Gail Patrick

Actor: Gail Patrick

Born: Jun 20, 1911 in Birmingham, Alabama
Died: Jul 06, 1980 in Hollywood, California
Occupation: Actor
Active: '30s-'40s
Major Genres: Mystery, Comedy
Career Highlights: Stage Door, Early to Bed, Death Takes a Holiday
First Major Screen Credit: Fighting Phantom (1933)

Biography

Slim, sloe-eyed, dark-haired actress Gail Patrick was once the 21-year-old Dean of women students at her alma mater of Howard College, and briefly studied law at University of Alabama. She was brought to Paramount during that studio's nationwide contest to find an actress to play "the Panther Woman" in Island of Lost Souls (1932). Patrick lost this role to Kathleen Burke, but won a Paramount contract, and co-starred in the studio's horror film follow-up to Island of Lost Souls, 1933's Murders in the Zoo. She played several leading roles -- including a lady lawyer in Disbarred (1939) -- but was more effective as a villainess or "other woman"; her elegant truculence was one of the highlights of the 1936 screwball comedy My Man Godfrey. Patrick's third husband was Thomas Cornwall Jackson, literary agent of Perry Mason creator Erle Stanley Gardner. Retired from acting since 1948, Patrick and her husband co-produced the popular Perry Mason TV series, which ran from 1957 through 1966. She made a brief return to acting as a judge in the final Mason episode, which also featured Erle Stanley Gardner himself in a bit role. After her 1969 divorce from Jackson, Patrick attempted to revive Paul Mason for television in 1973, but Monte Markham proved an inadequate substitute for Raymond Burr. Gail Patrick Jackson died of leukemia in 1980. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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Gail Patrick
in Gallant Sons (1940)
Born	Margaret LaVelle Fitzpatrick June 20, 1911(1911-06-20) Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Died	July 6, 1980 (aged 69) Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Gail Patrick (June 20, 1911 – July 6, 1980) was an American film actress.

Born Margaret LaVelle Fitzpatrick, she appeared in 62 movies between 1932 and 1948, usually as the leading lady's extremely formidable rival; some of these roles include the second wife in My Favorite Wife (1940) with Irene Dunne and Cary Grant, Anna May Wong's sophisticated competitor in Dangerous to Know (1938), and Carole Lombard's spoiled sister in My Man Godfrey (1936).

She also played the lead in films such as James Whale's Wives Under Suspicion (1938) and Robert Florey's Disbarred (1939).

Patrick retired from acting in films in 1948 and later, with her third husband Thomas Cornwell Jackson, became a producer of the Perry Mason television series (1957-1966).

She died from leukemia at age 69 in Los Angeles.

Partial filmography

To the Last Man (1933) with Randolph Scott, Esther Ralston, Buster Crabbe, and Noah Beery
Wagon Wheels (1934) with Randolph Scott
Rumba (1935) with George Raft and Carole Lombard
Mississippi (1935) with Bing Crosby, W.C. Fields, and Joan Bennett
Two in the Dark (1936) with Alan Hale, Sr.
My Man Godfrey (1936; directed by Gregory LaCava) with William Powell and Carole Lombard
Stage Door (1937; directed by Gregory LaCava) with Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, Lucille Ball, Eve Arden, Andrea Leeds, Constance Collier, Margaret Early, Adolphe Menjou, Ann Miller, and Jack Carson
King of Alcatraz (1938) with Lloyd Nolan, Harry Carey, and Robert Preston
Mad About Music (1938) with Deanna Durbin and William Frawley
Dangerous to Know (1938; directed by Robert Florey) with Anna May Wong
Wives Under Suspicion (1938; directed by James Whale) with Warren William and Frank Morgan
Disbarred (1939; directed by Robert Florey) with Robert Preston
My Favorite Wife (1940; directed by Garson Kanin) with Irene Dunne and Cary Grant
Love Crazy (1941) with William Powell and Myrna Loy
Women in Bondage (1943) with Nancy Kelly
Brewster's Millions (1945)

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Persondata
NAME	Patrick, Gail
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Fitzpatrick, Margaret LaVelle
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Actress, television producer
DATE OF BIRTH	June 20, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH	Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
DATE OF DEATH	July 6, 1980
PLACE OF DEATH	Los Angeles, California, U.S.

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