uncle Remus' Wonderland ( Song Of The South ) alongside the later children's Oscar winner Bobby Driscoll . In the sequel A champion to fall in love ( So Dear To My Heart ) in 1948, she played with. But in the same year, at the insistence of her parents, she partially withdrew from the film business in order to enjoy a decent education outside the film studios.

After graduating from school, she made the successful leap back to the big screen in 1957 in the patriotic family stripe Johnny Tremain , which secured her a second career as a teenage actress. This was followed by stupid films like Rock Pretty Baby (1956) or Joe Dakota (1957), as well as dramas and westerns like The Restless Years (1958) and The Young Captives (1959).

It was not until the late 1960s that she finally said goodbye to the film business, but remained loyal to television in series such as Daniel Boone , Police Report and Adam 12 until 1970 . Her last known appearance on camera was the role of a somber old lady in the opening scene of the 1988 horror flick Grotesque, starring Linda Blair and Tab Hunter .

Luana Patten died of respiratory failure on May 1, 1996, aged 57, at her Long Beach home. She was buried in Long Beach's Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery.

Web links

credentials

  1. ^ "Walt's" Sweetheart Team, "Lincoln Sunday Journal and Star, October 11, 1946:
  2. ^ Parsons, Luella. "That Little Girl in 'Song of the South' a Big Girl Now," Lincoln Sunday Journal and Star, February 28, 1960:
  3. ↑ Luana Patten on findagrave.com (accessed February 1, 2012)
personal data
SURNAME Patten, Luana
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH July 6, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Long Beach , California
DATE OF DEATH May 1, 1996
Place of death Long Beach , California