Patricia Owens

Patricia Owens was a Canadian-British actress, born in Golden, British Columbia, and raised in England from childhood. She made her film debut at 18 in Miss London Ltd, a musical comedy, and the following year took a small part in English Without Tears, with larger roles coming steadily afterward. A 20th Century Fox executive noticed her during a stage run of Sabrina Fair and gave her a screen test, which won her a studio contract. Island in the Sun (1957) became her first American film, with No Down Payment next, and Warner Bros. then borrowed her for Sayonara (1957), where she was second-billed below Marlon Brando. Her best known part came in The Fly (1958) as Hélène Delambre, through whose eyes much of the horror film's story unfolds. She later made Hell to Eternity (1960) and Seven Women from Hell, and did some television work, including Alfred Hitchcock Presents and Tales of Wells Fargo. She retired from features in 1968.