Patricia Firman
Patricia Firman | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1922 Australia |
| Died | June 1980 (aged 58) Sydney, Australia |
| Occupations | Model, actress, tv personality |
| Years active | 1936–1974 |
Patricia Firman (1922 – June 1980) was an Australian model, actress and TV personality.
She began her career aged 14 when discovered by Cinesound Productions. She was a contender for the female lead in Forty Thousand Horsemen but lost to Betty Bryant.[1]
She was an early panellist on the Beauty and the Beast TV show and had her own program Penthouse.
She died of cancer in June 1980.[2] Filmink called her "stunningly beautiful... a potential film star who never got the chance to show what she could do on screen outside a few shorts... although she did become a popular TV host."[3]
Select film credits
- Dad Rudd MP (1940) - film
- 100,000 Cobbers (1942) – film[3]
- Another Threshold (1942) – film[4]
- Australia Is Like This (1944)
- Beauty and the Beast (1964–74)[5]
Select theatre credits
- Mannequins (1938) – play[6]
- Three Cornered Moon (1938) – play[7]
- Spring Tide (1941) – play – Minerva Theatre, Sydney 1941[8]
- The Wind and the Rain Theatre Royal, Sydney 1944
- The Maid of the Mountains – Theatre Royal, Adelaide 1945
- The Merry Widow – Theatre Royal, Adelaide 1945
- Dangerous Corner – Minerva Theatre, Sydney 1946
- Youth at the Helm – Minerva, Sydney 1946
- Sweetest and Lowest: A Revue – Minvera, Sydney 1947
- The Little Hut – Theatre Royal, Adelaide 1956
- Both Ends Meet – Theatre Royal, Adelaide 1956
References
- ^ "Hollywood After Betty Bryant "Forty" Lead". The Mail. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 18 January 1941. p. 19. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
- ^ Obituary at The Age, 18 July 1980 accessed 14 March 2015
- ^ a b Vagg, Stephen (12 September 2025). "Forgotten Australian Films: 100,000 Cobbers". Filmink. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
- ^ ""ANOTHER THRESHOLD"". The Truth. Sydney: National Library of Australia. 6 September 1942. p. 26. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
- ^ "YOU WANTED TO KNOW". The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. 26 May 1982. p. 154. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
- ^ "BRYANT'S PLAYHOUSE—ONE-ACT PLAYS". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 18 June 1938. p. 6. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
- ^ "BRYANTS' PLAYHOUSE—"THREE-CORNERED MOON."". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 30 July 1938. p. 10. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
- ^ "IN THE THEATRES". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 5 June 1941. p. 18. Retrieved 14 March 2015.