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Patricia Knight
Born
Marjorie Heintzen

(1915-04-28)April 28, 1915
DiedOctober 26, 2004(2004-10-26) (aged 89)
OccupationActress
Years active1947-1954
Spouse(s)
(m. 1937; div. 1951)

Niels Larson
(m. 1954; died 1971)

David Wright
(m. 19??; died 1996)
Children1
Cornel Wilde and Patricia Knight, 1946

Patricia Knight (April 28, 1915 – October 26, 2004), born Marjorie Heintzen, was an American actress who appeared in a few movies in the late 1940s and early 1950s.

Personal life

After meeting actor Cornel Wilde at a booking agent's office in late 1936, the couple eloped to Elkton, Maryland. They had one daughter, Wendy (born February 22, 1943). They divorced on August 30, 1951. She married Danish businessman Niels Larson on October 24, 1954, and moved with him to Europe.

She and Larson returned to the United States in 1969. Larson died in 1971. She later married building adviser David Wright, and moved with him to Hemet, California, where he died on May 22, 1996. Patricia Knight died in Hemet in 2004, aged 89.

A Democrat, Wright supported the campaign of Adlai Stevenson during the 1952 presidential election[1].

Filmography

  1. The Fabulous Texan (1947) as Josie Allen
  2. Roses are Red (1947) as Jill Carney
  3. Shockproof (1949) as Jenny Marsh[2]
  4. The Second Face (1950) as Lynn Hamilton
  5. The Magic Face (1951) as Vera Janus

References

  1. ^ Motion Picture and Television Magazine, November 1952, page 33, Ideal Publishers
  2. ^ Lucia, Tony (reviewer). "TV AND ART FILMS: Oct. 5 to 11 Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine." The Reading Eagle. October 5, 2008.