Patricia Medina

Infobox Actor
name = Patricia Medina

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birthname = Patricia Paz Maria Medina
birthdate = 19 July 1920
birthplace = Liverpool, England
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occupation = Actress
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spouse = Richard Greene (1941-1951)
Joseph Cotten (1960-1994)
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Patricia Paz Maria Medina (19 July 1920 - ) is an English actress of middle-class parents. She began acting late in the 1930s and worked her way up to leads in the mid-1940s, whereupon she was promptly summoned to Hollywood. Born in Liverpool, England, Medina owes her exotic looks and British demeanor to her Spanish father and English mother. She married the actor Richard Greene on 24 December 1941 in St. James’s Church, Spanish Place, London. They divorced in 1951. [ [http://www.robinhood-tv.co.uk/RichardGreene.htm Richard Greene (1918 -1985) - A Biography] ] Medina married the actor Joseph Cotten on 20 October 1960 in Beverly Hills at the home of David O. Selznick and Jennifer Jones. [ [http://www.classicimages.com/1998/may98/patriciacinterview.html Patricia Medina Cotton: The Interview] ] [ [http://www.nndb.com/people/683/000043554/ Particia Medina Biography] ]

Medina's most notable films are "The Three Musketeers" (1948), "Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion" (1950), "Francis" (1950), and "Mr. Arkadin" (1955). She and her husband Joseph Cotten starred together on tour in several plays, and on Broadway, in the murder mystery "Calculated Risk" (1962).

Medina's appearances on television include an episode of "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" entitled "See the Monkey Dance" (original air date November 9, 1964), in which she traded lines with Roddy McDowall and Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.

In 1998 Patricia Medina Cotten published an autobiography entitled "Laid Back in Hollywood: Remembering".

Partial Filmography

*"The Killing of Sister George" (12-Dec-1968)
*"Snow White and the Three Stooges" (26-May-1961)
*"Battle of the V-1" (25-Aug-1958)
*"The Beast of Hollow Mountain" (Aug-1956)
*"Mr. Arkadin" (1955)
*"The Black Knight" (28-Oct-1954)
*"Phantom of the Rue Morgue" (27-Mar-1954)
*"Sangaree" (27-May-1953)
*"Botany Bay" (10-Apr-1953)
*"Valentino" (10-Mar-1951)
*"The Jackpot" (1-Nov-1950)
*"Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion" (19-Feb-1950)
*"Francis" (Feb-1950)
*"Children of Chance" (1949)
*"The Fighting O'Flynn" (3-Jan-1949)
*"The Three Musketeers" (20-Oct-1948)
*"The Foxes of Harrow" (24-Sep-1947)

References

External links

*imdb name|id=0575756|name= Patricia Medina
* [http://film.virtual-history.com/person.php?personid=8329 Photograph]

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NAME= Medina, Patricia
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Medina, Patricia Paz Maria
SHORT DESCRIPTION= Actress
DATE OF BIRTH= 19 July 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH= Liverpool, England
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