---
name: "Lorna Patterson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lorna-patterson"
fi1m_id: "lorna-patterson"
imdb_id: "nm0666309"
tmdb_id: 14418
wikidata_id: "Q2896619"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 October 1956"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:34:16.657785+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Lorna Patterson

## Identity

Lorna Patterson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lorna-patterson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** lorna-patterson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0666309
- **TMDB ID:** 14418
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2896619
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorna_Patterson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2896619, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0666309/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14418

Actor. Born 1 October 1956 in Whittier, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 October 1956, Whittier, California, USA
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorna_Patterson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2896619, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0666309/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14418

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*Airplane!*](https://film.one/film/airplane.md) (89)

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## Biography

Lorna Patterson is an American actress. She played Randy, the singing stewardess, in the 1980 film *Airplane!*. She starred as Pvt. Judy Benjamin in the television series *Private Benjamin* (1981–1983).

Born in Whittier, California, Patterson began performing professionally while still in high school at the Bird Cage Theatre at Knott's Berry Farm. She is a founding member of the Musical Theatre Guild and has appeared in numerous stage musicals. Her other television credits include an episode of *Murder, She Wrote* (1989).

Patterson later trained as a Jewish cantor and received her cantorial ordination in 2009.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Airplane!* (1980), Fi1m 89, as Randy — [page](https://film.one/film/airplane.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Hangup* (2025), as Kevin's Mom
- *Nick & Noel* (1993), as Leslie (voice)
- *Sex, Shock & Censorship in the 90's* (1993), Actor
- *Major Dad* (1989), series, as Sgt. Tammi Rae Perkins
- *Ultraman: The Adventure Begins* (1989), as Dr. Susan Rand (voice)
- *The Impostor* (1984), as Julie
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Edie Lorraine
- *Hotel* (1982), series, as Nancy Stanton
- *Sidney Shorr: A Girl's Best Friend* (1981), as Laurie Morgan
- *Private Benjamin* (1981), series, as Judy Benjamin
- *Airplane!* (1980), as Randy — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/airplane.md)
- *Goodtime Girls* (1980), series, as Betty Crandall
- *Working Stiffs* (1979), series, as Nikki Evashevsky
- *The Lovebirds* (1979), as Janine Burley
- *Beane's of Boston* (1979), as Shirley Brahms

## Gallery

- ![Lorna Patterson](https://film.one/media/person/117507/gallery-b0d09fffe69a.jpg) Lorna Patterson — Image via TMDB
- ![Lorna Patterson](https://film.one/media/person/117507/gallery-28f3b2f2b330.jpg) Lorna Patterson — Image via TMDB

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