Lee Patrick

Born: 1901-11-22

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Lee Patrick (November 22, 1901 – November 21, 1982) was an American actress whose career began in 1922 on the New York stage with her role in The Bunch and Judy which headlined Adele Astaire and featured Adele's brother Fred Astaire. Patrick continued to perform in dozens of roles on the stage for the next decade, frequently in musicals and comedies, but also in dramatic parts like her 1931 performance as Meg in Little Women. She began to branch out into films in 1929. For half a century she created a credible body of cinematic work, her most memorable being in 1941 as Sam Spade's assistant Effie in The Maltese Falcon, and her reprise of the role in the George Segal 1975 comedy sequel The Black Bird. Her talents were showcased in comedies such as the 1942 Jack Benny film George Washington Slept Here and in 1958 as one of the foils of Rosalind Russell in Auntie Mame. Dramatic parts such as an asylum inmate in the 1948 The Snake Pit and as Pamela Tiffin's mother in the 1961 Summer and Smoke were another facet of her repertoire. She made numerous guest roles in American television, but became a staple for that medium during the two-year run of Topper. As Henrietta Topper, her comedic timing played well against Leo G. Carroll as her husband, and against that of the two ghosts played by Robert Sterling and Anne Jeffreys. Patrick lent her voice to various animated characters of The Alvin Show in the early 1960s. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lee Patrick (actress), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Vertigo

as Car Owner Mistaken for Madeleine
Released: 1958-05-28

A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities...

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The Maltese Falcon

as Effie Perine
Released: 1941-10-18

A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a...

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There's No Business Like Show Business

as Marge
Released: 1954-12-16

Molly and Terry Donahue, plus their three children, are The Five Donahues. Youngest son Tim...

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Pillow Talk

as Mrs. Walters
Released: 1959-10-07

Playboy songwriter Brad Allen's succession of romances annoys his neighbor, interior designer...

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Mildred Pierce

as Maggie Biederhof
Released: 1945-10-20

A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a...

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Now, Voyager

as Deb McIntyre
Released: 1942-10-22

A woman suffers a nervous breakdown and an oppressive mother before being freed by the love of a...

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The Snake Pit

as Asylum Inmate
Released: 1948-11-04

Virginia Cunningham is confused upon finding herself in a mental hospital, with no memory of her...

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Auntie Mame

as Doris Upson
Released: 1958-12-04

Mame Dennis, a progressive and independent woman of the 1920s, is left to care for her nephew...

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7 Faces of Dr. Lao

as Mrs. Howard Cassin
Released: 1964-03-18

An old Chinese man rides into the town of Abalone, Arizona and changes it forever, as the...

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Caged

as Elvira Powell
Released: 1950-05-19

A single mistake puts a 19-year old girl behind bars, where she experiences the terrors and...

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Over 21

as Mrs. Foley
Released: 1945-08-08

A woman screenwriter lives in a shabby bungalow in order to be near her husband, a 39-year-old...

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Tomorrow Is Another Day

as Janet Higgins
Released: 1951-08-08

A man who spent his formative years in prison for murder is released, and struggles to adjust to...

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In This Our Life

as Betty Wilmoth
Released: 1942-05-08

An unhappy, self-centered woman runs off with her sister's husband, wreaking havoc and ruining...

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Invisible Stripes

as Molly
Released: 1939-12-30

A gangster is unable to go straight after returning home from prison.

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Mrs. Parkington

as Madeleine Parkington Swann
Released: 1944-10-12

In this family saga, Mrs. Parkington recounts the story of her life, beginning as a hotel maid...

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The Doolins of Oklahoma

as Melissa Price
Released: 1949-05-27

When the Daltons are killed at Coffeyville, gang member Bill Doolin, arriving late, escapes but...

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A Girl Named Tamiko

as Mary Hatten
Released: 1962-12-27

A photographer based in Tokyo, who's in love with local beauty Tamiko, begins to court an...

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City for Conquest

as Gladys
Released: 1940-09-21

The heartbreaking but hopeful tale of Danny Kenny and Peggy Nash, two sweethearts who meet and...

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Jitterbugs

as Dorcas
Released: 1943-06-05

The two-man Laurel and Hardy Zoot Suit Band find themselves fronting a scam for "gasolene pills"...

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Goodbye Again

as Madame Fleury
Released: 1961-05-23

Middle-aged businesswoman Paula Tessier rejects the advances of her client's amusing 25-year-old...

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George Washington Slept Here

as Rena Leslie
Released: 1942-10-30

New Yorkers Bill and Connie Fuller have to move from their apartment. Without Bill's knowledge,...

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Visit to a Small Planet

as Rheba Spelding
Released: 1960-02-04

The weirdest alien of the galaxy pays a visit to Earth... Jerry Lewis is Kreton, a childish...

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Somewhere I'll Find You

as Eve 'Evie' Manning
Released: 1942-08-27

Journalist brothers feud over a woman they both fall for while covering World War II in the far...

