Patricia Firman

Patricia Firman
Born	1922 (1922) Australia
Died	June 1980 (1980-07) (aged 58) Sydney, Australia
Occupation(s)	Model, actress, tv personality
Years active	1936–1974

Patricia Firman (1922 – June 1980) was an Australian model, actress and TV personality.

She began her career aged 14 when discovered by Cinesound Productions. She was a contender for the female lead in Forty Thousand Horsemen but lost to Betty Bryant.^[1]

She was an early panellist on the Beauty and the Beast TV show and had her own program Penthouse.

She died of cancer in June 1980^[2]

Select film credits

• 100,000 Cobbers (1942) – film
• Another Threshold (1942) – film^[3]
• Australia Is Like This (1944)
• Beauty and the Beast (1964–74)^[4]

Select theatre credits

• Mannequins (1938) – play^[5]
• Three Cornered Moon (1938) – play^[6]
• Spring Tide (1941) – play – Minerva Theatre, Sydney 1941^[7]
• The Wind and the Rain Theatre Royal, Sydney 1944
• The Maid of the Mountains – Theatre Royal, Adelaide 1945
• The Merry Widow – Theatre Royal, Adelaide 1945
• Dangerous Corner – Minerva Theatre, Sydney 1946
• Youth at the Helm – Minerva, Sydney 1946
• Sweetest and Lowest: A Revue – Minvera, Sydney 1947
• The Little Hut – Theatre Royal, Adelaide 1956
• Both Ends Meet – Theatre Royal, Adelaide 1956

References

1. "Hollywood After Betty Bryant "Forty" Lead". The Mail. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 18 January 1941. p. 19. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
2. Obituary at The Age, 18 July 1980 accessed 14 March 2015
3. ""ANOTHER THRESHOLD"". The Truth. Sydney: National Library of Australia. 6 September 1942. p. 26. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
4. "YOU WANTED TO KNOW". The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. 26 May 1982. p. 154. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
5. "BRYANT'S PLAYHOUSE—ONE-ACT PLAYS". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 18 June 1938. p. 6. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
6. "BRYANTS' PLAYHOUSE—"THREE-CORNERED MOON."". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 30 July 1938. p. 10. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
7. "IN THE THEATRES". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 5 June 1941. p. 18. Retrieved 14 March 2015.

External links

• Patricia Firman at IMDb
• Pat Firman's Australian theatre credits at AusStage