Hilliard, Patricia (1916–2001)
Hilliard, Patricia (1916–2001)
English actress. Born Patricia Maud Penn-Gaskell, Mar 14, 1916, in Quetta, India; died June 14, 2001, in Sussex, England; dau. of Stafford Hilliard and Ann Codrington (both actors); m. William Fox, 1938.
Made stage debut as Estelle in The Copy and came to prominence as Catherine Hilton in Call It a Day (both 1935); other plays include Family Group, A Family Man, Up the Garden Path, Under Suspicion, Too True to be Good, Candida, No Medals, Noose and Mandragola; joined BBC Rep (1952); films include Full Circle, Night Journey and The Missing Million.
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