Shirley Patterson
Known for Acting · 39 credits
- Born
- 1922-12-26
- Died
- 1995-04-04
- Place of birth
- Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Also known as
- Shawn Smith
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Shirley Patterson, sometimes billed as Shawn Smith, (December 26, 1922 – April 4, 1995) was a Canadian born B-movie actress of the 1940s and 1950s.
Patterson began her acting career after being a beauty contestant in pageants in California in 1940. She graduated from the Mar-Ken School in Sherman Oaks, California in 1941, and shortly thereafter she signed a contract with Columbia Pictures. Her career spanned forty films, a small quantity of television appearances, and a serial.
A beautiful woman in her youth, Patterson played the role of heroine in the 1943 fifteen chapter Batman serial. In 1944 she starred in The Vigilantes Ride alongside Russell Hayden and Bob Wills. In 1946 she accompanied Eddie Dean and Roscoe Ates in the film Driftin River, and starred with them again that same year in Tumbleweed Trail. Two of her last films was the 1957 movie The Land Unknown, and the 1958 Sci-Fi film It! The Terror from Beyond Space, which also starred Ray "Crash" Corrigan who played a monster from outer space.
Patterson had a long fight with cancer in her later years, and died in 1995 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Known For
TV Shows (2)
Movies (37)
Phony Express
1943
as Lola (bargirl)
Batman
1943
as Linda Page
The Silver Chalice
1954
as Poppaea (uncredited)
The More the Merrier
1943
as Girl (uncredited)
The Harvey Girls
1946
as Harvey Girl (uncredited)
It! The Terror from Beyond Space
1958
as Ann Anderson
Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies
2021
as Self - (archive footage)
World Without End
1956
as Elaine
Destroyer
1943
as Bigbee's Girl (uncredited)
Good Luck, Mr. Yates
1943
as Secretary
A Man's World
1942
as Nurse Bentley
Redhead from Manhattan
1943
as Telephone Operator
A Maid Made Mad
1943
as Bellhop at Amazon Hotel for Women
Dangerous Blondes
1943
as Bride (uncredited)
The Land Unknown
1957
as Margaret 'Maggie' Hathaway
The Long Wait
1954
as Carol Shay (as Shawn Smith)
The Spirit of Stanford
1942
as June Rogers
Parachute Nurse
1942
as Katherine Webb
North of the Rockies
1942
as Lydia Rogers
Marriage Is a Private Affair
1944
as Mary Saunders
The French Line
1954
as Elsie (uncredited)
Keep Your Powder Dry
1945
as WAC Brooks
Black Hills
1947
as Janet Hadley
Between Two Women
1945
as Nurse Thorsen
Spook Louder
1943
as Perkins, the Secretary
Stars Over Texas
1946
as Terry Lawrence
Tumbleweed Trail
1946
as Robin Ryan
Here Comes Mr. Zerk
1943
as Josephine
The Vigilantes Ride
1943
Riding Through Nevada
1942
as Gail Holloway
Lucky Legs
1942
as Chambermaid
Law of the Northwest
1943
as Michele Darcy
The Texas Kid
1943
as Nancy
Riders of the Northland
1942
as Sheila Taylor
Sabotage Squad
1942
as Miss Cole, secretary
Driftin' River
1946
as J.C. Morgan
Riding West
1944
as Alice Morton
About Shirley Patterson
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Shirley Patterson, sometimes billed as Shawn Smith, (December 26, 1922 – April 4, 1995) was a Canadian born B-movie actress of the 1940s and 1950s. Patterson began her acting career after being a beauty contestant in pageants in California in 1940. She graduated from the Mar-Ken School in Sherman Oaks, California in 1941, and shortly thereafter she signed a contract with Columbia Pictures. Her career spanned forty films, a small quantity of television appearances, and a serial. A beautiful woman in her y… With 39 credits spanning from 1942 to 2021, Shirley Patterson has appeared in 37 films and 2 TV shows.
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Most Popular Shirley Patterson Movies
- Phony Express (1943) — as Lola (bargirl)
- Batman (1943) — as Linda Page
- The Silver Chalice (1954) — as Poppaea (uncredited)
- The More the Merrier (1943) — as Girl (uncredited)
- The Harvey Girls (1946) — as Harvey Girl (uncredited)
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