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Patricia Owens

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Patricia Owens (17 January 1925, Golden, British Columbia - 31 August 2000, Lancaster, California) was a Canadian-born American actress, working in Hollywood. She appeared in about 40 films and 10 TV episodes in a career lasting from 1943 to 1968. Canadian-born actress Patricia Owens moved to England with her parents in 1933, and ten years later, at age 18, she made her motion-picture debut in Val Guest's musical comedy Miss London Ltd. The following year, she had a small role in Harold French's social satire English Without Tears. Her career continued in this manner for the next few years, Owens getting ever-larger roles in generally better movies (though not always—the same year in which she worked in the Launder-Gilliat production of The Happiest Days of Your Life, one of the funniest movies ever made in England, she also appeared in the abysmal Old Mother Riley, Headmistress). Her career took a giant step upward when she was seen by a 20th Century Fox executive while performing in a theatrical production of Sabrina Fair and was offered a screen test. The result was a contract with the studio and a move to Hollywood. Her first American film was Island in the Sun (1957) for Fox, and then Owens was loaned out to Warner Bros. to play opposite Marlon Brando in the drama Sayonara (1957), one of the most critically acclaimed movies of the year. Owens spent the rest of 1957 working mostly on loan-out, but it was a 1958 Fox production that secured her place in motion picture history—as Helene Delambre, the wife of scientist Andre Delambre in The Fly (1958), co-starring with David Hedison and Vincent Price. Owens carried much of the film's story and drama, which were told in flashback from her character's point-of-view. The Fly was one of the most successful science fiction movies of the decade; the image of Owens unmasking her stricken husband and screaming at what she sees—and the shot of her horrified visage seen in a "fly's eye" view—became one of the defining moments in the genre. Unfortunately for Owens, she never got another movie half as good as The Fly, from Fox or anyone else, and in 1961 was reduced to working in the threadbare, backlot POW/jungle chase drama Seven Women from Hell. Owens made occasional television appearances, on series such as Perry Mason and Burke's Law, but these were relatively infrequent. Owens also starred in one of the 17 episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents directed by Hitchcock himself, "The Crystal Trench" (1959). By 1965, she was working in Black Spurs, one of producer A.C. Lyles' B-Westerns, renowned for their use of aging genre stars, and Owens retired from movies after portraying Richard Egan's love interest in the low-budget espionage thriller The Destructors (1968). Her last professional appearance was in a 1968 episode of Lassie. She was the third wife of screenwriter and producer Sy Bartlett. Description above from the Wikipedia article Patricia Owens (actress), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia


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Born:
Jan 17, 1925 In Golden, British Columbia, Canada
Movie/TV Credits:
40
First Appeared:
In the movie Miss London Ltd. 1943-06-14
Latest Project:
Movie The Destructors 1968-05-03
Known For
Poster of The Gun Runners
Poster of Sayonara
Poster of No Down Payment
Poster of Mystery Junction
Filmography
Movie The Destructors Charlie 1968-05-03
Movie Black Spurs Clare 1965-05-28
Movie Walk a Tightrope Ellen Sheppard 1964-10-30
Series Burke's Law Unknown 1963-09-20
Series Bus Stop Unknown 1961-10-01
Movie Seven Women from Hell Grace Ingram 1961-10-01
Movie Gunfight at Black Horses Canyon Katherine 1961-10-17
Movie X-15 Margaret Brandon 1961-12-22
Movie Hell to Eternity Sheila Lincoln 1960-08-01
Series Adventures in Paradise Unknown 1959-10-05
Movie These Thousand Hills Joyce 1959-05-07
Movie Five Gates to Hell Joy 1959-09-23
Movie The Law and Jake Wade Peggy 1958-06-06
Movie The Gun Runners Lucy Martin 1958-08-01
Movie The Fly Helene Delambre 1958-07-16
Movie Island in the Sun Sylvia Fleury 1957-06-12
Series Perry Mason Unknown 1957-09-21
Movie Alive on Saturday Sally Parker 1957-02-01
Movie No Down Payment Jean Martin 1957-10-30
Movie Sayonara Eileen Webster 1957-12-25
Series Colonel March of Scotland Yard Unknown 1956-02-22
Series Gunsmoke Unknown 1955-09-10
Series Alfred Hitchcock Presents Unknown 1955-10-02
Movie Tale of Three Women Mary (segment "Final Twist' story) 1954-01-01
Movie The Good Die Young Winnie 1954-03-02
Series Lassie Unknown 1954-09-12
Movie The Unholy Four Blonde (as Pat Owens) 1954-09-24
Movie Colonel March Investigates Betty Hartley 1953-07-01
Movie House of Blackmail Joan 1953-07-13
Movie Knights of the Round Table Lady Vivien (uncredited) 1953-12-22
Movie Crow Hollow Willow, Opal's Companion (as Pat Owens) 1952-08-01
Series This Is Your Life Unknown 1952-10-01
Movie Ghost Ship Party Girl (Joyce) 1952-10-01
Movie Mystery Junction Mabel Dawn (as Pat Owens) 1951-09-01
Movie Bait Anna Hastings 1950-01-31
Movie The Happiest Days of Your Life Angela Parry 1950-03-08
Movie Paper Orchid 1949-04-01
Movie Things Happen at Night 1948-11-03
Movie English Without Tears (uncredited) 1944-07-28
Movie Miss London Ltd. Miss London 1943-06-14