16 Facts About Patty Thomas

Patty Thomas was an American dancer, USO entertainer and actress.

Patty Thomas appeared in the 1961 film The Ladies Man, 1938 film You Can't Take It with You and toured with Bob Hope during and after World War II.

Patty Thomas was born Patricia Thomas on August 1,1922, in Erie, Pennsylvania.

Patty Thomas was in the films: Smooth Sailing, a 1947 short film by Jerry Hopper and the 2003 film Los no invitados.

Patty Thomas died on March 29,2014, in Newport Beach, California.

Hope and Patty Thomas would do Soft shoe dance together in the show and Patty Thomas would do solo tap dance numbers.

Patty Thomas entertained Troops not just on stage, she danced on the hood of Jeeps and on boards placed in mud due to tropical storms.

Patty Thomas seeing everything going out the door, tied her tap dance shoes around her neck for safety and prayed.

Patty Thomas was born in Pennsylvania but while young, she and her mother moved to California after her father died.

Patty Thomas joined The Bob Hope Shows': At bases in Alaska 12 Christmas shows in 1949 and Bob's 1st overseas USO Xmas show, filmed at Goose Air Base in Labrador and Thule Air Base in Greenland in 1954.

Patty Thomas joined Hope on The Colgate Comedy Hour: The Bob Hope Christmas Show in 1955.

At the age of 16, she started working with dancing with Al Ross, her teacher, choreographer, and manager, her parents Howard and Anna Patty Thomas had signed her up for dance lessons at a young age.

Patty Thomas celebrated her 22nd birthday with Bob Hope at Naval Base Cairns in Queensland, Australia.

Hope and Patty Thomas did a Bob Hope Independence Day Concert on 4 July 1945 at the Royal Albert Hall London.

Patty Thomas appeared on Bob Hope television specials starting in 1950.

Patty Thomas is remembered in the 1995 TV Movie, Bob Hope: Memories of World War II.