Patricia Owens

Patricia Owens

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Patricia Owens (17 January 1925, Golden, British Columbia - 31 August 2000, Lancaster, California) was a Canadian-born American actress, working in Hollywood. She appeared in about 40 films and 10 TV episodes in a career lasting from 1943 to 1968. Canadian-born actress Patricia Owens moved to England with her parents in 1933, and ten years later, at age 18, she made her motion-picture debut in Val Guest's musical comedy Miss London Ltd. The following year, she had a small role in Harold French's social satire English Without Tears. Her career continued in this manner for the next few years, Owens getting ever-larger roles in generally better movies (though not always—the same year in which she worked in the Launder-Gilliat production of The Happiest Days of Your Life, one of the funniest movies ever made in England, she also appeared in the abysmal Old Mother Riley, Headmistress). Her career took a giant step upward when she was seen by a 20th Century Fox executive while performing in a theatrical production of Sabrina Fair and was offered a screen test. The result was a contract with the studio and a move to Hollywood. Her first American film was Island in the Sun (1957) for Fox, and then Owens was loaned out to Warner Bros. to play opposite Marlon Brando in the drama Sayonara (1957), one of the most critically acclaimed movies of the year. Owens spent the rest of 1957 working mostly on loan-out, but it was a 1958 Fox production that secured her place in motion picture history—as Helene Delambre, the wife of scientist Andre Delambre in The Fly (1958), co-starring with David Hedison and Vincent Price. Owens carried much of the film's story and drama, which were told in flashback from her character's point-of-view. The Fly was one of the most successful science fiction movies of the decade; the image of Owens unmasking her stricken husband and screaming at what she sees—and the shot of her horrified visage seen in a "fly's eye" view—became one of the defining moments in the genre. Unfortunately for Owens, she never got another movie half as good as The Fly, from Fox or anyone else, and in 1961 was reduced to working in the threadbare, backlot POW/jungle chase drama Seven Women from Hell. Owens made occasional television appearances, on series such as Perry Mason and Burke's Law, but these were relatively infrequent. Owens also starred in one of the 17 episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents directed by Hitchcock himself, "The Crystal Trench" (1959). By 1965, she was working in Black Spurs, one of producer A.C. Lyles' B-Westerns, renowned for their use of aging genre stars, and Owens retired from movies after portraying Richard Egan's love interest in the low-budget espionage thriller The Destructors (1968). Her last professional appearance was in a 1968 episode of Lassie. She was the third wife of screenwriter and producer Sy Bartlett. Description above from the Wikipedia article Patricia Owens (actress), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

  • Title: Patricia Owens
  • Popularity: 3.42
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1925-01-17
  • Place of Birth: Golden, British Columbia, Canada
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  • Also Known As: Pat Owens, Patricia Molly Owens
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Patricia Owens Movies

  • 1958
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    The Fly

    The Fly

    7.005 1958 HD

    Industrialist François Delambre is called late at night by his sister-in-law, Helene Delambre, who tells him that she has just killed her...

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  • 1953
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    Colonel March Investigates

    Colonel March Investigates

    6 1953 HD

    This is a feature-length compilation of three short episodes taken from a TV series called 'Colonel March of Scotland Yard' (1954-56, 26 episodes)...

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  • 1957
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    Sayonara

    Sayonara

    6.591 1957 HD

    Air Force Major Lloyd Gruver (Marlon Brando) is reassigned to a Japanese air base, and is confronted with US racial prejudice against the Japanese...

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  • 1957
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    Island in the Sun

    Island in the Sun

    6.5 1957 HD

    A scandalous tale of politics, social inequality, interracial romance, and murder set on a fictitious British-owned Caribbean island.

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  • 1958
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    The Law and Jake Wade

    The Law and Jake Wade

    6.6 1958 HD

    Jake Wade breaks Clint Hollister out of jail to pay off an old debt, though it's clear there is some pretty deep hostility between them. They part,...

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  • 1959
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    These Thousand Hills

    These Thousand Hills

    6.2 1959 HD

    A cowboy tries for easy money with his partner, then tries ranching with a saloon hostess's money.

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  • 1958
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    The Gun Runners

    The Gun Runners

    6 1958 HD

    Remake of "To Have and Have Not" based on Hemingway short story. Plot reset to early days of Cuban revolution. A charter boat skipper gets entangled...

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  • 1961
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    Seven Women from Hell

    Seven Women from Hell

    3.7 1961 HD

    Seven women from different backgrounds, nationality, age, class, and marital status find themselves in New Guinea, February 1942 - when the Japanese...

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  • 1952
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    Crow Hollow

    Crow Hollow

    5.8 1952 HD

    A greedy woman tries to poison her nephew's bride in a dark mansion.

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  • 1954
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    The Stranger Came Home

    The Stranger Came Home

    5.5 1954 HD

    Someone knocked out a man and left him for dead during a fishing trip in Portugal. That someone is either his fetching wife, or two business...

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  • 1957
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    No Down Payment

    No Down Payment

    6.3 1957 HD

    The marital difficulties of four couples living in a southern California housing development become intertwined. Among the unhappy couples are...

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  • 1952
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    Ghost Ship

    Ghost Ship

    5.2 1952 HD

    Warned that it is haunted, a skeptical young couple buy a rundown yacht and fix it up to be their home-on-the-sea, only to slowly realize that it...

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  • 1948
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    Things Happen at Night

    Things Happen at Night

    4.3 1948 HD

    A young girl finds herself possessed by the spirit of a mischievous demon.

