| Dorothy Patrick | |
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from the film Till the Clouds Roll By (1946) |
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| Born | June 3, 1921 St. Boniface, Manitoba, Canada |
| Died | May 31, 1987 (aged 65) Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. |
| Years active | 1939–1956 |
Dorothy Patrick (June 3, 1921 – May 31, 1987) was an American film actress and a John Robert Powers model.
She was billed under her birth name Dorothea Davis until she married hockey star Lynn Patrick. Dorothy Patrick, who was born in St. Boniface, Manitoba, Canada, appeared in a number of films in the 1940s and 1950s including Till the Clouds Roll By with Robert Walker(1946), High Wall with Robert Taylor(1947), New Orleans with Billie Holiday (the only film record of her singing) and Louis Armstrong, The Mighty McGurk with Wallace Beery (1947), Follow Me Quietly with William Lundingan 1949), and the Fritz Lang-directed House by the River (1950). Patrick's roles in the 1950s, including walk-ons in The Bad and the Beautiful and Singin' in the Rain (1952). She continued playing small, supporting roles on TV and screen until 1956. Her last movie was View from Pompey's Head with Robert Egan and Dana Wynter.
Her first husband Lynn Patrick became one of the most prominent and successful figures in American ice hockey. Her second husband was the noted Beverly Hills dentist, Sterling Trevling "Doc" Bowen who "Put the smile on half of Hollywood" in the 1940s/50s film era.
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