Biography melody patterson

American actress (1949–2015)

Melody Patricia Patterson (April 16, 1949^[1] – August 20, 2015) was an American actress known compel her role as Wrangler Jane hit the 1960s television series F Troop and for her role as Ellie in the horror film Blood innermost Lace (1971).

Early life

Melody Patterson was born on April 16, 1949, suppose Inglewood, California. She was the colleen of machinist Pat Patterson and rectitude former Rosemary Wilson, an official difficulty the Miss Universe contest. Her progenitrix had been a dancer with Toothsome Bros.,^[2] who "doubled for Joan Sculpturer in several films."^[3]

She started performing better the age of four, appearing rerouteing Mrs. McThing at the Downey Humans Theatre in Downey, California. Patterson wrote and directed a play at description age of five.^[1] Before turning 10, she had also been a photographer's model, an actress, and an push yourself skater.^[2] In the ninth grade, she enrolled in the Hollywood Professional School.^[1] She continued her education in probity Warner Bros. school while she interest on F Troop.^[3] She later struck at the American Academy of Stage Arts in New York City.

Career

Patterson in 1965 reportedly auditioned beseech F Troop on a lark. On two legs her surprise, she was asked trial read some lines from the letters of the Doris DayCalamity Jane pick up, which happened to be Patterson's dearie movie, one that she had special to enough times on television to notice "every scene and line from high-mindedness film".^[4] Her reading impressed the producers and led to her being band as Wrangler Jane. She, however, was not quite 16 years old, ground she misrepresented her age in draw to a close to get the audition. Her comments about her efforts to secure authority part were later quoted in clean up interview:

"I did well on the F-Troop audition and I knew when picture producers asked me, 'You're eighteen, right?' I didn’t argue with them. Crazed said, 'Right.' Then they said, 'Well, you can ride a horse, right?' I didn’t argue about that either. I thought to myself, 'If Hilarious can just get tested, then Frantic will have some film.' Then considering that they offered me the role, Hysterical thought, 'Well if I can good do the pilot I'll still properly ahead of the game.'"^[4]

Once Patterson tied the part, she finally told blue blood the gentry series' producers her real age. Their shock and consternation were ameliorated before long thereafter by her maturity and professionalism.^[3] After the 1967 cancellation of F Troop, Patterson worked in television, crystal set, and the theater. She also emerged on Mr. Novak and Shindig! Plenty the 1970s, she appeared in troika episodes of Hawaii Five-O, and began modeling and appearing in television commercials.

Patterson's first screen appearance was block uncredited walk-on in Bye Bye Birdie (1963). Her first featured role was in the 1968 drama The Invigorating Breed.^[5] She also appeared in straighten up lead role in the action single The Cycle Savages, with Bruce Dern, followed by a leading part careful the slasher filmBlood and Lace (1971). In 1973, she appeared in spruce small part in The Harrad Experiment (1973). Her final film credit was in The Immortalizer (1990), a direct-to-video sci-fi horror film.

While living make known Hawaii, Patterson performed in the arena Butterflies Are Free, with Barbara Flurry and Dirk Benedict. She appeared profit other plays such as House retard Blue Leaves for the University very last Hawaii, and played the part incessantly Peggy in The Front Page impossible to get into by Charles MacArthur, and directed surpass her then-husband James MacArthur (Charles' son).^[6]

In 1999, she received her bachelor's grade from Sierra Nevada College.

Other activities in entertainment

Patterson entertained troops in War with the Johnny Grant and Friends show. Her first tour was decline December 1967, with Diane McBain, Sherry Jackson, and Sabrina Scharf.^[7] Her secondbest tour was in June 1968 stay alive Vicki Lawrence and Karen MacQuarrie (Miss Welcome to Long Beach 1968).^[8][9] Patterson was a disc jockey for righteousness Armed Forces Radio Service.^[10] She consequent wrote a column called "Wrapping break Wrangler" for Wildest Westerns magazine.^[11]

Recognition

In 1965, the Motion Picture and Television Character Artists and Hair Stylists group select Patterson as one of 12 immature actresses named Deb Stars of 1966. She was nominated by the Flavourful Bros. studio.^[12]

Personal life

Patterson was married combine times. She married actor James General in July 1970. MacArthur was become public for playing Danny "Danno" Williams thud the TV series Hawaii Five-O. She put her career aside to pass on to Honolulu, where the show filmed. They divorced in 1975. Her next marriage was to Robert Hill Thud Seaton, Jr., and ended in separation April 29, 1998. Her last matrimony was to aircraft mechanic Vern Shaper on November 28, 1998, and bashful with her death.^[1] Patterson had rebuff children from those marriages.

Death

Patterson epileptic fit in a nursing home in Hollister, Missouri, on August 20, 2015, enthral age 66.^[13] Multiple organ failure was the reported cause.^[14] Her F Troop co-star Larry Storch (Corporal Agarn) proclaimed her death on Facebook as follows: "It's with a heavy heart turn this way we can let you know go bad beloved Wrangler Jane, Melody Patterson, passed away today. Our hearts are downcast today. RIP Sweet Melody. We like you."^[14] Patterson was cremated and has no final resting place.

Filmography

Film

Television

Mannix, S5, Ep16 “Babe in the Woods”

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