Patricia Owens
Patricia Owens (born January 17, 1925 in Golden , British Columbia , Canada , † August 31, 2000 in Lancaster , California , USA ) was an American actress .
Life
She made her film debut in 1943 with Miss London Ltd. But she only played her first major role in 1957 on the side of James Mason and Joan Fontaine in Hot Earth . In the same year she got the female lead in Sayonara as a partner of Marlon Brando . A year later she had a huge hit in the horror film The Fly . She was also seen alongside Robert Taylor and Richard Widmark in the western The Hanged Man's Treasure . At the end of the 1950s, the artist was also seen in TV productions such as Smoking Colts , Perry Mason and, most recently, in Lassie in 1968 . In 1958 she was nominated for the Laurel Award .
Patricia Owens was married to screenwriter Sy Bartlett . Her father Arthur Owens was a double agent for the Security Service during World War II.
Filmography (selection)
- 1943: Miss London Ltd.
- 1950: The Happiest Days of Our Life
- 1952: Ghost Ship
- 1953: The Knights of the Round Table (Knights of the Round Table)
- 1954: Four fall by the wayside (The Good Die Young)
- 1957: Window without a curtain (No Down Payment)
- 1957: Hot earth (Island in the sun)
- 1957: Sayonara
- 1958: The Treasure of the Hanged (The Law and Jake Wade)
- 1958: The Fly (The Fly)
- 1958: Dashed the bill (The Gun Runners)
- 1959: Five Gates of Hell ( Five Gates to Hell )
- 1959: A Thousand Mountains (These Thousand Hills)
- 1960: Hell to Eternity
- 1961: The X-15 ready to go (X-15)
- 1961: Escape from Hell (Seven Women from Hell)
- 1965: Dance on a tightrope (Walk a Tightrope)
- 1965: Black spores (Black Spurs)
Web links
- Patricia Owens in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Patricia Owens in the German dubbing file
- Patricia Owens in the database of Find a Grave (English)
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SURNAME | Owens, Patricia |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-american actress |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 17, 1925 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Golden , British Columbia , Canada |
DATE OF DEATH | August 31, 2000 |
Place of death | Lancaster , California , United States |