25 Facts About Patricia Roc

Patricia Roc appeared in Millions Like Us, Jassy, The Brothers and When the Bough Breaks.

Patricia Roc was employed by the studio of J Arthur Rank, who called her "the archetypal British beauty".

Patricia Roc achieved her greatest level of popularity in British films during the Second World War in escapist melodramas for Gainsborough Studios.

Patricia Roc did little acting work after the death of her second husband in 1954, making only a few television appearances including the first episode of The Saint.

Patricia Roc became known as Felicia Riese and did not discover her adoption until 1949.

Patricia Roc was educated at private schools in London and Paris, then was accepted into the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1937.

Patricia Roc began her career as a stage actress, debuting in the 1938 London production of Nuts in May, in which she was seen by Alexander Korda, who gave her an uncredited bit in The Divorce of Lady X and then a leading role as a Polish princess in The Rebel Son.

Patricia Roc had roles in The Gaunt Stranger, The Mind of Mr Reeder, and The Missing People.

Patricia Roc had a bigger part in A Window in London, the comedy Pack Up Your Troubles, Dr O'Dowd, Three Silent Men, It Happened to One Man, and The Farmer's Wife.

Patricia Roc's parts grew bigger: My Wife's Family, Suspected Person, Let the People Sing, and We'll Meet Again with Vera Lynn.

Patricia Roc was top-billed in Millions Like Us from Gainsborough Studios.

Patricia Roc appeared alongside two of Gainsborough's biggest stars, Margaret Lockwood and Stewart Granger, in Love Story, a big hit.

Patricia Roc later commented that although they were required to slap each other's faces, she and Lockwood were always the best of friends.

Co-starring in that film was Ralph Michael, who soon after divorced his wife Fay Compton; Patricia Roc was named in proceedings.

Patricia Roc's brief move to Hollywood to film Canyon Passage, a Western in Technicolor, was a lend-lease agreement between Rank Pictures and Universal Studios of British in return for American film actors.

Patricia Roc returned to Britain to make The Brothers, a melodrama that was a commercial disappointment.

Patricia Roc was in an expensive British-US co production So Well Remembered, which was a hit in Britain but failed to recoup its cost.

Patricia Roc walked out of London Belongs to Me saying she was miscast.

Patricia Roc made two films in France, Return to Life and The Man on the Eiffel Tower.

Patricia Roc returned to Britain to appear in a comedy The Perfect Woman then walked out on her contract with Rank in March 1949.

Patricia Roc appeared in Fugitive from Montreal, a French-Canadian co production.

Patricia Roc returned to Britain for the first time in 18 months to make Circle of Danger with Ray Milland.

Patricia Roc then returned for Something Money Can't Buy.

Patricia Roc returned to Britain later in the decade following the death of husband, Andre Thomas.

Patricia Roc produced only three more films and made a few television appearances.