Patti Brill Explained

Patti Brill
Birth Name:Patricia Eloise Brilhante
Birth Date:March 8, 1923
Birth Place:San Francisco, California
Death Date:January 18, 1963
Death Place:North Hollywood, California

Patti Brill (March 8, 1923 – January 18, 1963), born Patricia Eloise Brilhante, was an American actress, singer, and dancer.

Early life and education

Brill was born in San Francisco, the daughter of Manuel Perry Brilhante and Warrena Joan Owen Her father was from Hawaii.[1]

Career

Brill was a child model, toured in a stage show called "Meet the People" as a teen,[2] [3] and became a Hollywood starlet during World War II. She went overseas with the USO to entertain American troops.[4] "Her elfin face and figure, her wide eyes and spirited wit, set her apart from the general run of glamour gals," reported a 1943 profile.[5] In 1951 she headlined in a national tour of It's a Great Day, a variety show that included wheelchair users doing physical stunts and dance acts.[6]

Brill appeared in films including The Adventures of a Rookie (1943),[7] The Seventh Victim (1943),[8] The Falcon and the Co-eds (1943),[9] Girl Rush (1944),[10] Nevada (1944), Music in Manhattan (1944), He Forgot to Remember (1944), The Falcon Out West (1944),[11] The Enchanted Cottage (1945), Sing Your Way Home (1945),[12] Live Wires (1946), Hard Boiled Mahoney (1947), and Kilroy Was Here (1947). She appeared on television in episodes of Let There Be Stars (1949)[13] and The Donna Reed Show (1960).[14]

Personal life

Brill married four times. Her first husband was dancer William Harold "Red" Knight; they married in 1943[15] and later divorced. Her second husband was Hugo Edward Fredlund, a disabled veteran of World War II; they married in 1950[16] [17] and divorced in 1955. Her third husband was drummer Max Egbert Albright; they married in 1955[18] and he died from a heart attack in 1959. Her last husband was Perry Rigsby Osborne; they married in 1961. She died from cancer in 1963, at the age of 39, in North Hollywood.

Notes and References

  1. News: Soanes . Wood . 1944-07-13 . Curtain Calls: Starlet Has 41 Relatives Here . 12 . Oakland Tribune . 2023-09-18 . Newspapers.com.
  2. News: 1940-09-10 . 'Meet the People' Continues in S. F. . 16 . Oakland Tribune . 2023-09-18 . Newspapers.com.
  3. News: 1940-07-13 . Bob Davis and Patricia Brilhante . 30 . The San Francisco Examiner . 2023-09-18 . Newspapers.com.
  4. News: Wright . Wilford . 1947-11-30 . USO Show 'Panama Hattie' Coming to Bay Pines . 30 . Tampa Bay Times . 2023-09-18 . Newspapers.com.
  5. News: Lowrance . Dee . 1943-06-13 . Beautiful--But Not So Dumb . 36 . Arizona Republic . 2023-09-18 . Newspapers.com.
  6. News: 1951-03-28 . The Theatre and Its People: 'It's a Great Day' . 23 . The Windsor Star . 2023-09-18 . Newspapers.com.
  7. News: 1943-12-09 . Adventures of a Rookie . 6 . Elizabethton Star . 2023-09-18 . Newspapers.com.
  8. Book: Pitts, Michael R. . RKO Radio Pictures Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Films, 1929-1956 . 2015-03-27 . McFarland . 978-1-4766-1683-4 . 92, 276. en.
  9. Book: Paietta, Ann C. . Teachers in the Movies: A Filmography of Depictions of Grade School, Preschool and Day Care Educators, 1890s to the Present . 2014-11-18 . McFarland . 978-1-4766-2034-3 . 66–67 . en.
  10. Book: Pitts, Michael R. . Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films, 2d ed. . 2013-01-04 . McFarland . 978-0-7864-6372-5 . 126, 233-234 . en.
  11. Book: Young, R. G. . The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Film: Ali Baba to Zombies . 2000 . Hal Leonard Corporation . 205. 978-1-55783-269-6 . en.
  12. Book: Darby, William . Anthony Mann: The Film Career . 2009-07-27 . McFarland . 978-0-7864-3839-6 . 268. en.
  13. Book: Terrace, Vincent . Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010, 2d ed. . 2014-01-10 . 596. McFarland . 978-0-7864-8641-0 . en.
  14. News: 1960-08-27 . Donna Tells Social Lie; Ends Up with Stranger . 13 . Bristol Herald Courier . 2023-09-18 . Newspapers.com.
  15. News: 1943-02-03 . Patti Brill Has Busy Day at L. A. Courthouse . 1 . San Angelo Standard-Times . 2023-09-18 . Newspapers.com.
  16. News: 1950-09-22 . Invalid Veteran Wed Actress Patty Brill Sunday . 29 . The Los Angeles Times . 2023-09-18 . Newspapers.com.
  17. News: 1950-09-25 . 'Wheelchair' Star Wed to Paraplegic . 7 . The Los Angeles Times . 2023-09-18 . Newspapers.com.
  18. News: 1955-06-25 . Patti Brill of TV, Drummer to Wed . 21 . The Los Angeles Times . 2023-09-18 . Newspapers.com.

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