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A Night to Remember

as Polly Franklin
Released: 1942-12-10

A woman rents a gloomy basement apartment in Greenwich Village thinking it will provide the...

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Law of the Underworld

as Dorothy Palmer
Released: 1938-05-06

A respected citizen with secret ties to the local mob is faced with revealing his criminal...

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The Lawless

as Jan Dawson
Released: 1950-06-01

A newspaper editor takes on the cause of oppressed migrant Mexican fruit pickers.

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Summer and Smoke

as Mrs. Ewell
Released: 1961-11-16

In a small Mississippi town in 1916, an eccentric spinster battles her romantic yearnings for...

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Keep Your Powder Dry

as Gladys Hopkins
Released: 1945-04-01

A debutante, a serviceman's bride and a girl from a military family join the Women's Army Corps.

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Inner Sanctum

as Ruth Bennett
Released: 1948-10-15

A killer hides out in a small-town boarding house.

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Mother Wore Tights

as Lil
Released: 1947-08-20

In this chronicle of a vaudeville family, Myrtle McKinley (class of 1900) goes to San Francisco...

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Take Me to Town

as Rose
Released: 1953-06-19

Saloon entertainer Vermilion O'Toole and her former partner in crime Newt Cole escape from a...

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Footsteps in the Dark

as Blondie White
Released: 1941-03-08

A high-society gent has a secret life - he writes murder mysteries and hangs out with the police...

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Night Spot

as Flo Bradley
Released: 1938-02-25

A young singer, Marge Dexter, becomes involved in trouble when she works in a nightclub in which...

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The Smiling Ghost

as Rose Fairchild
Released: 1941-09-06

Elinor Bentley Fairchild's previous three grooms-to-be have either died or been maimed. Her aunt...

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The Black Bird

as Effie
Released: 1975-12-25

The son of famous detective Sam Spade carries on the family tradition of getting involved with...

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See My Lawyer

as Sally Evans
Released: 1945-03-09

Ole and Chic are comedians employed in a nightclub, but seeking to be released from their...

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Condemned Women

as Anna 'Big Annie' Barry
Released: 1938-03-18

A shoplifter gets sentenced to a women's prison.

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Crashing Hollywood

as Goldie Tibbets
Released: 1938-01-07

A true-to-life gangster movie stirs up an all out mob assault on Hollywood.

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Moon Over Las Vegas

as Mrs. Blake
Released: 1944-04-01

A beautiful woman goes to Las Vegas in a scheme to make her husbnd jealous, but once she gets...

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The Walls Came Tumbling Down

as Susan
Released: 1946-06-07

A PI investigates a priest's murder.

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Border Cafe

as Ellie
Released: 1937-06-04

The spoiled, hard-partying son of a senator runs away from home after being reprimanded by his...

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Saturday's Children

as Florrie Halevy Sands
Released: 1940-05-04

An inventor and his bride get testy in the city as they try to make ends meet.

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Maid's Night Out

as Kissing Milk Customer (uncredited)
Released: 1938-03-03

A millionaire's son works as a milkman for a month to win a bet with his father. While...

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The Fuller Brush Girl

as Claire Simpson
Released: 1950-09-15

A daffy door-to-door saleswoman blunders into a murder investigation.

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Honeymoon for Three

as Mrs. Pettijohn
Released: 1941-01-18

Noted writer Kenneth Bixby, in love with his witty secretary Anne Rogers, is on a book tour when...

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Dangerously They Live

as Head Nurse Johnson
Released: 1941-12-24

A doctor tries to rescue a young innocent from Nazi agents.

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Fisherman's Wharf

as Stella
Released: 1939-02-03

Carlo Roma and his foster-son, Toma, and their friend Beppo, are living a happy fisherman's life...

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Pistols 'n' Petticoats

as Mrs. Paisley
Released: 1967-09-05

Compilation of several episodes of the TV series Pistols 'n' Petticoats.

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Danger Patrol

as Nancy Donovan
Released: 1937-11-18

An explosives carrier at an oil field falls in love with a colleague's daughter.

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Wake Up and Dream

as Blonde
Released: 1946-12-02

Aided by her eccentric friends, a young woman goes looking for her missing brother.

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The New Interns

as Mrs. Hitchcock
Released: 1964-06-01

Young doctors mix romance with their careers in a big-city hospital.

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Singin' Spurs

as Clarissa Bloomsbury
Released: 1948-09-22

In order to help neighboring Indians irrigate their farms, the Hotshots plan to put on a fair...

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Music for Madame

as Nora Burns
Released: 1937-10-08

An Italian immigrant singer, Nino, hoping to succeed in Hollywood, falls in with a gang of...

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Nobody's Darling

as Miss Pennington
Released: 1943-08-27

Ugly duckling Janie Farnsworth is a student at Pennington High School, and has a crush on...

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Million Dollar Baby

as Josie "Lou" La Rue
Released: 1941-05-31

A sudden windfall has unexpected consequences on a working class girl during the Great Depression.

