Patricia Dane born August 4, 1917 – June 5, 1995 , an American film actress of the 1940s.
Patricia Dane born August 4, 1917 – June 5, 1995 an American film actress of the 1940s. Patricia Dane (born Thelma Patricia Pippins, August 4, 1917 – June 5, 1995)[1] was an American film actress of the 1940s. Early life Dane was born Thelma Patricia Pippins to William Pippins and Emma F. Montford. Sources differ as to her birth year (1917 - 1919) and birthplace (Jacksonville, Florida or Blountstown, Florida).[2][3] She was later known as Thelma Patricia Burns and Thelma Patricia Byrnes after her mother's second husband, whose surname was Burns. She attended the University of Alabama for almost three years. In 1938 she moved to New York, where she worked as a model for a dress design firm.[4] During this period she met industrialist and film industry executive Howard Hughes, who encouraged her to move to Los Angeles and helped her find an apartment there.[5][6] Career Dane was signed to a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract in 1941. As she gained attention in Hollywood, goss...