Luana Patten

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Child actress Luana Patten was discovered by Walt Disney in 1946, when she was eight years old. Patten was prominently featured in Disney's Song of the South (1946), Fun and Fancy Free (1947) and So Dear to My Heart (1948), then left films to finish schooling. Back in Hollywood in 1956, she was the nominal female lead in Disney's Johnny Tremain (1957), but her adult career never took hold. Amidst long periods of inactivity and several forgettable projects, she made her last appearance for Disney in 1966, playing a very minor role in Follow Me, Boys (1966). From 1960 to 1964, Patten was married to actor John Smith. Long retired, Luana Patten died of respiratory failure at the age of 57. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Luana Patten
Born July 6, 1938(1938-07-06)
Long Beach, California, U.S.
Died May 1, 1996(1996-05-01) (aged 57)
Long Beach, California, U.S.
Occupation Actress
Years active 1946–1968; 1988
Spouse Ronny Huntley (1954–1959) (divorced)
John Smith (1960–1964) (divorced)
Jerry D. Mays (1970–1973) (divorced)

Luana Patten (July 6, 1938 – May 1, 1996) was an American film actress.

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In Song of the South. Clockwise from left: Ginny (Luana Patten), Uncle Remus (James Baskett), Johnny (Bobby Driscoll) and Toby (Glenn Leedy)

Luana Patten was born in Long Beach, California, the daughter to Harvey T. Patten and Alma Miller. Patten made her first film appearance in Joel Chandler Harris's 1946 musical Song of the South with Bobby Driscoll. They also appeared together in Song of the South's sister film So Dear to My Heart.

She appeared again with Bobby Driscoll in the Pecos Bill segment of Disney's Melody Time. In 1957 she also co-starred with Jock Mahoney in Joe Dakota. In 1947, she appeared with Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy, and Mortimer Snerd during the live action scenes in Fun and Fancy Free. She played the role of Priscilla Lapham in Disney's 1957 production of Johnny Tremain.

In 1959 she played the role of Abbie Fenton in the Wanted: Dead of Alive episode "Call Your Shot". In 1960, she played the role of Libby Halstead in Vincente Minnelli's melodrama Home from the Hill. In 1966 she had a small part as Nora White, the new bride of the reformed "Whitey" played by Kurt Russell, in Follow Me, Boys!. She also appeared in Fun and Fancy Free and A Thunder of Drums, and the Rawhide episode "Incident of the Druid Curse". She retired from the film industry in the 1960s, but returned to make a cameo as an elderly woman in Grotesque.

Death

Luana Patten died from respiratory failure in her home at Long Beach, California, aged 57. She is interred in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Long Beach, California.[1]

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Credit for a Kill: Bonanza (TV Episode) (1966 Western TV Episode)
The Music Box Kid (1960 Crime Film)
The Young Captives (1959 Crime Film)