Lee Patrick
Biography
Born in New York City, Lee Patrick was an American actress whose career started on the New York stage in 1922, when she appeared in The Bunch and Judy. Over the following decade she took dozens of stage roles, often in musicals and comedies, but she also played Meg in Little Women. She moved into films in 1929 with the starring part in Strange Cargo, then settled in Hollywood and worked mostly in supporting roles. Her most memorable screen character was Effie Perine, the secretary to Humphrey Bogart's Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon, and she returned to Effie years later in the spoof The Black Bird. She played an asylum inmate in The Snake Pit. She also appeared in Now, Voyager. Another credit was Mildred Pierce. On television she was Henrietta Topper in the sitcom Topper and lent her voice to The Alvin Show. She died in 1982.
80years old at death
- Born New York City
- Died Laguna Hills
- Star sign: SagittariusFirst day of the sign, on the Scorpio cusp
- Lee Salome Patrick (birth name)Also credited as Salome Patrick
Movie Career
- Films
- 21
- Career span
- 26 years1938 to 1964
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Beyond film
Patrick voiced Mrs. Frumpington in one episode of the animated show The Alvin Show. That performance can be heard on a soundtrack LP by David Seville and The Chipmunks.
Lee Patrick movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
John Huston directed two of these films, Anatole Litvak two and Lew Landers two. Two actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by John Huston
Anatole LitvakDirector, 2 films, 1940 to 1948
All films by Anatole Litvak
Lew LandersDirector, 2 films, 1938 to 1948
All films by Lew Landers
Also two films together17 more actors
- John Doucette7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964) and There's No Business Like Show Business (1954)
- Moroni OlsenMildred Pierce (1945) and Invisible Stripes (1939)
- Cecil KellawayMrs. Parkington (1944) and Law of the Underworld (1938)
- Olivia de HavillandThe Snake Pit (1948) and In This Our Life (1942)
- Frank McHughThere's No Business Like Show Business (1954) and City for Conquest (1940)
- Fred ClarkVisit to a Small Planet (1960) and Auntie Mame (1958)
- Lyle TalbotThere's No Business Like Show Business (1954) and Gambler's Choice (1944)
- Charles DrakeNow, Voyager (1942) and The Maltese Falcon (1941)
- Eddie AcuffIn This Our Life (1942) and Law of the Underworld (1938)
- Earl HollimanSummer and Smoke (1961) and Visit to a Small Planet (1960)
- Gladys CooperMrs. Parkington (1944) and Now, Voyager (1942)
- John HamiltonIn This Our Life (1942) and The Maltese Falcon (1941)
- Tony Randall7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964) and Pillow Talk (1959)
- Chester MorrisGambler's Choice (1944) and Law of the Underworld (1938)
- Mary ServossMrs. Parkington (1944) and In This Our Life (1942)
- Frank CravenIn This Our Life (1942) and City for Conquest (1940)
- Eve MillerThere's No Business Like Show Business (1954) and Inner Sanctum (1948)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Lee Patrick's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$45.2 million
6 of the 21 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 21 films: 6 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 14 figure not found.
- 6Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 14Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The six biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$19M41.4% of the total
- 2$7.8M17.3% of the total
- 3$7.1M15.7% of the total
- 4$5.6M12.5% of the total
- 5$4.2M9.2% of the total
- 6$1.8M3.9% of the total
Online
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