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Patricia Roc

Patricia Roc

Actor · Born 1915-06-07 · Hampstead, London, England, UK

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Patricia Roc (born Felicia Miriam Ursula Herold; 7 June 1915 – 30 December 2003) was an English film actress, popular in the Gainsborough melodramas such as Madonna of the Seven Moons (1945) and The Wicked Lady (1945), though she only made one film in Hollywood, Canyon Passage (1946). She also appeared in Millions Like Us (1943), Jassy (1945), The Brothers (1947) and When the Bough Breaks (1947). She was employed by the studio of J. Arthur Rank, who called her "the archetypal British beauty" She achieved her greatest level of popularity in British films during the Second World War in escapist melodramas for Gainsborough Studios. Roc began as a stage actress, debuting in the 1938 London production of Nuts in May, in which she was seen by Alexander Korda who gave her an uncredited bit in The Divorce of Lady X (1938) and her in a leading role as a Polish princess in The Rebel Son. She had roles in The Gaunt Stranger (1939), The Mind of Mr. Reeder (1939), and The Missing People (1940). She had a bigger part in A Window in London (1940), the comedy Pack Up Your Troubles (1940), Dr. O'Dowd (1940), Three Silent Men (1940), It Happened to One Man (…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. The Saint (1962) — Madge Clarron
  2. Canyon Passage (1946) — Caroline Marsh
  3. The Wicked Lady (1945) — Caroline
  4. The Divorce of Lady X (1938) — Minor Role (uncredited)
  5. Circle of Danger (1951) — Elspeth Graham
  6. The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1949) — Helen Kirby
  7. Return to Life (1949) — Lieutenant Evelyne (segment "Le retour d'Antoine")
  8. Madonna of the Seven Moons (1945) — Angela Labardi
  9. Millions Like Us (1943) — Celia Crowson
  10. So Well Remembered (1947) — Julie Morgan
  11. Jassy (1947) — Dilys Helmar
  12. Holiday Camp (1947) — Herself
  13. Two Thousand Women (1944) — Rosemary Brown
  14. Bluebeard's 10 Honeymoons (1960) — Vivienne
  15. The Brothers (1947) — Mary
  16. The Perfect Woman (1949) — Penelope Belman
  17. A Window in London (1940) — Pat Thompson
  18. Let the People Sing (1942) — Hope Ollerton
  19. Love Story (1944) — Judy
  20. The Hypnotist (1957) — Mary Foster
  21. We'll Meet Again (1943) — Ruth Cole
  22. Johnny Frenchman (1945) — Sue Pomeroy
  23. The Gaunt Stranger (1938) — Mary Lenley
  24. Black Jack (1950) — Ingrid Dekker
  25. Cartouche (1955) — Donna Violante
  26. When The Bough Breaks (1947) — Lily Bates
  27. No Hiding Place (1959)
  28. Three Silent Men (1940) — Pat Quentin
  29. Torticola versus Frankensberg (1952) — A Penitent
  30. Suspected Person (1942) — Joan Raynor
  31. Something Money Can't Buy (1952) — Anne Wilding
  32. The Rebel Son (1938) — Marina
  33. One Night with You (1948) — Mary Santell
  34. The House in the Woods (1957) — Carol Carter
  35. The Farmer's Wife (1941) — Sibley
  36. Fugitive from Montreal (1950) — Helen Bering
  37. Bits of Our Aircraft Are Missing (1940) — (uncredited)
  38. The Missing People (1939) — Doris Bevan
  39. It Happened to One Man (1940) — Betty Quair
  40. Dr. O'Dowd (1940) — Rosemary