Milicent Patrick

Born: 1915-11-11

Milicent Patrick was an American actress, makeup artist, special effects designer and animator. In 1939 Patrick began working for Walt Disney Studios and during her time there became one of the studio's first female animators. Patrick continued her career at Universal Studios and is cited as being the first woman to work in a special effects and makeup department. She is best known for being the creator of the head costume for the iconic Gill-man from the movie Creature from the Black Lagoon, but was, until recently, not credited for this creation.


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Limelight

as uncredited
Released: 1952-10-23

A fading music hall comedian tries to help a despondent ballet dancer learn to walk and to again...

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Westward the Women

as Flashy Woman (uncredited)
Released: 1951-12-16

There's a deficit of good, honest women in the West, and Roy Whitman wants to change that. His...

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A Song Is Born

as Woman at Dorsey Club (uncredited)
Released: 1948-10-19

The story of seven scholars in search of an expert to teach them about swing music. They seem to...

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Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven

as Water Nymph (uncredited)
Released: 1948-07-16

Eddie Tayloe's grandfather leaves him six thousand dollars and the money belt it came in,...

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Mara Maru

as Minor Role (uncredited)
Released: 1952-04-23

An American salvage diver plunges into dangerous intrigue around a sunken treasure in the...

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We're Not Married!

as Governor's Secretary (uncredited)
Released: 1952-07-11

A Justice of the Peace performed weddings a few days before his license was valid. A few years...

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Scarlet Angel

as Dolly (uncredited)
Released: 1952-06-20

After robbing a sea captain in New Orleans, a beautiful saloon girl flees and assumes a dead...

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The Women of Pitcairn Island

as Susannah
Released: 1956-12-01

The widows and children of survivors of the H.M.S. Bounty rule Pitcairn Island, fighting off...

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Thunder in the Pines

as The Lady in Black (uncredited)
Released: 1948-11-11

Loggers Jeff Collins and Boomer Benson compete for a mail-order bride by means of a...

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Varieties on Parade

as Ticket Girl (uncredited)
Released: 1951-07-20

Following a live orchestra opening, emcee Eddie Garr greets the audience and tells them about...

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