Patricia Dainton

Patricia Dainton

Born: April 12, 1930
in Hamilton, Scotland, UK
Patricia Dainton (April 12, 1930) is a Scottish actress.

Movies for Patricia Dainton...

The Third Alibi
Title: The Third Alibi
Character: Helen Martell
Released: March 15, 1961
Type: Movie
A composer (Laurence Payne) is stuck in a middle-class marriage and finds that his affair with his wife's half-sister (Jane Griffiths) has resulted in a pregnancy. When his wife refuses to give him a divorce he hatches a murder scheme that is too clever by half.
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Ticket to Paradise
Title: Ticket to Paradise
Character: Mary Rillston
Released: January 1, 1961
Type: Movie
Travel agent Emrys Jones and tourist Patricia Dainton fall in love in sunny Italy. Jones has led Dainton to believe that he's fabulously wealthy, and she has likewise deceived him. When the truth inevitably outs, it hardly matters, since hero and heroine now love each other for themselves rather than their bank accounts.
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The House in Marsh Road
Title: The House in Marsh Road
Character: Jean Linton
Released: November 1, 1960
Type: Movie
When a woman inherits a valuable house, her nasty husband and his mistress plot murder. But the house has a protective poltergeist who thwarts the wicked pair.
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Witness in the Dark
Title: Witness in the Dark
Character: Jane Pringle
Released: December 1, 1959
Type: Movie
A killer breaks into an apartment to steal a valuable brooch. He kills an old woman, but in fleeing he encounters a young woman on the stairs who will become his target.
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At the Stroke of Nine
Title: At the Stroke of Nine
Character: Sally Bryant
Released: June 1, 1957
Type: Movie
A prominent journalist is kidnapped by a lunatic who threatens to kill her unless she writes flattering articles about him.
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The Passionate Stranger
Title: The Passionate Stranger
Character: Emily / Betty
Released: March 4, 1957
Type: Movie
Judith Wynter is a happily married novelist whose romantic works are eagerly devoured by scores of female readers. When Carlo, a handsome young Italian chauffeur, arrives to work for Judith and her husband, a professor currently recovering from an attack of paralysis, he causes quite a flutter; when he then reads the manuscript of Judith's latest novel, he jumps to a rather unfortunate conclusion... and life in the Wynter household becomes very complicated indeed!
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No Road Back
Title: No Road Back
Released: February 4, 1957
Type: Movie
A blind and deaf woman dedicates her life and sacrifices all she has for her son, a good-for-nothing troublemaker who gets mixed up with a criminal gang that tries to frame him for a robbery.
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Operation Diplomat
Title: Operation Diplomat
Character: Sister Rogers
Released: December 1, 1953
Type: Movie
A physician is forced to operate on a mystery figure under shady circumstances.
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Tread Softly
Title: Tread Softly
Character: Tangye Ward
Released: December 1, 1952
Type: Movie
Story of a chorus girl who is "discovered" and finds romance during the unraveling of a mystery in a once derelict theatre.
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Paul Temple Returns
Title: Paul Temple Returns
Character: Steve Temple
Released: November 24, 1952
Type: Movie
A serial killer terrorizes London. Each victim is found with a telegram signed "The Marquis." There seems to be no other common thread between the victims, and Scotland Yard is baffled. Novelist and amateur sleuth, Paul Temple, is warned to stay away from the case, but he and his glamorous wife Steve can never refuse a good mystery.
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Castle in the Air
Title: Castle in the Air
Character: Ermyntrude
Released: June 1, 1952
Type: Movie
The owner of a Scottish castle discovers that it is haunted by the spirit of a beautiful woman. He decides to use the ghost as a tourist attraction for his castle
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Hammer the Toff
Title: Hammer the Toff
Character: Susan Lancaster
Released: May 1, 1952
Type: Movie
A detective proves that a Robin Hood-type crook did not steal a metal formula.
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The Dancing Years
Title: The Dancing Years
Character: Grete
Released: July 19, 1950
Type: Movie
The episodic story of a composer of operettas, Rudi Kleiber, in in old Viennese days, and the two women in his life; Maria Zeitler, his sweetheart, later mistress, lost love, an operetta star, and his first patron, and the mother of a son he did not know he had; and of Greta, his first love and companion in later years
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Don't Ever Leave Me
Title: Don't Ever Leave Me
Character: Girl on 'bus
Released: July 19, 1949
Type: Movie
Elderly crook Harry Denton, when challenged to prove he is "not past it," decides to kidnap Sheila Farlane, the 16 year old daughter of a famous actor. When Harry loses his nerve, Sheila won't let him give up.
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Don't Ever Leave Me
Title: Don't Ever Leave Me
Character: Girl on Bus
Released: July 19, 1949
Type: Movie
Elderly crook Harry Denton, when challenged to prove he is "not past it," decides to kidnap Sheila Farlane, the 16 year old daughter of a famous actor. When Harry loses his nerve, Sheila won't let him give up.
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Love in Waiting
Title: Love in Waiting
Character: Bit Part (uncredited)
Released: October 11, 1948
Type: Movie
The story of three women working as waitresses in post-World War II Britain.
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Uncle Silas
Title: Uncle Silas
Character: Guest at Ball (uncredited)
Released: October 8, 1947
Type: Movie
Following her father's death, a teenage heiress moves in with her guardian uncle who is broke and schemes to murder his niece for her vast inheritance.
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Dancing with Crime
Title: Dancing with Crime
Character: Pam (unconfirmed)
Released: June 25, 1947
Type: Movie
When his best friend is murdered inside a London dancehall, a cab driver and his girlfriend involve themselves in the investigation and discover a major criminal operation hiding behind the club's friendly facade.