Patti McCarty
{{Short description|American actress (1921–1985)}}
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| birth_date = February 11, 1921
| birth_place = Bakersfield, California, U.S.
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| death_place = Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
| nationality = American
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| occupation = Actress
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Lois Patricia McCarty (February 11, 1921{{cite journal |title=Patti McCarty |journal=Films of the Golden Age |date=Summer 2021 |issue=105 |page=51}} - July 7, 1985) was an American actress.
Biography
Baker was born in Bakersfield, California, and grew up in Healdsburg. She graduated from Covina High School in Covina, California, and she attended Los Angeles City College.{{cite news|title=Cinderella Actress|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5654324/the_bakersfield_californian/|work=The Bakersfield Californian|date=February 1, 1941|location=California, Bakersfield|page=7|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = June 21, 2016}} {{Open access}}
Prior to becoming a film actress, McCarty was a secretary for actress Dorothy Lamour.{{cite news|last1=Carroll|first1=Harrison|title=Behind the Scenes in Hollywood|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5653759/the_wilkesbarre_record/|work=The Wilkes-Barre Record|date=July 22, 1940|location=Pennsylvania, Wilkes-Barre|page=8|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = June 21, 2016}} {{Open access}} Lamour helped her to obtain a bit part in the film Chad Hanna (1940).{{cite news|last1=Carroll|first1=Harrison|title=Behind the Scenes in Hollywood|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5653831/the_daily_clintonian/|work=The Daily Clintonian|agency=King Features Syndicate|date=September 25, 1940|location=Indiana, Clinton|page=2|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = June 21, 2016}} {{Open access}}
In January 1941, McCarty began working for Columbia Pictures,{{cite news|title=Secretary Gets New Studio Job|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5654047/the_ogden_standardexaminer/|work=The Ogden Standard-Examiner|agency=Associated Press|date=January 27, 1941|location=Utah, Ogden|page=8|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = June 21, 2016}} {{Open access}} but in August of that year, the studio declined to take up the option on her contract.{{cite news|title=McCarty Option Is Dropped by Studio|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5658374/the_bakersfield_californian/|work=The Bakersfield Californian|date=August 26, 1941|location=California, Bakersfield|page=15|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = June 22, 2016}} {{Open access}} From 1941 through 1946 she was a Hollywood B movie actress and performed bit parts in 23 films.
She died on July 7, 1985, in Honolulu, Hawaii, at the age of 64.
Filmography
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- Under Age (1941)
- She Knew All the Answers (1941)
- Adventure in Washington (1941)
- Blondie in Society (1941)
- Prairie Stranger (1941)
- You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
- The Officer and the Lady (1941)
- Beyond the Blue Horizon (1942)
- Wake Island (1942)
- Here We Go Again (1942)
- Death Rides the Plains (1943)
- Let's Face It (1943)
- Fighting Valley (1943)
- Isle of Forgotten Sins (1943)
- Devil Riders (1943)
- Fuzzy Settles Down (1944)
- Gunsmoke Mesa (1944)
- Gangsters of the Frontier (1944)
- Bluebeard (1944)
- Rustlers' Hideout (1944)
- Terrors on Horseback (1946)
- Overland Riders (1946)
- Outlaws of the Plains (1946)
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References
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External links
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Category:American film actresses
Category:Western (genre) film actresses
Category:People from Healdsburg, California
Category:Actresses from the San Francisco Bay Area
Category:20th-century American actresses