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  • 1951
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    Mystery Junction

    Mystery Junction

    5.6 1951 HD

    In this crime drama, an escaped convict is recaptured and charged with killing two people in a lonely waystation during a snowstorm. Fortunately, a...

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  • 1949
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    Paper Orchid

    Paper Orchid

    5 1949 HD

    Paper Orchid is a 1949 British crime film directed by Roy Ward Baker, with a script written by Val Guest. It featured Hugh Williams, Hy Hazell and...

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  • 1959
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    Five Gates to Hell

    Five Gates to Hell

    4 1959 HD

    A group of nurses, doctors and nuns are taken hostage in Vietnam and sent up river to a castle hideout so they can cure an ailing war general.

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  • 1950
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    Bait

    Bait

    1 1950 HD

    John Bentley stars as a man who returns home to claim his inheritance. He soon learns his half brother has spent his fortune and is mixed up with...

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  • 1954
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    Tale of Three Women

    Tale of Three Women

    1 1954 HD

    A compilation of 3 stories, "The Wedding Gift", "The Thief of London" and "The Final Twist". Originally part of the Danziger Brothers series "Calling...

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  • 1957
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    Alive on Saturday

    Alive on Saturday

    1 1957 HD

    A tycoon is conned into believing a homeless man is in actuality the exiled prince of a Balkan nation. The tycoon agrees to bank roll the revolution...

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  • 1953
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    House of Blackmail

    House of Blackmail

    6 1953 HD

    A blackmailer is murdered, and the police find that there is a long list of suspects who wanted to see him dead.

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  • 1968
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    The Destructors

    The Destructors

    5.2 1968 HD

    Foreign agents are after a substance called "laser rubies" that can power a killer laser beam. Government agents are dispatched to protect the rubies...

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  • 1963
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    Walk a Tightrope

    Walk a Tightrope

    6.25 1963 HD

    Meet Ellen Sheppard, an American living in Britain. Her English husband, Jason Sheppard, has been killed and she's under suspicion despite the...

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  • 1961
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    X-15

    X-15

    5.9 1961 HD

    X-15 is a 1961 movie that tells a fictionalized account of the X-15 research rocket plane, the men who flew it and the women who loved them.

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  • 1965
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    Black Spurs

    Black Spurs

    6 1965 HD

    A dissatisfied ranch hand becomes a bounty hunter. He conspires with a crooked town boss to dirty up a neighboring village where a valuable railroad...

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  • 1960
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    Hell to Eternity

    Hell to Eternity

    6.6 1960 HD

    Based on the story about Guy Gabaldon, a Los Angeles Hispanic boy raised in the 1930s by a Japanese-American foster family. After Pearl Harbor, his...

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  • 1961
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    Gunfight at Black Horses Canyon

    Gunfight at Black Horses Canyon

    5.6 1961 HD

    Feature-length Western based on the hit TV show 'Tales of Wells Fargo,' about a Wells Fargo Company troubleshooter who becomes the target of an...

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  • 1953
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    Knights of the Round Table

    Knights of the Round Table

    5.9 1953 HD

    In Camelot, kingdom of Arthur and Merlin, Lancelot is well known for his courage and honor. But one day he must quit Camelot and the Queen...

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  • 1950
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    The Happiest Days of Your Life

    The Happiest Days of Your Life

    6.333 1950 HD

    Nutbourne College, an old established, all-boys, boarding school is told that another school is to be billeted with due to wartime restrictions. The...

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  • 1943
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    Miss London Ltd.

    Miss London Ltd.

    5.2 1943 HD

    Askey stars as a man trying to save his flagging escort agency. A new partner suggests getting some new girls in, just in time for the soldiers'...

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  • 1954
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    The Good Die Young

    The Good Die Young

    6.4 1954 HD

    An amoral, psychotic playboy incites three men who are down on their luck to commit a mail van robbery, which goes badly wrong.

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  • 1944
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    English Without Tears

    English Without Tears

    5.7 1944 HD

    While Lady Christabel Beauclark, a bird fancier, is scurrying about demanding certain territorial rights for British birds from other countries, Her...

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  • 1963
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    Burke's Law

    Burke's Law

    6 1963 HD

    Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on CBS in the 1990s. The show starred Gene Barry as...

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  • 1955
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    Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

    6.5 1955 HD

    Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take...

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  • 1957
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    Perry Mason

    Perry Mason

    7.7 1957 HD

    The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.

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  • 1954
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    Lassie

    Lassie

    6.133 1954 HD

    Lassie is the pet of Jeff Miller, an 11-year-old farm boy. The two become best friends and enjoy family adventures in the American countryside,...

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  • 1955
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    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    7.733 1955 HD

    A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

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  • 1961
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    Bus Stop

    Bus Stop

    1 1961 HD

    Bus Stop is a 26-episode American drama which aired on ABC from October 1, 1961, until March 25, 1962, starring Marilyn Maxwell as Grace Sherwood,...

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  • 1952
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    This Is Your Life

    This Is Your Life

    6.556 1952 HD

    This Is Your Life is an American television documentary series broadcast on NBC, originally hosted by its producer, Ralph Edwards from 1952 to 1961....

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  • 1959
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    Adventures in Paradise

    Adventures in Paradise

    5.7 1959 HD

    Adventures in Paradise is an American television series created by James Michener which ran on ABC from 1959 until 1962, starring Gardner McKay as...

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  • 1956
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    Colonel March of Scotland Yard

    Colonel March of Scotland Yard

    7.3 1956 HD

    Colonel March of The Department of Queer Complaints investigates unusual cases, locked-room murders, and mysteries concerning the supernatural.

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