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Role
  
Film actress

Name
  
Luana Patten

Years active
  
1946–1968; 1988

Occupation
  
Actress


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Born
  
July 6, 1938 (
1938-07-06
)

Spouse
  
Jerry D. Mays (m. 1970–1973), John Smith (m. 1960–1964), Ronny Huntley (m. 1954–1959)

Parents
  
Harvey T. Patten, Alma Miller

Movies
  
Song of the South, So Dear to My Heart, Fun and Fancy Free, Johnny Tremain, Home from the Hill

Similar People
  
Bobby Driscoll, John Smith, Hal Stalmaster, Hamilton Luske, Joseph M Newman

Cause of death
  
Respiratory failure


Zodiac Sign
  
Cancer

Died
  
May 1, 1996 (aged 57) Long Beach, California, U.S.

Nationality
  
American

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Luana Patten (July 6, 1938 – May 1, 1996) was an American film actress.

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Career

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Luana Patten was born in Long Beach, California to Harvey T. Patten and Alma (née Miller) Patten, natives of Enid, Oklahoma. At the age of 3 she was a young model and later was hired by Walt Disney. Patten made her first film appearance in Joel Chandler Harris's 1946 musical Song of the South with Bobby Driscoll. They also appeared together in Song of the South's sister film So Dear to My Heart.

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She appeared again with Bobby Driscoll in the Pecos Bill segment of Disney's Melody Time. In 1947, she appeared with Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy, and Mortimer Snerd during the live action scenes in Fun and Fancy Free. She played the role of Priscilla Lapham in Disney's 1957 production of Johnny Tremain. In 1958, Patten played the part of Elizabeth Buckley in the episode "Twelve Guns" of NBC's Cimarron City western television series. It was on Cimarron City that she met her future second husband, John Smith, whom she married two years later. The couple divorced in 1964.

In 1959, she played "Abbie Fenton" in the episode "Call Your Shot" of Wanted: Dead of Alive, starring Steve McQueen and the same year played "Ruth" in "The Ruth Marshall Story" season 3, episode 13 of Wagon Train (TV series) that aired Dec 30, 1959. In 1960, she played "Libby Halstead" in Vincente Minnelli's Home from the Hill. In 1966, she played a saloon girl named "Lorna Medford" in the episode "Credit for a Kill" of Bonanza. In 1966, she had a small part as Nora White, the new bride of the reformed "Whitey" played by Kurt Russell, in Follow Me, Boys!. She also appeared in Fun and Fancy Free, A Thunder of Drums, and the Rawhide episode "Incident of the Druid Curse" on CBS. That year she also appeared on Perry Mason as defendant Cynthia Perkins in "The Case of the Scarlet Scandal". She retired from the film industry in 1968.

Death

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Luana Patten died from respiratory failure in her home at Long Beach, California, aged 57. She is interred in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Long Beach, California.



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Filmography

Actress
1988
Grotesque as
Old Lady
1970
Adam-12 (TV Series) as
Adeline
- Log 94: Vengeance (1970) - Adeline
1967
Dragnet 1967 (TV Series) as
Ruth Dutcher / Cheryl Randall / Angie
- Missing Persons: The Body (1970) - Ruth Dutcher
- Burglary: The Son (1970) - Cheryl Randall
- The Bookie (1967) - Angie
1969
Daniel Boone (TV Series) as
Lucy MacFarland
- The Cache (1969) - Lucy MacFarland
1968
They Ran for Their Lives as
Barbara Collins
1966
F Troop (TV Series) as
Mindy McGurney
- The Ballot of Corporal Agarn (1966) - Mindy McGurney
1966
Bonanza (TV Series) as
Lorna Medford
- Credit for a Kill (1966) - Lorna Medford
1966
Follow Me, Boys! as
Nora White
1966
Perry Mason (TV Series) as
Cynthia Perkins
- The Case of the Scarlet Scandal (1966) - Cynthia Perkins
1962
Shootout at Big Sag as
Hannah Hawker
1961
A Thunder of Drums as
Tracey Hamilton
1961
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come as
Melissa Turner
1961
Go Naked in the World as
Yvonne Stratton
1960
The Music Box Kid as
Margaret Shaw
1960
Home from the Hill as
Libby Halstead
1958
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (TV Series) as
Betty / Cathy / Peggy
- Rick's English Literature Class (1960) - Cathy
- The Other Guy's Girl (1959) - Betty
- The Exploding Book (1959) - Betty
- Harriet Creates a Triangle (1958) - Peggy
1960
Rawhide (TV Series) as
Maeve / Mona Lismore
- Incident of the Druid Curse (1960) - Maeve / Mona Lismore
1959
Wagon Train (TV Series) as
Ruth Marshall / Natalie Garner
- The Ruth Marshall Story (1959) - Ruth Marshall
- The Hunter Malloy Story (1959) - Natalie Garner
1959
Tales of Wells Fargo (TV Series) as
Tina Haggerty
- The House I Enter (1959) - Tina Haggerty
1959
The Young Captives as
Ann Howel
1959
Wanted: Dead or Alive (TV Series) as
Abbie Fenton
- Call Your Shot (1959) - Abbie Fenton
1958
The Restless Years as
Polly Fisher
1958
Cimarron City (TV Series) as
Elizabeth Buckley
- Twelve Guns (1958) - Elizabeth Buckley
1958
The Restless Gun (TV Series) as
Celia Austin
- The Nowhere Kid (1958) - Celia Austin
1958
The Millionaire (TV Series) as
Susan Birchard
- The Susan Birchard Story (1958) - Susan Birchard
1957
Joe Dakota as
Jody Weaver
1957
Johnny Tremain as
Priscilla Lapham
1957
The Magical World of Disney (TV Series)
- The Liberty Story (1957)
1956
Rock, Pretty Baby! as
Joan Wright
1948
So Dear to My Heart as
Tildy
1948
Melody Time as
Luana Patten
1948
Pecos Bill (Short) as
Luana
1947
Fun and Fancy Free as
Luana
1946
Song of the South as
Ginny
1946
Little Mister Jim as
Missey Choosey Glenson
Soundtrack
1960
Rawhide (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Incident of the Druid Curse (1960) - (performer: "Neath the Reaching Oak Tree")
1946
Song of the South (performer: "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah/Song Of The South (Reprise)")
Self
1997
The Story Behind Walt Disney's 'Fun and Fancy Free' (Video documentary short) as
Self (uncredited)
1960
Here's Hollywood (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #1.53 (1960) - Self
1947
Unusual Occupations (Documentary short) as
Self (uncredited)
Archive Footage
1997
Disney Sing-Along-Songs: Collection of All-Time Favorites - The Early Years (Video short) as
Ginny (as Luanna Patten)
1987
Disney Sing-Along-Songs: Collection of All-Time Favorites - The Early Years (Video short) as
Ginny (as Luanna Patten)
1986
Disney Sing-Along-Songs: Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah (Video short) as
Ginny
1954
The Magical World of Disney (TV Series) as
Nora White / Priscilla 'Cilla' Lapham / Self / ...
- Follow Me, Boys!: Part 2 (1981) - Nora White
- Follow Me, Boys!: Part 1 (1981) - Nora White
- Johnny Tremain: Part 2 (1958) - Priscilla 'Cilla' Lapham
- Johnny Tremain: Part 1 (1958) - Priscilla 'Cilla' Lapham
- Disneyland, the Park/Pecos Bill (1957) - Self
- So Dear to My Heart (1954) - Tildy
1966
The Boston Tea Party (Short) as
Priscilla Lapham

References

Luana Patten Wikipedia