Milicent Patrick

Milicent Patrick

Born: November 11, 1915
Died: February 24, 1998
in El Paso, Texas, USA
Milicent Patrick was an American actress, makeup artist, special effects designer and animator. In 1939 Patrick began working for Walt Disney Studios and during her time there became one of the studio's first female animators. Patrick continued her career at Universal Studios and is cited as being the first woman to work in a special effects and makeup department. She is best known for being the creator of the head costume for the iconic Gill-man from the movie Creature from the Black Lagoon, but was, until recently, not credited for this creation.

Movies for Milicent Patrick...

The Women of Pitcairn Island
Title: The Women of Pitcairn Island
Character: Susannah
Released: December 1, 1956
Type: Movie
The widows and children of survivors of the H.M.S. Bounty rule Pitcairn Island, fighting off sailors and intruders.
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We're Not Married!
Title: We're Not Married!
Character: Governor's Secretary (uncredited)
Released: July 11, 1952
Type: Movie
A Justice of the Peace performed weddings a few days before his license was valid. A few years later five couples learn they have never been legally married.
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Scarlet Angel
Title: Scarlet Angel
Character: Dolly (uncredited)
Released: June 20, 1952
Type: Movie
After robbing a sea captain in New Orleans, a beautiful saloon girl flees and assumes a dead woman's identity.
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Mara Maru
Title: Mara Maru
Character: Minor Role (uncredited)
Released: April 23, 1952
Type: Movie
An American salvage diver plunges into dangerous intrigue around a sunken treasure in the Philippines.
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Westward the Women
Title: Westward the Women
Character: Flashy Woman (uncredited)
Released: December 16, 1951
Type: Movie
There's a deficit of good, honest women in the West, and Roy Whitman wants to change that. His solution is to bring a caravan of over 100 mail-order brides from Chicago to California. It will be a long, difficult and dangerous journey for the women. So Whitman hires hardened, cynical Buck Wyatt to be their guide across the inhospitable frontier. But as disaster strikes on the trail, Buck just might discover that these women are stronger than he thinks.
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Varieties on Parade
Title: Varieties on Parade
Character: Ticket Girl (uncredited)
Released: July 20, 1951
Type: Movie
Following a live orchestra opening, emcee Eddie Garr greets the audience and tells them about his trip to Los Angeles, where out-of-work actors are always 'acting' while in their service-industry jobs. What follows is a cavalcade of wild and wacky performances.
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Thunder in the Pines
Title: Thunder in the Pines
Character: The Lady in Black (uncredited)
Released: November 11, 1948
Type: Movie
Loggers Jeff Collins and Boomer Benson compete for a mail-order bride by means of a timber-cutting contest.
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A Song Is Born
Title: A Song Is Born
Character: Woman at Dorsey Club (uncredited)
Released: October 19, 1948
Type: Movie
The story of seven scholars in search of an expert to teach them about swing music. They seem to have found the perfect candidate in winsome nightclub singer Honey Swanson. But Honey's gangster boyfriend doesn't want to give her up.
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Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
Title: Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
Character: Water Nymph (uncredited)
Released: July 16, 1948
Type: Movie
Eddie Tayloe's grandfather leaves him six thousand dollars and the money belt it came in, freeing Tayloe to leave his dull newspaper job in Texas and move to New York to become a playwright. Along the way, his car breaks down and a girl walking along the highway asks for a lift. It turns out she's a nice girl, named Perry, running away from a job at a gasoline station. Soon they're off to New York together, but part ways once they arrive. Time passes and Eddie is failing to sell his play; Perry is failing to find a job. Odd circumstances, involving an old pickpocket named Mandy, bring them together again.