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name: "Patricia Morison"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "19 March 1915"
died: "20 May 2018"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T01:09:02.372198+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."
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# Patricia Morison

Actor. Born 19 March 1915 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 20 May 2018.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 19 March 1915, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 20 May 2018
- **Also known as:**  Patricia Morrison, Eileen Patricia Augusta Fraser Morison
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Morison, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q459871, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0605685/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/86104

## Biography

Patricia Morison was an American actress and mezzo-soprano singer. Born Eileen Patricia Augusta Fraser Morison in New York City on 19 March 1915, she studied at the Art Students League of New York and the Neighborhood Playhouse, and trained in dance with Martha Graham. She made her Broadway debut in 1933 and her feature film debut in 1939.

Morison appeared in films including *The Song of Bernadette* (1943) as Empress Eugenie, *Dressed to Kill* (1946) and *Song of the Thin Man* (1947). Her greatest success came on stage as the lead in the original Broadway production of Cole Porter's *Kiss Me, Kate* (1948), which she later performed in London; she also appeared in *The King and I*. She worked in television and returned to film in *The Long Day Closes* (1992). Morison died in Los Angeles on 20 May 2018.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Song of Bernadette* (1943), Fi1m 63, as Empress Eugenie — [page](https://film.one/film/the-song-of-bernadette.md)

## Complete filmography (46)

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

- *The Lost City of X* (2022), as Prof. Talbot (archival footage)
- *Broadway's Lost Treasures* (2003), as Anna Leonowens (segment "The King and I")
- *The Long Day Closes* (1992), as Amy
- *Mirrors* (1985), as Mrs. Rome
- *Cheers* (1982), series, as Mrs. Ridgeway — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/cheers.md)
- *Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood* (1976), as Star at Screening
- *Kiss Me, Kate* (1964), as Lilli Vanessi
- *Song Without End* (1960), as Georges Sand
- *Kiss Me, Kate* (1958), as Lilli Vanessi / Kate
- *Have Gun, Will Travel* (1957), series, Actor
- *Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers* (1956), series, Actor
- *The Dream* (1956), as Vivienne Monet
- *Four Star Playhouse* (1952), series, as Elena, Charlotte
- *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, as Lilli Vanessi / Kate
- *Schlitz Playhouse of Stars* (1951), series, as Jennifer Mauldron
- *Lux Video Theatre* (1950), series, as Mrs. Carrington, Lady Maude
- *Robert Montgomery Presents* (1950), series, as Rio Rita
- *The Walls of Jericho* (1948), as Lucy Landon
- *Sofia* (1948), as Magda Onescu
- *The Return of Wildfire* (1948), as Pat Marlowe
- *The Prince of Thieves* (1948), as Lady Marian Claire
- *Song of the Thin Man* (1947), as Phyllis Talbin
- *Tarzan and the Huntress* (1947), as Tanya Rawlins
- *Queen of the Amazons* (1947), as Jean Preston
- *Danger Woman* (1946), as Eve Ruppert
- *Dressed to Kill* (1946), as Mrs. Hilda Courtney
- *Lady on a Train* (1945), as Joyce Willams, Morgan's Girl
- *Without Love* (1945), as Edwina Collins
- *The Song of Bernadette* (1943), as Empress Eugenie — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/the-song-of-bernadette.md)
- *Calling Dr. Death* (1943), as Stella Madden
- *Where Are Your Children?* (1943), as Linda Woodford
- *The Fallen Sparrow* (1943), as Barby Taviton
- *Hitler's Madman* (1943), as Jarmilla Hanka
- *Silver Skates* (1943), as Claire Thomas
- *Night in New Orleans* (1942), as Ethel Abbott
- *Beyond the Blue Horizon* (1942), as Sylvia
- *Are Husbands Necessary?* (1942), as Myra Ponsonby
- *One Night In Lisbon* (1941), as Gerry Houston
- *The Roundup* (1941), as Janet Allen (Payson)
- *Romance of the Rio Grande* (1941), as Rosita
- *Rangers of Fortune* (1940), as Sharon McCloud
- *Untamed* (1940), as Alverna Easter
- *The Magnificent Fraud* (1939), as Claire Hill
- *I'm from Missouri* (1939), as Mrs. Allison 'Rowe' Hamilton
- *Persons in Hiding* (1939), as Dorothy Bronson
- *Wreckless* (1935), as Mary Jane

## Gallery

- ![Patricia Morison](https://film.one/media/person/1234260/gallery-07ed6e18a587.jpg) Patricia Morison — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/Patricia_Morison.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Alan Curtis & Patricia Morison in Hitler's Madman - publicity still (cropped : see source) (1943)](https://film.one/media/person/1234260/gallery-1391937d2eb6.jpg) Alan Curtis & Patricia Morison in Hitler's Madman - publicity still (cropped : see source) (1943) — unknown (PRC/MGM), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/Alan_Curtis-Patricia_Morison_in_Hitler%27s_Madman.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Patricia Morison & Frederick Worlock in Dressed to Kill (1946)](https://film.one/media/person/1234260/gallery-b8d84e6e332b.jpg) Patricia Morison & Frederick Worlock in Dressed to Kill (1946) — unknown (film screenshot), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Dressed_to_Kill_1946.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Low resolution screenshot of Amira Moustafa as Zita, the Amazon Queen, and Patricia Morison as Jean Preston in the American public domain film Queen of the Amaz (1947)](https://film.one/media/person/1234260/gallery-32d683a77d08.jpg) Low resolution screenshot of Amira Moustafa as Zita, the Amazon Queen, and Patricia Morison as Jean Preston in the American public domain film Queen of the Amaz (1947) — Screen Guild Productions, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Queen_of_the_Amazons_%281947%29_-_Moustafa_%26_Morison.jpg/1280px-Queen_of_the_Amazons_%281947%29_-_Moustafa_%26_Morison.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Patricia Morison](https://film.one/media/person/1234260/gallery-cc776c4ac315.jpg) Patricia Morison — Image via TMDB
- ![Patricia Morison](https://film.one/media/person/1234260/gallery-5c34f7681343.jpg) Patricia Morison — Image via TMDB
- ![Patricia Morison](https://film.one/media/person/1234260/gallery-bcebac6deb7f.jpg) Patricia Morison — Image via TMDB
- ![Low resolution screenshot of Patricia Morison as Jean Preston in the American public domain film Queen of the Amazons (1947).](https://film.one/media/person/1234260/gallery-76342986be58.jpg) Low resolution screenshot of Patricia Morison as Jean Preston in the American public domain film Queen of the Amazons (1947). — Screen Guild Productions, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/Queen_of_the_Amazons_%281947%29_-_Patricia_Morison_1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

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