Lee Patrick

Patrick died suddenly from a heart seizure on the day before her 81st birthday, at Laguna Beach, California. 1990. Starring George Segal as Sam Spade Jr., forced to continue his father's work, and to keep his increasingly sarcastic secretary, the film attempted to turn its revered predecessor into a comedy, and was a box office failure. 1991. Her final film role was a reprise of her Effie Perine character in a reworking of the Sam Spade story titled The Black Bird (1975). 1993. Among her other films are Now, Voyager (1942), Mrs Parkington (1944), Mildred Pierce (1945), Caged (1950), There's No Business Like Show Business (1954), Vertigo (1958), Auntie Mame (1958), Pillow Talk (1959), and Summer and Smoke (1961). 1995.

As Effie Perine, the loyal and quick-thinking secretary of Humphrey Bogart's Sam Spade, Patrick created one of her most enduring film characterisations. 1996. Over the next several years she played numerous supporting roles, without attracting much attention until she appeared in The Maltese Falcon (1941). 1997. She remained in Hollywood, and appeared in Border Cafe (1937). 1998. Her disappointments continued when she was considered and then rejected for the lead role in Stella Dallas in favour of Barbara Stanwyck. 1999.

Patrick had made her film debut in 1929 but since that time had not appeared in a single film, and RKO Studios were reluctant to allow an unknown actress to take a part in a film which they were beginning to realise had great potential. 2000. Eventually the part was rewritten and split from a single character into two characters which were played by Katharine Hepburn and Ginger Rogers. 2001. Her success in Stage Door (1937) led her to Hollywood to reprise her role in the film version. 2002. For more than a decade she was constantly employed and established herself as a popular actress. 2003.

Born in New York, New York, Patrick began acting on Broadway in 1924. 2005. Lee Patrick (November 22, 1901 – November 21, 1982) was an American theater and film actress. She is currently dating actor Adam Goldberg. Her difficulties in establishing a career as a leading actress were often attributed to a long standing fued Patrick had with gossip columnist Louella Parsons, about whom Patrick's husband, a journalist, had written very unfavourably. She made her cinematic debut at the age of 9 alongside Cher, Bob Hoskins, and Winona Ryder in Mermaids . Shaving a decade off her age was a decision she made early in her career, and at the time of her death, many of her friends believed that she was in her early seventies. She has reportedly suffered from an eating disorder and has engaged in self mutilation.

After her death it was discovered that she was ten years older than she had ever revealed. She has also begun producing films. Christina Ricci (February 12, 1980) is an American actress known for her appearance in the The Addams Family films and Sleepy Hollow, as well as acting in independent films such as Buffalo 66, Prozac Nation, and The Opposite of Sex. Mermaids. The Hard Way.

The Addams Family. Cemetery Club. Addams Family Values. Now and Then.

Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain. Casper. Bastard Out of Carolina. The Last of the High Kings.

That Darn Cat. The Ice Storm. Little Red Riding Hood. Buffalo '66.

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. The Opposite of Sex. Small Soldiers. Pecker.

Desert Blue. I Woke Up Early the Day I Died. Souvenir. 200 Cigarettes.

No Vacancy. Sleepy Hollow. Bless the Child. The Man Who Cried.

All Over the Guy. Prozac Nation. The Laramie Project. Pumpkin.

Miranda. The Gathering. Ally McBeal. Anything Else.

I Love Your Work. Monster. Cursed. "I certainly hope I'm not still answering child-star questions by the time I reach menopause.".