Gail Patrick (June 20, 1911 – July 6, 1980) was an American film actress.
Born as Margaret LaVelle Fitzpatrick, 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 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).
Patrick retired from acting in films in 1948 and later, with her third husband Thomas Cornwell Jackson, became a producer of the Perry Mason television series (1957-1966).
She died from leukemia at age 69 in Los Angeles.
Partial filmography
To the Last Man (1933) with Randolph Scott, Esther Ralston, Buster Crabbe, and Noah Beery
Take the Stand (1934) with Thelma Todd
Wagon Wheels (1934) with Randolph Scott
Rumba (1935) with George Raft and Carole Lombard
Mississippi (1935) with Bing Crosby, W.C. Fields, and Joan Bennett
Two in the Dark (1936) with Alan Hale
My Man Godfrey (1936; directed by Gregory LaCava) with William Powell and Carole Lombard
Stage Door (1937; directed by Gregory LaCava) with Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, Lucille Ball, and Eve Arden
Mad About Music (1938)
Dangerous to Know (1938; directed by Robert Florey) with Anna May Wong
Wives Under Suspicion (1938; directed by James Whale) with Warren William and Frank Morgan
Disbarred (1939; directed by Robert Florey) with Robert Preston
My Favorite Wife (1940; directed by Garson Kanin) with Irene Dunne and Cary Grant
Love Crazy (1941) with William Powell and Myrna Loy
Women in Bondage (1943) with Nancy Kelly
The Plainsman and the Lady (1946) with Vera Ralston
Calendar Girl (1947)
The Inside Story (1948)
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NAME
Patrick, Gail
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
Fitzpatrick, Margaret LaVelle
SHORT DESCRIPTION
Actress, television producer
DATE OF BIRTH
June 20, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH
Birmingham, Alabama
DATE OF DEATH
July 6, 1980
PLACE OF DEATH
Los Angeles, California
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Categories: 1911 births | 1980 deaths | Alabama actors | American film actors | American television producers | Irish-Americans | Deaths from leukemia | People from Birmingham, Alabama | People from the Greater Los Angeles Area
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