Acting
Shirley Patterson
EN cinema · 37 credits
Born
26 December 1922
Died
4 April 1995 (aged 72)
Birthplace
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Also known as Shawn Smith
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
Filmography
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 Long Wait
as Carol Shay (as Shawn Smith)
The Silver Chalice
as Poppaea (uncredited)
The French Line
as Elsie (uncredited)
Black Hills
as Janet Hadley
Tumbleweed Trail
as Robin Ryan
Driftin' River
as J.C. Morgan
Stars Over Texas
as Terry Lawrence
The Harvey Girls
as Harvey Girl (uncredited)
Between Two Women
as Nurse Thorsen
Keep Your Powder Dry
as WAC Brooks
Riding West
as Alice Morton
Marriage Is a Private Affair
as Mary Saunders
A Maid Made Mad
as Bellhop at Amazon Hotel for Women
Phony Express
as Lola (bargirl)
Batman
as Linda Page
The Texas Kid
as Nancy
Spook Louder
as Perkins, the Secretary
Law of the Northwest
as Michele Darcy
Destroyer
as Bigbee's Girl (uncredited)
Here Comes Mr. Zerk
as Josephine
Good Luck, Mr. Yates
as Secretary
Redhead from Manhattan
as Telephone Operator
Dangerous Blondes
as Bride (uncredited)
The More the Merrier
as Girl (uncredited)
Riders of the Northland
as Sheila Taylor
Parachute Nurse
as Katherine Webb
The Spirit of Stanford
as June Rogers
Lucky Legs
as Chambermaid
North of the Rockies
as Lydia Rogers
Riding Through Nevada
as Gail Holloway
Sabotage Squad
as Miss Cole, secretary
A Man's World
as Nurse Bentley