Patricia Morison (Eileen Patricia Augusta Fraser Morison, 1915 – 2018). American stage, television and film actress of the Golden Age of Hollywood and mezzo-soprano singer. She made her feature film debut in 1939 after several years on the stage, and amongst her most renowned were The Fallen Sparrow, Dressed to Kill opposite Basil Rathbone and the screen adaptation of The Song of Bernadette. It was only when she returned to the Broadway stage that she achieved her greatest success as the lead in the original production of Cole Porter's Kiss Me, Kate and subsequently in The King and I.
Her father, William R. Morison, who billed himself under the stage name of Norman Rainey, was born in Belfast, and was a playwright and occasional actor, best known for his role as a servant in the Mervyn LeRoy production of Little Women. Her mother, Selena Morison (née Fraser), worked for British Intelligence during World War I.
- "With her long auburn hair and fiery blue-gray eyes, Morison radiated a sophisticated sex appeal." https://www.reviewjournal.com/.../patricia-morison-a.../
- "Patricia Morison had 39"-long auburn hair - the longest of any actress in Hollywood and usually worn it in a bun." https://books.google.it/books?id=zoqcCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA184...
- "Ms Morison is a fiery-looking, auburn-haired movie siren..." https://books.google.it/books?id=w-TDAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA304...
