Patricia Blair(1933-2013)
- Actress
Actress Patricia Blair was born on January 15, 1933, in Fort Worth, Texas, but grew up in
Dallas. She first entered the world of entertainment as a young teenage
model, eventually represented by the Conover Agency. She apprenticed in
summer stock before Warner Bros. discovered her for films after
catching some alluring cheesecake shots of her.
The highly photogenic lady did the starlet route starting out with the stage moniker of
"Patricia Blake." She appeared as a second female lead in such standard
filming as Jump Into Hell (1955),
Crime Against Joe (1956),
The Black Sleep (1956), which
reunited horror icons Bela Lugosi,
Lon Chaney Jr.,
Basil Rathbone and
John Carradine and the suspenser
City of Fear (1959) opposite
Vince Edwards, but not much came
out of this promise. True to form, she later did a TV pilot entitled
"Tramp Ship" opposite Neville Brand but it
did not sell.
Better things started happening in the early 1960s. She
came in for a season in a semi-regular role on
The Rifleman (1958) replacing
actress Joan Taylor as a spunky love
interest for Chuck Connors. In
1964, she was just about to relocate to New York when screenwriter
Gordon Chase submitted her name for the female lead in the series
Daniel Boone (1964) as "Rebecca
Boone", the wife of Fess Parker's
legendary outdoorsman. She won the part and stayed with the show for
six profitable seasons.
Patricia also made numerous late 50s and 60s TV
appearances with such guest credits on
The Bob Cummings Show (1955),
The Virginian (1962),
Perry Mason (1957) and
Bonanza (1959), among others. Little
heard of following the demise of the
Daniel Boone (1964) TV series in
1970, she appeared in a few minor films and TV spots before dropping
completely out of sight. She was last seen on film in a small role in The Electric Horseman (1979) and an isolated part on a 1988 episode of "Me and My Girl."
In later years, Patricia produced trade shows in New York and New Jersey. Diagnosed with breast cancer, she died in New Jersey on September 9, 2013, at age 80.
Dallas. She first entered the world of entertainment as a young teenage
model, eventually represented by the Conover Agency. She apprenticed in
summer stock before Warner Bros. discovered her for films after
catching some alluring cheesecake shots of her.
The highly photogenic lady did the starlet route starting out with the stage moniker of
"Patricia Blake." She appeared as a second female lead in such standard
filming as Jump Into Hell (1955),
Crime Against Joe (1956),
The Black Sleep (1956), which
reunited horror icons Bela Lugosi,
Lon Chaney Jr.,
Basil Rathbone and
John Carradine and the suspenser
City of Fear (1959) opposite
Vince Edwards, but not much came
out of this promise. True to form, she later did a TV pilot entitled
"Tramp Ship" opposite Neville Brand but it
did not sell.
Better things started happening in the early 1960s. She
came in for a season in a semi-regular role on
The Rifleman (1958) replacing
actress Joan Taylor as a spunky love
interest for Chuck Connors. In
1964, she was just about to relocate to New York when screenwriter
Gordon Chase submitted her name for the female lead in the series
Daniel Boone (1964) as "Rebecca
Boone", the wife of Fess Parker's
legendary outdoorsman. She won the part and stayed with the show for
six profitable seasons.
Patricia also made numerous late 50s and 60s TV
appearances with such guest credits on
The Bob Cummings Show (1955),
The Virginian (1962),
Perry Mason (1957) and
Bonanza (1959), among others. Little
heard of following the demise of the
Daniel Boone (1964) TV series in
1970, she appeared in a few minor films and TV spots before dropping
completely out of sight. She was last seen on film in a small role in The Electric Horseman (1979) and an isolated part on a 1988 episode of "Me and My Girl."
In later years, Patricia produced trade shows in New York and New Jersey. Diagnosed with breast cancer, she died in New Jersey on September 9, 2013, at age 80.