Luana Patten
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| Born | July 6, 1938 Long Beach, California, U.S. |
| Died | May 1, 1996 (aged 57) Long Beach, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1946–1988 |
| Spouse | John Smith (1960–1964) (divorced) Jerry D. Mays (1970–1973) (divorced) |
Luana Patten (July 6, 1938 – May 1, 1996) was an American film actress.
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[edit] Career
Patten made her first film appearance in Joel Chandler Harris's 1946 musical Song of the South with Bobby Driscoll. They also appeared together in Song of the South's sister film So Dear to My Heart.
She appeared again with Bobby Driscoll in the Pecos Bill segment of Disney's Melody Time. In 1957 she also co-starred with Jock Mahoney in Joe Dakota. In 1947, she appeared with Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy, and Mortimer Snerd during the live action scenes in Fun and Fancy Free. She played the role of Priscilla Lapham in Disney's 1957 production of Johnny Tremain.
In 1960, she played the role of Libby Halstead in Vincente Minnelli's melodrama Home from the Hill. She also appeared in Fun and Fancy Free and A Thunder of Drums, and the Rawhide episode Incident of the Druid Curse. She retired from the film industry in the 1960s.
[edit] Death
Luana Patten died from respiratory failure in her home at Long Beach, California, aged 57. She is interred in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Long Beach, California.[1]
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