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Luana Patten (July 6, 1938 – May 1, 1996) was an American actress who appeared in films produced by
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, such as ''
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'' (1946), ''
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'' (1947), and ''
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'' (1948). Later in life, she played roles in television.


Early years

Patten attended Burbank High School and Hollywood Professional School.


Career

At the age of 3, she was a model and later was hired by
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. Patten made her first film appearance in the 1946
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''
Song of the South ''Song of the South'' is a 1946 American Live-action animated film, live-action/animated musical film, musical comedy-drama film directed by Harve Foster and Wilfred Jackson, produced by Walt Disney, and released by RKO Pictures, RKO Radio Pi ...
'' with
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. They also appeared together in ''Song of the Souths sister film '' So Dear to My Heart''. In 1947, she appeared again with
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, Charlie McCarthy, and Mortimer Snerd during the live action scenes in ''
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''. She appeared with
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in the ''
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'' segment of Disney's ''
Melody Time ''Melody Time'' is a 1948 American live-action and animated musical anthology film produced by Walt Disney. It was released to theatres by RKO Radio Pictures on May 27, 1948. Made up of seven segments set to popular music and folk music, the f ...
''. When she grew up, she played Jody Weaver in '' Joe Dakota'' and Priscilla Lapham in Disney's 1957 '' Johnny Tremain''. In 1958, Patten portrayed Elizabeth Buckley in the episode "Twelve Guns" of
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's '' Cimarron City''
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. She and John Smith married on June 4, 1960, and divorced on December 4, 1964. In 1959, she played Abbie Fenton in the episode "Call Your Shot" of '' Wanted: Dead or Alive'', starring
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. In that same year, she played Betty in "The Exploding Book", season 7, episode 21 of ''
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'' that aired on March 4, 1959; and she played Ruth in "The Ruth Marshall Story" season 3, episode 13 of ''
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'' that aired on December 30, 1959. She also appeared as Natalie Garner in "The Hunter Malloy Story" season 2, episode 16 of ''
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'' that aired on January 21, 1959. In the 1960 Season 2, Episode 13 of ''
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'' "Incident Of The Druid Curse", she played a dual role of sisters Maeve and Mona Lismore. In 1960, she played Libby Halstead in
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's '' Home from the Hill''. In 1966, she played saloon girl Lorna Medford in the episode "Credit for a Kill" of ''
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''. In 1966, she had a small part as Nora White, the new bride of Whitey in '' Follow Me, Boys!''. She also appeared in '' A Thunder of Drums'', and the ''
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'' episode "Incident of the Druid Curse" on CBS. That year she also appeared on '' Perry Mason'' as defendant Cynthia Perkins in "The Case of the Scarlet Scandal". She also played Mindy McGurney in the television series ''
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'', as the daughter of a candidate for mayor, season 2, episode 8, "The Ballot of Corporal Agarn" that aired on October 27, 1966. She appeared as various characters in three episodes of ''Dragnet'' between 1967 and 1970. She appeared in the ''
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'' "Log 94: Vengeance" that aired March 7, 1970. She then retired from the film and television industry except for a brief cameo in the 1988 film ''
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''.


Death

Patten died in 1996 from
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at Long Beach Memorial Hospital, aged 57. She is interred in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Long Beach, California.Notice of death of Luana Patten
independent.co.uk; accessed April 18, 2015.


Filmography


Television

1970. Dragnet. Ruth Decker. S12:E20, "The Body"


References


External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Patten, Luana 1938 births 1996 deaths 20th-century American actresses American film actresses American child actresses Deaths from respiratory failure Disney people Actresses from Long Beach, California Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Long Beach)