1. Melody Patricia Patterson was an American actress known for her role as Wrangler Jane in the 1960s television series F Troop and for her role as Ellie in the horror film Blood and Lace.
17 Facts About Melody Patterson
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Melody Patterson was born on April 16,1949, in Inglewood, California.
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Melody Patterson was the daughter of machinist Pat Patterson and the former Rosemary Wilson, an official in the Miss Universe contest.
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Melody Patterson's mother had been a dancer with Warner Bros.
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Melody Patterson started performing at the age of four, appearing in Mrs McThing at the Downey Community Theatre in Downey, California.
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Melody Patterson later studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City.
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Melody Patterson's reading impressed the producers and led to her being cast as Wrangler Jane.
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Once Melody Patterson secured the part, she finally told the series' producers her real age.
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Melody Patterson's first screen appearance was an uncredited walk-on in Bye Bye Birdie.
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Melody Patterson's first featured role was in the 1968 drama The Angry Breed.
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Melody Patterson appeared in a lead role in the action film The Cycle Savages, with Bruce Dern, followed by a leading part in the slasher film Blood and Lace.
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Melody Patterson appeared in other plays such as House of Blue Leaves for the University of Hawaii, and played the part of Peggy in The Front Page written by Charles MacArthur, and directed by her then-husband James MacArthur.
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Melody Patterson entertained troops in Vietnam with the Johnny Grant and Friends show.
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Melody Patterson was a disc jockey for the Armed Forces Radio Service.
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Melody Patterson later wrote a column called "Wrapping with Wrangler" for Wildest Westerns magazine.
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Melody Patterson put her career aside to move to Honolulu, where the show filmed.
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Melody Patterson died in a nursing home in Hollister, Missouri, on August 20,2015, at age 66.