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Patricia Dane (born Thelma Patricia Pippins, August 4, 1917 – June 5, 1995)[1] was an American film actress of the 1940s.

Patricia Dane
Dane in the trailer for Grand Central Murder (1942)
Born
Thelma Patricia Pippins

(1917-08-04)August 4, 1917
Florida, U.S.
DiedJune 5, 1995(1995-06-05) (aged 77)
Blountstown, Florida, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1941-1956
SpouseTommy Dorsey (1943-1947; divorced)

Early life


Patricia Dane in Life Begins for Andy Hardy (1941)
Patricia Dane in Life Begins for Andy Hardy (1941)

Dane was born Thelma Patricia Pippins to William Pippins and Emma F. Montford. Sources differ as to her birth year (1917 - 1919) and birthplace (Jacksonville, Florida or Blountstown, Florida).[2][3] She was later known as Thelma Patricia Burns and Thelma Patricia Byrnes after her mother's second husband, whose surname was Burns. She attended the University of Alabama for almost three years. In 1938 she moved to New York, where she worked as a model for a dress design firm.[4] During this period she met industrialist and film industry executive Howard Hughes, who encouraged her to move to Los Angeles and helped her find an apartment there.[5][6]


Career


Dane was signed to a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract in 1941. As she gained attention in Hollywood, gossip columnists Louella Parsons and Jimmy Fidler both noted her strong resemblance to Hedy Lamarr, who was also under contract to MGM.[7] Dane's earliest appearances were two uncredited roles in Ziegfeld Girl and I'll Wait for You (both 1941). She played the part of "Jennitt Hicks" in Life Begins for Andy Hardy (1941) and her well-received performance earned her a long-term contract. Dane played "Garnet" in Johnny Eager (1942) directed by Mervyn LeRoy. The film starred Robert Taylor and Lana Turner. Dane received favorable press for her acting in Grand Central Murder (1942), in which she was billed second to Van Heflin.[8]

Patricia Dane in Yank, the Army Weekly
Patricia Dane in Yank, the Army Weekly

Dane married bandleader Tommy Dorsey in Las Vegas on April 8, 1943.[9] Dorsey did not want his wife to work, and she took a break from her film career.[10] Her MGM contract lapsed in 1945.

Dorsey's biographer described both parties to the marriage as temperamental.[11] Their union was said to be "tempestuous from the start."[12] They separated three times before Dane filed for divorce on July 3, 1947, citing "extreme mental cruelty" and Dorsey's constant travel with his touring orchestra. However, the divorce was essentially amicable, and they had various rendezvous in the years ahead.[13]

Following her divorce, Dane resumed her movie career at the low-budget Monogram Pictures studio[14] with Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad (1948). Her final film appearances were uncredited parts in Road to Bali (1952) and The Harder They Fall (1956).[15]


Later life


Tommy Dorsey died in 1956. He left Dane a $26,000 insurance policy after she informed him that she was unable to work due to injuries sustained in a 1956 boating accident.[16][17] In 1973 she returned to Blountstown, where she lived with her mother and worked as a librarian. She never remarried.[18][19]


Filmography


Year Title Role Notes
1941Ziegfeld GirlZiegfeld GirlUncredited
1941I'll Wait for YouBlonde in ElevatorUncredited
1941Life Begins for Andy HardyJennitt Hicks
1941Johnny EagerGarnet
1942Rio RitaLucette Brunswick
1942Grand Central MurderMida King
1942Somewhere I'll Find YouCrystal McRegan
1942Northwest RangersJean Avery
1943I Dood ItSuretta Brenton
1948Joe Palooka in Fighting MadIris March
1948Are You with It?Sally
1952Road to BaliHandmaidenUncredited
1956The Harder They FallShirleyUncredited, (final film role)

See also



References


  1. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007. "Thelma Patricia Burns". Ancestry.com.
  2. "Thelma Patricia Burns". Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007. Ancestry.com. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  3. Charity, Keith. "Actress Thelma Byrnes Dies in Blountstown". Newspapers.com. Tallahassee Democrat. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  4. Lindstrom, Andy. "The Stories She Can Tell". Newspapers.com. Tallahassee Democrat, May 29, 1988. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  5. Wagner, Laura (2020). Hollywood's Hard-Luck Ladies. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-1-4766-3833-1.
  6. Lindstrom, Andy. "The Stories She Can Tell".
  7. Wagner. pp. 142–143.
  8. Wagner. pp. 142–148.
  9. Levinson, Peter J. (2005). Tommy Dorsey: Livin' In A Big Way. Cambridge MA: Da Capo Press. p. 170. ISBN 978-0-306-81111-1.
  10. Wagner. p. 144.
  11. Levinson. p. 171.
  12. Wagner. p. 144.
  13. Levinson. p. 211.
  14. "Exits and Entrances". Oakland Tribune, Oakland CA. 9 October 1947. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  15. Wagner, p. 148
  16. Levinson. p. 308.
  17. "Widow of Tommy Dorsey is "Broke"". The Times (Hammond, Indiana). Associated Press. 1 September 1959. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  18. Charity, Keith. "Actress Thelma Byrnes Dies in Blountstown". Newspapers.com. Tallahassee Democrat. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  19. Levinson. p. 320.


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[ru] Дэйн, Патриция

Патриция Дэйн (англ.  Patricia Dane), имя при рождении Тельма Патриция Энн Пиппинс (англ.  Thelma Patricia Ann Pippins; 4 августа 1919 года — 5 июня 1995 года) — американская актриса кино 1940—1950-х годов.


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