Patricia Roc

Patricia Roc (actually Felicia Miriam Ursula Odeon ) ( born June 7, 1915 in London, † December 30, 2003 in Locarno, Switzerland ) was a British actress.

Life

She walked at the age of 18 years according to France to learn the language and to make contact with the art of acting. Back in London, she settled for nine months to train at RADA and then took her first engagement at London's Ambassadors Theatre. On stage, she saw the film producer Alexander Korda in 1938 and so they launched the domestic film.

In the late phase of the 2nd World War it made ​​a breakthrough to stardom, especially in the films " Cornish Rhapsody" (1944 ), " Madonna of the Seven Moons " ( 1944) and " Woman without a Heart" (1945 ) erlang them great success.

Your " trips " to Hollywood, however, were far less resonance. In the late 1950s, the artist pulled back completely from the film business. Recently she was seen in 1962 in the TV series " Simon Templar ".

Patricia Roc was married four times, including with the cameraman André Thomas, with whom she had a son. For the last time makes Patricia Roc in 1975 attracted attention when she ( a pack of bath salts and three boxes of tissues in the value of the equivalent of 4.10 euros ) was sentenced to the equivalent of 70 euro fine for shoplifting.

On December 30, 2003, she died in Locarno from kidney failure.

Family

Patricia Rocs sister Barbara Rice was in 1952 married to Fred Perry.

Filmography (selection)

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