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Strange Journey

as Mrs. Lathrop
Released: 1946-10-03

Reformed racketeer "Lucky" Leeds flees from the police when he thinks they are about to arrest...

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Faces in the Fog

as Cora Elliott
Released: 1944-11-30

Tom and Cora Elliott love their active social life so much that they neglect their daughter Mary...

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Wives and Lovers

as Mrs. Swanson
Released: 1963-08-29

Husband and wife Bill and Bertie Austin and their daughter live in a low-rent apartment. He's a...

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Father Is A Prince

as Aunt Tess 'Tessie' Haley
Released: 1940-11-18

Carpet-sweeper manufacturer John Bower has no patience with inefficiency, lawyers, or vacuum...

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The Nurse's Secret

as Ruth Adams
Released: 1941-05-24

An apparent suicide by a rich woman leads her nurse and a policeman to an insurance scam.

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Gambler's Choice

as Fay Lawrence
Released: 1944-04-27

The professional gambler Ross Hadley is the owner of a posh gaming establishment in the heart of...

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Kisses for Breakfast

as Betty Trent
Released: 1941-07-05

A newlywed develops amnesia and can't remember his wife.

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South of Suez

as Delia Snedeker
Released: 1940-11-16

Greedy diamond mine owner Eli Snedeker, resentful that his ex-foreman John Gamble stopped him...

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Ladies Must Live

as Mary Larrabee
Released: 1940-07-27

A small town farmer, who happens to be very wealthy, meets and falls for an actress, but his...

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The Sisters

as Flora Gibbon
Released: 1938-10-14

Three daughters of a small down pharmacist undergo trials and tribulations in their problematic...

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The Backbone of America

as Ethel
Released: 1953-12-29

An account executive tries to find the perfect American family to use in a forthcoming...

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Strange Cargo

as Diana Foster
Released: 1929-03-31

On board a yacht sailing from India to Britain, the owner of the vessel is murdered by one of...

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Money and the Woman

as Miss Martha Church
Released: 1940-08-17

An embezzler's wife begs his boss for forgiveness, only to fall in love with him.

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Larceny with Music

as Agatha Parkinson
Released: 1943-09-10

A former bootlegger is now the prosperous owner of a popular nightclub. A hustling promoter...

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Hello Out There

as The Wife
Released: 1949-01-01

Director James Whale's last film, it was supposed to be part of an anthology film but was never...

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The Rifleman

as uncredited
First aired: 1958-09-30

The Rifleman is an American Western television program starring Chuck Connors as rancher Lucas...

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Matinee Theater

as uncredited
First aired: 1955-10-31

Matinee Theater is an American anthology series that aired on NBC during the Golden Age of...

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Wagon Train

as Mrs. Elliot Swinbourne Steele
First aired: 1957-09-18

The series initially starred veteran movie supporting actor Ward Bond as the wagon master, later...

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The Untouchables

as Lelah Dolan
First aired: 1959-10-15

Special Agent Eliot Ness and his elite team of incorruptible agents battle organized crime in...

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Lawman

as Mary Young
First aired: 1958-10-05

Lawman is an American western television series originally telecast on ABC from 1958 to 1962...

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Lawman

as Bess Harper
First aired: 1958-10-05

Lawman is an American western television series originally telecast on ABC from 1958 to 1962...

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Hawaiian Eye

as uncredited
First aired: 1959-10-07

Private Eyes Tom Lopaka and Tracy Steele are based out of Hawaiian Village Resort where they...

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Adventures in Paradise

as Millicent
First aired: 1959-10-05

Adventures in Paradise is an American television series created by James Michener which ran on...

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The Donna Reed Show

as uncredited
First aired: 1958-09-24

Revolves around typical family problems, such as firing a clumsy housekeeper, throwing a...

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Hazel

as Mrs. Durham
First aired: 1961-09-28

Hazel is an American sitcom about a fictional live-in maid named Hazel Burke and her employers,...

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77 Sunset Strip

as Nona Rumson
First aired: 1958-10-10

Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this...

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The 20th Century Fox Hour

as Emmie Wasey
First aired: 1955-10-05

The 20th Century Fox Hour is an American drama anthology series televised in the United States...

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Pete and Gladys

as uncredited
First aired: 1960-09-19

Pete and Gladys is an American situation comedy television series starring Harry Morgan and Cara...

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Mr. & Mrs. North

as uncredited
First aired: 1952-10-03

Mr. & Mrs. North is an American comedy/mystery television series that aired on CBS from October...

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Racket Squad

as uncredited
First aired: 1951-06-07

Racket Squad is an American TV crime drama series starring Reed Hadley as Captain John Braddock,...

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Topper

as uncredited
First aired: 1953-10-09

Topper is an American fantasy sitcom based on the 1937 film of the same name. The series was...

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Harrigan and Son

as uncredited
First aired: 1960-10-14

Harrigan and Son is an ABC sitcom about a father-and-son team of lawyers, played by Pat O'Brien...

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The Alvin Show

as uncredited
First aired: 1961-10-04

The Alvin Show is an American animated television series. It was the first to feature the...

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