- Patricia Wilder
Patricia 'Honeychile' Wilder (
September 8 ,1913 -August 11 ,1995 ) was an Americanfilm actress of the late 1930s.Born in
Macon, Georgia , Wilder had made her way to Hollywood viaNew York City by the mid-1930s to pursue a career in acting. She had first worked as ashowgirl forBob Hope while in New York City, in the Palace Theater. She received her first film role in 1936, having a minor part alongsideJimmy Stewart in "Speed". She followed this with two uncredited roles that same year, as well as a credited role alongsideGloria Stewart andLee Tracy in "Wanted: Jane Turner". She stayed in close allience with Bob Hope, working for him onradio shows during her entire career, and had her first film role alongside him in the 1936 film "Walking on Air".She had two film appearances in 1937, the first in a minor role in the film "New Faces of 1937", which starred
Milton Berle andJoe Penner , among others, and the second in "On Again Off Again" alongsideMarjorie Lord andRobert Woolsey . In 1938 she had minor roles in four films, the biggest of which was "My Lucky Star",starringBuddy Ebsen andCesar Romero , along with another Bob Hope film, "Little Miss Broadway". Her last film was "Thanks for the Memory", starring Bob Hope andShirley Ross , a spinoff film to their hit song "Thanks for the Memory ". Dissatisfied with the path of her career, Wilder retired from acting after that film.Her second husband was Albert Cernadas, an Argentine millionaire. In 1949 she married her third husband,
Prince Fritz Alexander Hohenlohe -Waldenburg-Schillingsfurst, with whom she would remain married until his death in 1984.Known as Honeychile, she died in New York City in 1995.
References
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0928617/ Patricia Wilder filmography]
* [http://www.answers.com/topic/patricia-wilder-actor-comedy-drama?cat=entertainment Patricia Wilder biography]
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