Patricia Ellis
Biography
Patricia Ellis was an American actress who made films from 1932 to 1939 and later sang. Born in Birmingham, Michigan, she had a screen test in New York and Warner Bros. signed her in 1932. That year she took two small, uncredited parts in Three on a Match (1932) and Central Park, and was among the WAMPAS Baby Stars. Her first credited part came in The King's Vacation in 1933, and she also played the love interest of James Cagney in Picture Snatcher (1933). She worked steadily over the next five years, appearing in more than 30 features, mostly comedies, and by 1936 was the female lead in nearly all her films. Fugitive at Large in 1939 was her last feature. She then moved into singing, performing in a 1941 soundie, on Broadway in Louisiana Purchase, and headlining at Atlantic City's Hamid's Pier with Henny Youngman and Blue Barron and his Orchestra.
51years old at death
- Born Birmingham
- Died Kansas City
- Star sign: TaurusLast day of the sign, on the Gemini cusp
- Also credited as Patricia Leftwich and Patricia O'Brien
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 6 years1932 to 1938
Every film, newest first
- 1938Block-HeadsIMDb rating 7.5
- 1935The Case of the Lucky LegsIMDb rating 6.5
- 1933Picture SnatcherIMDb rating 7.0
- 1932Three on a MatchIMDb rating 7.1
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A first
Ellis was the youngest of the 14 girls picked as WAMPAS Baby Stars in 1932, the same year she landed two uncredited bit parts.
Big break
Ellis signed with Warner Bros. in 1932 at 14, telling the studio she was 16, and the lie held until 1934.
A change of course
Ellis left Hollywood for a singing career, and after she sang "You Appeal to Me" in a 1941 soundie, Billboard wrote that she excelled on appearance.
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Three actors appear in two 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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