Patricia Dainton
Biography
Patricia Dainton was a British actress who worked in film and television from the late 1940s into the early 1960s. She was born in Hamilton, Scotland, and moved to London at the age of ten, later studying at the Cone school of dance and training at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts. Her stage debut came at Stratford-upon-Avon, and she went on to appear in London productions including A Midsummer Night's Dream, Watch on the Rhine, Quiet Wedding, and Babette. She first appeared on screen in an unnamed part in The Bells Go Down in 1942, and her first notable film role came in Dancing with Crime (1947). She also trained at the Rank Organization's charm school and appeared in more than a dozen films. On television she played Sally Norton in Sixpenny Corner, a daily serial that ITV made and the first of its kind in Britain, appearing in 179 episodes between 1955 and 1956.
93years old at death
- Born Hamilton
- Died
- Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 13 years1947 to 1960
Every film, newest first
- 1960The House in Marsh RoadIMDb rating 6.1
- 1953Operation DiplomatIMDb rating 6.3
- 1952Hammer the ToffIMDb rating 6.1
- 1947Dancing with CrimeIMDb rating 6.5
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First role
Dainton's first film part came in 1942, an unnamed role in The Bells Go Down. She called The Dancing Years her "dancing and acting debut in Technicolor", and her first notable film role was in Dancing with Crime in 1947.
A first
In 2016, fifty-five years after her final film role, Dainton went to the 2nd Renown Festival of Film. On her 86th birthday she gave introductions to her films for Talking Pictures TV.
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Worked with
Patricia Dainton shares two films with Roddy Hughes, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Roddy Hughes2 films together, 1952 to 1960
Roddy Hughes's page
Derek Aylward's page
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Richard Attenborough's page
Charles Hawtrey's page
Desmond Llewelyn's page
Montgomery TullyDirector, 1 film, 1960
All films by Montgomery Tully
John Paddy CarstairsDirector, 1 film, 1947
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John GuillerminDirector, 1 film, 1953
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