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Shirley Patterson
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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…
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Shirley Patterson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies
as Self (archive footage)
It! The Terror from Beyond Space
as Ann Anderson
The Land Unknown
as Margaret 'Maggie' Hathaway
World Without End
as Elaine
The Silver Chalice
as Poppaea (uncredited)
The Long Wait
as Carol Shay (as Shawn Smith)
The French Line
as Elsie (uncredited)
Black Hills
as Janet Hadley
Stars Over Texas
as Terry Lawrence
Driftin' River
as J.C. Morgan
Tumbleweed Trail
as Robin Ryan
The Harvey Girls
as Harvey Girl (uncredited)
Keep Your Powder Dry
as WAC Brooks
Between Two Women
as Nurse Thorsen
Marriage Is a Private Affair
as Mary Saunders
Riding West
as Alice Morton
The Vigilantes Ride
The Texas Kid
as Nancy
Phony Express
as Lola (bargirl)
Dangerous Blondes
as Bride (uncredited)
Destroyer
as Bigbee's Girl (uncredited)
Here Comes Mr. Zerk
as Josephine
Batman
as Linda Page
Good Luck, Mr. Yates
as Secretary
Law of the Northwest
as Michele Darcy
The More the Merrier
as Girl (uncredited)
Redhead from Manhattan
as Telephone Operator
Spook Louder
as Perkins, the Secretary
A Maid Made Mad
as Bellhop at Amazon Hotel for Women
Riding Through Nevada
as Gail Holloway
The Spirit of Stanford
as June Rogers
Lucky Legs
as Chambermaid
A Man's World
as Nurse Bentley
Sabotage Squad
as Miss Cole, secretary
Parachute Nurse
as Katherine Webb
Riders of the Northland
as Sheila Taylor
North of the Rockies
as Lydia Rogers