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Encyclopedia > Gail Patrick

Gail Patrick (born June 20, 1911 – died July 6, 1980) was an American actress. June 20 is the 171st day of the year (172nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 194 days remaining. ... 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ... July 6 is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 178 days remaining. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...


She appeared in 62 movies between 1932 and 1948, usually as the leading lady's extremely formidable rival; good examples are her roles as the second wife in My Favorite Wife (1940) with Irene Dunne and Cary Grant, as Anna May Wong's sophisticated competitor in Dangerous to Know (1938), or as Carole Lombard's character's spoiled sister in My Man Godfrey (1936). Her patrician bearing and luminous beauty also enabled her to play the lead in films like James Whale's Wives Under Suspicion (1938) and Robert Florey's Disbarred (1939). She retired from acting in films in 1948 and later became a producer of the 1950s Perry Mason television series. My Favorite Wife is a 1940 screwball comedy film that tells the story of Ellen Wagstaff Arden (Irene Dunne), a young mother who returns home after seven years of being stranded on a tropical island only to discover that that very afternoon her beloved husband Nick (Cary Grant) has had... Irene Dunne in Love Affair (1939) Irene Dunne (December 20, 1898 - September 4, 1990), was born Irene Marie Dunn in Louisville, Kentucky. ... Archibald Alexander Leach (January 18, 1904 – November 29, 1986), better known by his screen name, Cary Grant, was an British film actor. ... Anna May Wong (January 3, 1905 – February 2, 1961) was the first notable Chinese American Hollywood actress. ... Dangerous to Know is a 1938 crime film starring Anna May Wong, Akim Tamiroff, Gail Patrick, Lloyd Nolan, and Anthony Quinn. ... Carole Lombard (October 6, 1908 – January 16, 1942) was an American actress. ... My Man Godfrey is a screwball comedy film released in 1936 by Universal Pictures. ... James Whale (1889-1957) For the British radio presenter, see James Whale (radio). ... Wives Under Suspicion is a 1938 film directed by James Whale and starring Warren William, Gail Patrick, and Constance Moore. ... Robert Florey was a French screenwriter, director of short films and actor who moved to Hollywood in 1921. ... // Recovering from World War II and its aftermath, the economic miracle emerged in West Germany and Italy. ... Perry Mason is a fictional defense attorney who originally appeared in detective fiction by Erle Stanley Gardner. ...


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