Pat Paterson

Pat Paterson

Pat Paterson (10 April 1910 – 24 August 1978) was an English film actress. Although she made more than 20 films, she is best known as the wife of actor Charles Boyer. The couple's only child, Michael, died by self-inflicted gunshot at the age of 21. In 1928, although aged only 18 (the legal age of adulthood in the UK at that time was 21) she persuaded her parents to allow her to leave for Hollywood. She arrived in 1929 and was signed by Fox Studios as a contract player and immediately began to obtain film roles. She was renamed Patricia (almost immediately shortened to Pat) Paterson, as the Pat-Paterson sound had an ear-catching alliterative rhythm. From 1930-34 she appeared in many studio pictures, in roles of increasing prominence. In the 1935 20th Century Fox film Charlie Chan Goes To Egypt, starring Warner Oland as Chan, she played the female lead, Carol Arnold. This was intended by the studio to serve as her break-out role for leading parts. In early 1934, as production on Charlie Chan Goes To Egypt was wrapping, Maurice Chevalier persuaded his lifelong best friend, fellow French actor Charles Boyer, to attend a Fox Studios post-New Year dinner party at which Pat Paterson was a guest. In interviews over the years, Boyer declared their meeting to have been a case of love at first sight. They married within four weeks of the party, on St. Valentine's Day, 14 February 1934, in Yuma, Arizona. Boyer was quoted in the American news media as claiming his wife would be relinquishing her career, as he felt married women should not work but devote their time and attention to bringing up their children. However, Paterson continued to work. Indeed, arguably her greatest commercial successes came in the five years immediately following her marriage to Boyer. She continued to appear in at least one film per year until the outbreak of World War II in 1939, when she, her husband and Maurice Chevalier, as Europeans, devoted themselves to supporting the war effort of Britain and France. It was the war which effectively brought an end to her film career. On 9 December 1943, two years after her husband Charles became an American citizen, she gave birth to their only child, Michael Charles Boyer, in Los Angeles, California.

  • Popularität : 1.609
  • Bekannt für : Acting
  • Geburtstag : 1910-04-10
  • Geburtsort : Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
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Pat Paterson Filme

  • 1935
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    Charlie Chan in Ägypten

    Charlie Chan in Ägypten

    6.9 1935 HD

    In einem der berühmtesten und komplexesten Filme der Charlie-Chan-Serie wird der berühmte Ermittler angeheuert, um einen verschwundenen...

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  • 1932
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    Murder on the Second Floor

    Murder on the Second Floor

    1 1932 HD

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  • 1934
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    Love Time

    Love Time

    1 1934 HD

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  • 1934
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    Bottoms Up

    Bottoms Up

    4.3 1934 HD

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  • 1936
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    Spendthrift

    Spendthrift

    5 1936 HD

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  • 1939
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    Idiot's Delight

    Idiot's Delight

    5.8 1939 HD

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  • 1931
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    Night Shadows

    Night Shadows

    1 1931 HD

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  • 1932
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    Here's George

    Here's George

    1 1932 HD

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  • 1933
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    The Bermondsey Kid

    The Bermondsey Kid

    1 1933 HD

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    The Medicine Man

    The Medicine Man

    1 1933 HD

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    Bitter Sweet

    Bitter Sweet

    7 1933 HD

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  • 1935
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    The Lottery Lover

    The Lottery Lover

    3 1935 HD

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  • 1934
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    Call It Luck

    Call It Luck

    6 1934 HD

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  • 1931
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    The Great Gay Road

    The Great Gay Road

    1 1931 HD

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  • 1932
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    Partners Please

    Partners Please

    1 1932 HD

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  • 1933
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    The Right to Live

    The Right to Live

    1 1933 HD

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    Lord Babs

    Lord Babs

    6 1932 HD

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  • 1938
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    Hollywood Goes to Town

    Hollywood Goes to Town

    7 1938 HD

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  • 1937
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    52nd Street

    52nd Street

    1 1937 HD

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