- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- December 26, 1922
- Place of Birth
- Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Died
- April 4, 1995
Shirley Patterson
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 …
Filmography
movieTitans of Destruction: The Evolution of Giant Monster Movies
2021 · Self - (archive footage)
tvMaigret
1960 · Maid
movieIt! The Terror from Beyond Space
1958 · Ann Anderson
movieThe Land Unknown
1957 · Margaret 'Maggie' Hathaway
movieWorld Without End
1956 · Elaine
movieThe Silver Chalice
1954 · Poppaea (uncredited)
movieThe Long Wait
1954 · Carol Shay (as Shawn Smith)
movieThe French Line
1954 · Elsie (uncredited)
tvFour Star Playhouse
1952 · Betty Maxwell
movieBlack Hills
1947 · Janet Hadley
movieStars Over Texas
1946 · Terry Lawrence
movieDriftin' River
1946 · J.C. Morgan
movieTumbleweed Trail
1946 · Robin Ryan
movieThe Harvey Girls
1946 · Harvey Girl (uncredited)
movieKeep Your Powder Dry
1945 · WAC Brooks
movieBetween Two Women
1945 · Nurse Thorsen
movieMarriage Is a Private Affair
1944 · Mary Saunders
movieRiding West
1944 · Alice Morton
movieThe Vigilantes Ride
1943
movieThe Texas Kid
1943 · Nancy
moviePhony Express
1943 · Lola (bargirl)
movieDangerous Blondes
1943 · Bride (uncredited)
movieDestroyer
1943 · Bigbee's Girl (uncredited)
movieHere Comes Mr. Zerk
1943 · Josephine
movieBatman
1943 · Linda Page
movieGood Luck, Mr. Yates
1943 · Secretary
movieLaw of the Northwest
1943 · Michele Darcy
movieThe More the Merrier
1943 · Girl (uncredited)
movieRedhead from Manhattan
1943 · Telephone Operator
movieSpook Louder
1943 · Perkins, the Secretary
movieA Maid Made Mad
1943 · Bellhop at Amazon Hotel for Women
movieRiding Through Nevada
1942 · Gail Holloway
movieThe Spirit of Stanford
1942 · June Rogers
movieLucky Legs
1942 · Chambermaid
movieA Man's World
1942 · Nurse Bentley
movieSabotage Squad
1942 · Miss Cole, secretary
movieParachute Nurse
1942 · Katherine Webb
movieRiders of the Northland
1942 · Sheila Taylor
movieNorth of the Rockies
1942 · Lydia Rogers