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Birth Name: Paz Maria Del Patricia Medina
Date of Birth: 19 July, 1919
Place of Birth: West Derby, Lancashire, England, U.K.
Date of Death: April 28, 2012
Place of Death: Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Ethnicity: * father – Spanish Canary Islander * mother – English
Patricia Medina was a British-American actress. Her roles included the films Moss Rose , The Foxes of Harrow , The Fighting O’Flynn , Children of Chance , Francis (1950), Fortunes of Captain Blood , Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion , Valentino (1951), Dick Turpin’s Ride , The Magic Carpet , Aladdin and His Lamp , Siren of Bagdad , Sangaree , Plunder of the Sun , Phantom of the Rue Morgue , Drums of Tahiti , The Black Knight (1954), Pirates of Tripoli , Mr. Arkadin , Duel on the Mississippi , The Red Cloak , Uranium Boom , Stranger at My Door (1956), The Beast of Hollow Mountain , Miami Exposé , The Buckskin Lady , Battle of the V-1 , Count Your Blessings , Snow White and the Three Stooges , The Killing of Sister George , Latitude Zero , and Timber Tramps ; and the series Thriller and Have Gun – Will Travel . She was also credited as Patricia Medina Cotten.
Patricia was the daughter of Wonda (Strode) and Laureano Ramón Medina Nebot. Her father was a Spanish lawyer and opera singer, from the Canary Islands. Her mother was English. She was raised in a mansion in Stanmore. Patricia was married to American actor Joseph Cotten , until his death.