Thelma Patricia Ann Pippen Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Resembling Hedy Lamarr with her brunet sultry looks, beautiful second-string actress Patricia Dane possessed a rough and rowdy exterior, which worked much better for her in front of the camera than off of it. Born Thelma Patricia Ann Pippen in Jacksonville, Florida, her father died shortly after her birth and the infant was placed in the care, for...
On August 5, 1944, at one of Patricia Dane and Tommy Dorsey's parties, a fight broke out between Tommy and actor Jon Hall over Patricia, who also got into the fight. More people got into the fight, including actor Edward Norris, and both Dorsey and Dane wound up being arrested for felonious assault. Hall lost a portion of his nose by a knife probably wielded by Dane. With suits and counter suits in full wing, all charges were dismissed.
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According to Laura Wagner, whose article on Patricia appeared in the magazine Films of the Golden Age, Issue #79, Winter 2014-2015, MGM wanted to change her name at one point to Sandra Sherwood. Louis B. Mayer tried but failed to groom her as a brunette Jean Harlow.
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Signed to MGM in 1941. Admired by fellow actors after she brusquely told off an MGM studio executive. Changed name to Pat after this incident but only starred in minor roles and bit parts after 1945.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Harder They Fall
1956
Shirley (uncredited)
The Lone Wolf
1954
TV Series
Lorna Mason
Road to Bali
1952
Handmaiden (uncredited)
Fireside Theatre
1951
TV Series
Are You with It?
1948
Sally (as Pat Dane)
Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad
1948
Iris March
I Dood It
1943
Suretta Brenton
Personalities
1942
Short uncredited
Northwest Rangers
1942
Jean Avery
Somewhere I'll Find You
1942
Crystal McRegan
Grand Central Murder
1942
Mida King
Rio Rita
1942
Lucette Brunswick
Johnny Eager
1941
Garnet
Life Begins for Andy Hardy
1941
Jennitt Hicks
I'll Wait for You
1941
Blonde in Elevator (uncredited)
Ziegfeld Girl
1941
Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited)
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Northwest Rangers
1942
performer: "That Good for Nothin' Man of Mine" 1942