Gail Patrick
American actress and producer (1911–1980) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gail Patrick (born Margaret LaVelle Fitzpatrick; June 20, 1911 – July 6, 1980) was an American film actress and television producer. Often cast as the bad girl or the other woman, she appeared in more than 60 feature films between 1932 and 1948, notably My Man Godfrey (1936), Stage Door (1937), and My Favorite Wife (1940).
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Born | Margaret LaVelle Fitzpatrick (1911-06-20)June 20, 1911 Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. |
Died | July 6, 1980(1980-07-06) (aged 69) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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Alma mater | Howard College |
Occupation(s) | Actress, producer |
Years active | 1932–1973 |
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Children | 2 |
After retiring from acting, she became, as Gail Patrick Jackson, president of Paisano Productions and executive producer of the Perry Mason television series (1957–1966). She was one of the first female producers, and the only female executive producer in prime time during the nine years Perry Mason was on the air. She served two terms (1960–1962) as vice president of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and as president of its Hollywood chapter—the first woman to serve in a leadership capacity in the academy, and its only female leader until 1983.