Patricia Ellis

Singing After her work in film, Ellis ventured into music, saying, "I was just getting into a rut in Hollywood ... I want to start a new career—singing." After she sang "You Appeal to Me" in a soundie film in 1941, a review in Billboard commented: "Miss Ellis isn't bad on voice and on appearance. Men will pay attention to her." In 1941, Ellis and Henny Youngman headlined with Blue Barron and his Orchestra at Hamid's Pier in Atlantic City, New Jersey. She also appeared on Broadway in the musical comedy Louisiana Purchase.

Personal life On July 12, 1941, Ellis married businessman George Thomas O'Maley and settled into private life in Kansas City, Missouri. The O'Maleys had one child, a daughter.

Partial filmography

Three on a Match (1932) – Linda Central Park (1932) – Vivian (uncredited) Lawyer Man (1932) – Law Secretary (uncredited) The King's Vacation (1933) – Millicent Everhardt 42nd Street (1933) – Secretary (uncredited) Elmer, the Great (1933) – Nellie Poole Picture Snatcher (1933) – Patricia Nolan The Narrow Corner (1933) – Louise Frith The World Changes (1933) – Natalie Clinton Nordholm Convention City (1933) – Claire Honeywell Easy to Love (1934) – Janet Harold Teen (1934) – Mimi Snatcher Let's Be Ritzy (1934) – Ruth Sterling Affairs of a Gentleman (1934) – Jean Sinclair Here Comes the Groom (1934) – Patricia Randolph The Circus Clown (1934) – Alice Side Streets (1934) – Mary Thatcher (scenes deleted) Big Hearted Herbert (1934) – Alice Kainess The St. Louis Kid (1934) – Ann Reid A Night at the Ritz (1935) – Marcia Jaynos While the Patient Slept (1935) – March Hold 'Em Yale (1935) – Clarice Van Cleve Stranded (1935) – Velma Tuthill Bright Lights (1935) – Claire Whitmore The Case of the Lucky Legs (1935) – Margie Florence Clune The Payoff (1935) – Connie Freshman Love (1936) – Joan Simpkins Boulder Dam (1936) – Ann Vangarick Snowed Under (1936) – Pat Quinn Postal Inspector (1936) – Connie Larrimore Love Begins at 20 (1936) – Lois Gillingwater Down the Stretch (1936) – Patricia Barrington Sing Me a Love Song (1936) – Jean Martin Step Lively, Jeeves! (1937) – Patricia Westley Melody for Two (1937) – Gale Starr Venus Makes Trouble (1937) – Kay Horner Rhythm in the Clouds (1937) – Judy Walker Paradise for Two (1937) – Jeannette DuPont The Lady in the Morgue (1938) – Kathryn Courtland, a.k.a. Mrs. Sam Taylor Romance on the Run (1938) – Dale Harrison Block-Heads (1938) (with Laurel and Hardy) – Mrs. Gilbert Back Door to Heaven (1939) – Carol Evans Fugitive at Large (1939) – Patricia Farrow (final film role)