Melody Patterson

Melody Patterson
Born	April 16, 1949 (1949-04-16) (age 62) Inglewood, California
Occupation	Television, stage actress
Spouse	James MacArthur (1970-1975)
Website
http://www.wranglerjane.net

Melody Patterson (born April 16, 1949 in Inglewood, California) is an American actress best known for her role as Wrangler Jane in the 1960s TV series F Troop. She was 16 years old when she debuted on the show.

Since the 1967 cancellation of F Troop, Patterson has worked in television, radio, and the theater, in addition to entertaining troops in Vietnam.

Melody has an official website at http://wranglerjane.net but it has not been updated since late 2005.

Personal life

Melody was married to actor James MacArthur who is best known for the role of Dan "Danno" Williams in the TV series Hawaii Five-O. During her marriage to MacArthur, she had to put her career aside to move to Honolulu, Hawaii. During the next seven years she appeared in many episodes of Hawaii Five-0, and started modeling and making commercials. While living in Hawaii she found herself again on the stage in the Herb Rogers Production of "Butterflies are Free," with Barbara Rush and Dirk Benedict. After that she kept busy doing other plays such as "House of Blue Leaves," for the University of Hawaii, and the part of Peggy in "The Front Page" written by Charles MacArthur, and directed by her husband James MacArthur. Before leaving the islands, she played the part of Miss Julie in the Strindberg classic, "Miss Julie," for the Honolulu Performing Arts Company.^[1]

References

1. ^ http://wranglerjane.net/bio.htm

External links

• Melody Patterson at the Internet Movie Database
• Fan Website: http://www.wranglerjane.net

Persondata
Name	Patterson, Melody
Alternative names
Short description	American actor
Date of birth	April 16, 1949
Place of birth	Inglewood, California
Date of death
Place of death