Dorothy Patrick

Dorothy Patrick (born Dorothea Davis; June 3, 1921 – May 31, 1987) was a Canadian-American film actress and a John Robert Powers model.

Early life Patrick was born on June 3, 1921, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Davis. With a movie contract in hand, she moved to Hollywood with her mother and young son to live in Culver City, California and work at nearby MGM studios. Patrick trained at the studio's repertory workshop and first appeared as a Goldwyn Girl in Up in Arms starring Danny Kaye (1944). Her most noted MGM appearance was opposite Robert Walker in the Jerome Kern musical showcase Till the Clouds Roll By (1946). That marriage produced one son, Lester Lee Patrick (1940–1996). The couple divorced.

A few years into her film career she married noted Beverly Hills dentist-to-the-stars, Sterling Trevling "Doc" Bowen. Her son from this marriage was Sterling Terrence "Terry" Bowen (b. 1944).

Death On May 31, 1987, the 65 year-old Patrick died of heart attack. She was interred at the "columbarium-to-the-stars", Pierce Brothers Westwood in West Los Angeles, California.

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