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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

37

Gender

Female

Birthday

1922-12-26

Day of Death

1995-04-04 (73 years old)

Place of Birth

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Also Known As

Shawn Smith

Shirley Patterson

Biography

​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.

Known For

Acting

The Long Wait

1954

The Long Wait

as

Carol Shay (as Shawn Smith)

The Land Unknown

1957

The Land Unknown

as

Margaret 'Maggie' Hathaway

A Maid Made Mad

1943

A Maid Made Mad

as

Bellhop at Amazon Hotel for Women

World Without End

1956

World Without End

as

Elaine

Phony Express

1943

Phony Express

as

Lola (bargirl)

Batman

1943

Batman

as

Linda Page

Black Hills

1947

Black Hills

as

Janet Hadley

The Texas Kid

1943

The Texas Kid

as

Nancy

Between Two Women

1945

Between Two Women

as

Nurse Thorsen

Tumbleweed Trail

1946

Tumbleweed Trail

as

Robin Ryan

Driftin' River

1946

Driftin' River

as

J.C. Morgan

Spook Louder

1943

Spook Louder

as

Perkins, the Secretary

Riding West

1944

Riding West

as

Alice Morton

Law of the Northwest

1943

Law of the Northwest

as

Michele Darcy

Riders of the Northland

1942

Riders of the Northland

as

Sheila Taylor

Parachute Nurse

1942

Parachute Nurse

as

Katherine Webb

Destroyer

1943

Destroyer

as

Bigbee's Girl (uncredited)

The Spirit of Stanford

1942

The Spirit of Stanford

as

June Rogers

Here Comes Mr. Zerk

1943

Here Comes Mr. Zerk

as

Josephine

Good Luck, Mr. Yates

1943

Good Luck, Mr. Yates

as

Secretary

Redhead from Manhattan

1943

Redhead from Manhattan

as

Telephone Operator

Lucky Legs

1942

Lucky Legs

as

Chambermaid

Stars Over Texas

1946

Stars Over Texas

as

Terry Lawrence

North of the Rockies

1942

North of the Rockies

as

Lydia Rogers

Riding Through Nevada

1942

Riding Through Nevada

as

Gail Holloway

The Silver Chalice

1954

The Silver Chalice

as

Poppaea (uncredited)

Sabotage Squad

1942

Sabotage Squad

as

Miss Cole, secretary

Dangerous Blondes

1943

Dangerous Blondes

as

Bride (uncredited)

Marriage Is a Private Affair

1944

Marriage Is a Private Affair

as

Mary Saunders

Keep Your Powder Dry

1945

Keep Your Powder Dry

as

WAC Brooks

The French Line

1954

The French Line

as

Elsie (uncredited)

A Man's World

1942

A Man's World

as

Nurse Bentley

The More the Merrier

1943

The More the Merrier

as

Girl (uncredited)

Four Star Playhouse

Four Star Playhouse

as

Betty Maxwell

Maigret

Maigret

as

Maid

Production

Crew

Directing