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Patricia Medina

Patricia Medina

Highest Rated: 75% The Three Musketeers (1948)

Lowest Rated: 59% The Killing of Sister George (1968)

Birthday: Jul 19, 1919

Birthplace: West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK

A celebrated beauty in her native England, actress Patricia Medina enjoyed modest success in Hollywood during the early 1950s, most notably in Orson Welles' "Mr. Arkadin" (1955), before spending the remainder of her career in episodic television and low-budget features. The child of Spanish and English parents, her exotic looks made her a natural for swashbuckling adventures like "Fortunes of Captain Blood" (1950) and "Botany Bay" (1953). By the 1960s, she had married actor Joseph Cotten and worked almost exclusively on television, save for a risqué turn in "The Killing of Sister George" (1968). Medina retired from acting in 1978 to care for Cotten in his final years before she, herself, passed away in 2012 from natural causes at the age of 92. Though never a celebrated actress, Patricia Medina remained an alluring favorite among fans of B-movies from the 1950s and early '60s.

Highest rated movies

75% The Three Musketeers
73% Mr. Arkadin
59% The Killing of Sister George

Photos

LADY IN THE IRON MASK, Patricia Medina, 1952, (c) 20th Century Fox, TM & Copyright THE BLACK KNIGHT, Patricia Medina, 1954 BOTANY BAY, James Mason, Patricia Medina, 1953 BOTANY BAY, James Mason, Alan Ladd, Patricia Medina, 1953 PHANTOM OF THE RUE MORGUE, Steve Forrest (center), Patricia Medina (second from right), Claude Dauphin (right), 1954 THE BLACK KNIGHT, Alan Ladd, Patricia Medina, 1954 LADY IN THE IRON MASK, Patricia Medina, Louis Hayward, 1952, (c) 20th Century Fox, TM & Copyright THE MAGIC CARPET, Lucille Ball, (far left), John Agar, Patricia Medina, 1951 ABBOTT AND COSTELLO IN THE FOREIGN LEGION, Patricia Medina, Lou Costello, Bud Abbott, 1950 MR. ARKADIN, Peter Van Eyck, Patricia Medina, 1955. THE LADY AND THE BANDIT, from left: Louis Hayward, Barbara Brown, Patricia Medina, 1951 ABBOTT AND COSTELLO IN THE FOREIGN LEGION, Lou Costello, Patricia Medina, Bud Abbott, 1950 FRANCIS (aka FRANCIS THE TALKING MULE), from left, Donald O'Connor, Patricia Medina, 1950 LADY IN THE IRON MASK, Tor Johnson, Patricia Medina, 1952, (c) 20th Century Fox, TM & Copyright LADY IN THE IRON MASK, Louis Hayward, Patricia Medina, 1952, (c) 20th Century Fox, TM & Copyright THE FORTUNES OF CAPTAIN BLOOD, Louis Hayward, Patricia Medina, 1950 LADY IN THE IRON MASK, Patricia Medina, 1952 TM and Copyright (c) 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. MOSS ROSE, Patricia Medina, 1947, TM and copyright ©20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved PLUNDER OF THE SUN, from left: Patricia Medina, Glenn Ford, 1953 THE MAGIC CARPET, John Agar, Patricia Medina, 1951
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Latitude Zero Lucretia (Character) - 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet Battle of the V-1 (Missiles from Hell) Unknown (Character) - 1970
No Score Yet 50% Latitude Zero (Atragon II) (Ido zero daisakusen) Unknown (Character) - 1969
59% 78% The Killing of Sister George Betty Thaxter (Character) - 1968
No Score Yet 51% Snow White and the Three Stooges Queen/Witch (Character) - 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Red Cloak Laura Lanfranchi (Character) - 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Missile From Hell Zofia (Character) - 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet Count Your Blessings Albertine (Character) - 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet Missiles From Hell Zofia Nowak (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Buckskin Lady Angela Medley (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet Stranger at My Door Peg Jarret (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet 3% The Beast of Hollow Mountain Sarita (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet No Score Yet Uranium Boom Jean Williams (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet No Score Yet Miami Expose Lila Hodges (Character) - 1956
73% 80% Mr. Arkadin Mily (Character) - 1955
No Score Yet No Score Yet Duel on the Mississippi Lili Scarlet (Character) - 1955
No Score Yet 20% Pirates of Tripoli Princess Karjan (Character) - 1955
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Black Knight Linet (Character) - 1954
No Score Yet 27% Phantom of the Rue Morgue Jeanette (Character) - 1954
No Score Yet No Score Yet Drums of Tahiti Wanda Spence (Character) - 1954
No Score Yet No Score Yet Desperate Search Nora Stead (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet 20% Captain Pirate Dona Isabella (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet 33% Plunder of the Sun Anna Luz (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet No Score Yet Siren of Bagdad Princess Zendi (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet No Score Yet Botany Bay Sally Munroe (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sangaree Martha Darby (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet No Score Yet Aladdin and His Lamp Princess Jasmine (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lady in the Iron Mask Princess Anne/Princess Louise (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Magic Carpet Lida (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lady and the Bandit Joyce Greene (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet No Score Yet Valentino Lila Reyes (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fortunes of Captain Blood Isabelita Sotomayor (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet 58% Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion Nicole Dupre (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet 62% The Jackpot Hildegarde Jonet/Hilda Jones (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet 67% Francis Maureen Gelder (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Fighting O'Flynn Fancy Free (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet No Score Yet Children of Chance Agostina (Character) - 1949
75% 74% The Three Musketeers Kitty (Character) - 1948
No Score Yet No Score Yet Moss Rose Audrey Ashton (Character) - 1947
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Secret Heart Kay Burns (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet No Score Yet Waltz Time Cenci Prohaska (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet No Score Yet Don't Take it to Heart Lady Mary (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet 31% Hotel Reserve Odette Roux (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet 0% They Met in the Dark Mary (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet 61% Spitfire Venetian Girl (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dinner at the Ritz (uncredited) (Character) - 1937

TV

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mannix Mrs. Corot (Guest Star) 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet What's My Line? Guest 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet Name of the Game Unknown (Guest Star) 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet Branded Unknown (Guest Star) 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Smothers Brothers Show Unknown (Guest Star) 1966
100% No Score Yet The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Unknown (Guest Star) 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet Alfred Hitchcock Hour Unknown (Character) 1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet Grindl Unknown (Guest Star) 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet Have Gun -- Will Travel Unknown (Guest Star) 1958-1959 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet Thriller Unknown (Character) 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Whispering Smith Flo Nichols (Guest Star) 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rawhide Unknown (Guest Star) 1959 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lock Up Unknown (Guest Star) 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dante Unknown (Guest Star) 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Rebel Unknown (Guest Star) 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet Startime Unknown (Character) 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bonanza Isabella Maria Ynez Y Castra De La Cuesta/Rosita Morales (Guest Star) 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet Zorro Unknown (Guest Star) 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet Perry Mason Harriet Balfour (Guest Star) 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet Climax! Unknown (Character) 1954 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rheingold Theatre Queen Nora (Character) 1954
No Score Yet No Score Yet Showcase 39 Unknown (Character) 1953