Shirley Patterson
Acting • Born 1922-12-26 – Died 1995-04-04
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.
Filmography
39 credits
It! The Terror from Beyond Space
Movie • 1958
Ann Anderson
The Long Wait
Movie • 1954
Carol Shay (as Shawn Smith)
The Land Unknown
Movie • 1957
Margaret 'Maggie' Hathaway
A Maid Made Mad
Movie • 1943
Bellhop at Amazon Hotel for Women
World Without End
Movie • 1956
Elaine
Phony Express
Movie • 1943
Lola (bargirl)
Batman
Movie • 1943
Linda Page
Black Hills
Movie • 1947
Janet Hadley
The Texas Kid
Movie • 1943
Nancy
Between Two Women
Movie • 1945
Nurse Thorsen
Tumbleweed Trail
Movie • 1946
Robin Ryan
Driftin' River
Movie • 1946
J.C. Morgan
Spook Louder
Movie • 1943
Perkins, the Secretary
Riding West
Movie • 1944
Alice Morton
Law of the Northwest
Movie • 1943
Michele Darcy
Riders of the Northland
Movie • 1942
Sheila Taylor
Parachute Nurse
Movie • 1942
Katherine Webb
Destroyer
Movie • 1943
Bigbee's Girl (uncredited)
The Spirit of Stanford
Movie • 1942
June Rogers
Here Comes Mr. Zerk
Movie • 1943
Josephine
Good Luck, Mr. Yates
Movie • 1943
Secretary
Redhead from Manhattan
Movie • 1943
Telephone Operator
Lucky Legs
Movie • 1942
Chambermaid
Stars Over Texas
Movie • 1946
Terry Lawrence
North of the Rockies
Movie • 1942
Lydia Rogers
The Vigilantes Ride
Movie • 1943
Riding Through Nevada
Movie • 1942
Gail Holloway
The Silver Chalice
Movie • 1954
Poppaea (uncredited)
Sabotage Squad
Movie • 1942
Miss Cole, secretary
Dangerous Blondes
Movie • 1943
Bride (uncredited)
Marriage Is a Private Affair
Movie • 1944
Mary Saunders
Keep Your Powder Dry
Movie • 1945
WAC Brooks
The French Line
Movie • 1954
Elsie (uncredited)
A Man's World
Movie • 1942
Nurse Bentley
The More the Merrier
Movie • 1943
Girl (uncredited)
Titans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies
Movie • 2021
Self - (archive footage)
The Harvey Girls
Movie • 1946
Harvey Girl (uncredited)
Four Star Playhouse
TV • 1952
Betty Maxwell
Maigret
TV • 1960
Maid