Shirley Patterson

Shirley Patterson

1922-12-26 – 1995-04-04 (age 72) Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Biography

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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.

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Known For

Phony Express
Phony Express

1943

as Lola (bargirl)

Batman
Batman

1943

as Linda Page

The More the Merrier
The More the Merrier

1943

as Girl (uncredited)

It! The Terror from Beyond Space
The Harvey Girls
The Harvey Girls

1946

as Harvey Girl (uncredited)

The Silver Chalice
The Silver Chalice

1954

as Poppaea (uncredited)

Destroyer
Destroyer

1943

as Bigbee's Girl (uncredited)

Keep Your Powder Dry
Keep Your Powder Dry

1945

as WAC Brooks

Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies
World Without End
World Without End

1956

as Elaine

The Long Wait
The Long Wait

1954

as Carol Shay (as Shawn Smith)

The French Line
The French Line

1954

as Elsie (uncredited)

Good Luck, Mr. Yates
Good Luck, Mr. Yates

1943

as Secretary

The Land Unknown
The Land Unknown

1957

as Margaret 'Maggie' Hathaway

A Maid Made Mad
A Maid Made Mad

1943

as Bellhop at Amazon Hotel for Women

A Man's World
A Man's World

1942

as Nurse Bentley

Redhead from Manhattan
Redhead from Manhattan

1943

as Telephone Operator

Parachute Nurse
Parachute Nurse

1942

as Katherine Webb

Marriage Is a Private Affair
Marriage Is a Private Affair

1944

as Mary Saunders

Dangerous Blondes
Dangerous Blondes

1943

as Bride (uncredited)