Patricia Wilder
Acting
Biography
Patricia Wilder was born on September 8, 1913 in Macon, Georgia. She was an actress, known for The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938), Little Miss Broadway (1938) and On Again-Off Again (1937). She died on August 11, 1995 in New York City, New York.
Born: September 8, 1913
Place of Birth: Macon, Georgia, USA
Known For
On Again—Off Again
This wacky vaudeville-style romp casts the irreverent comedy team as feuding co-owners of a drug company, William “Willy” Hobbs and Claude Augustus Horton, who agree to wrestle each other for the sole ownership of the business. The winner will take the company and the loser must become the other’s valet for a year. But when Hobbs loses, he sends his wife to Florida and schemes to trick Horton. What follows are hilarious hijinks as only Wheeler and Woolsey can pull off!
That Girl from Paris
Nikki Martin, a beautiful French opera star, stows away on an ocean liner in hopes of escaping her jealous fiancee. Once aboard, she joins an American swing band and falls in love with its leader, who, after hearing her sing, eventually comes to reciprocate her feelings.
Little Miss Broadway
An orphan is provisionally adopted by the manager of a hotel populated by show business people. The hotel's owner doesn't like the entertainers and wants the girl returned to the orphanage.
The Big Broadcast of 1938
The Bellows family causes comic confusion on an ocean liner, with time out for radio-style musical acts.
Walking on Air
A strong-willed young woman hires a student to impersonate a boorish French count and brings him home to meet her parents.
Thanks for the Memory
Steve Merrick is an out of work writer who stays home and plays house husband while his wife goes to work for her former fiancé and Merrick's publisher who is still carrying a torch for her.
Speed
Terry is the chief car tester for Emery Motors and Frank is an Engineer. Jane has just been hired to work in publicity. Frank and Terry both want Jane to be their girl. Terry has designed a new carburetor that should bring him fame and money, but he cannot get it to work correctly. Terry and Gadget have tested it for over a year, but it still is not perfected. Emery Motors assigns Frank to help Terry with the carburetor, but Terry is not happy because Frank is an Engineer and is also vying for Jane. They finish the carburetor, and to test it, they enter a car in the Indianapolis 500 race. Terry is not yet satisfied with the carburetor before the big race even though it has passed all the tests.
Wanted: Jane Turner
Investigators set out to capture a gang of thieves transporting stolen cash through the U.S. mail.
My Lucky Star
George Cabot Jr., the son of a department store owner, enrolls Kristina Nielsen, the store's sports clerk, at a university to use her as an advertisement for their fashion department. She falls for Larry Taylor, a teacher, and gets expelled.
Bunker Bean
A shy office worker becomes a hero when a fortune teller calls him another Napoleon.
Filmography
as Luella Mae
as Dorothy
as Flossie
as Honey Chile
as Gertie Green
as Hunt's Secretary
as Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
as Babe
as Receptionist
as Jones' Secretary (uncredited)
as Fanny Lane, a Secretary