Patricia Firman (1922 – June 1980) was an Australian model, actress and TV personality. She began her career aged 14 when discovered by

Cinesound Productions Cinesound Productions Pty Ltd was an Australian feature film production company, established in June 1931, Cinesound developed out of a group of companies centred on Greater Union Theatres, that covered all facets of the film process, from produ ...

. She was a contender for the female lead in ''

Forty Thousand Horsemen ''Forty Thousand Horsemen'' (aka ''40,000 Horsemen'') is a 1940 Australian war film directed by Charles Chauvel. The film tells the story of the Australian Light Horse (mounted rifleman as distinct from cavalry) which operated in the desert at t ...

'' but lost to

Betty Bryant Elizabeth Bryant Silverstein (; 27 June 19203 October 2005), better known as Betty Bryant, was a British-born Australian actress known for playing the lead character in ''Forty Thousand Horsemen''. Early life Bryant was born on 27 June 1920 in ...

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

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''. She died of cancer in June 1980

Select film credits

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100,000 Cobbers ''100,000 Cobbers'' is a 1942 dramatised documentary made by director Ken G. Hall for the Australian Department of Information during World War II to boost recruitment into the armed forces. Grant Taylor, Joe Valli and Shirley Ann Richards pla ...

'' (1942) – film *''

Another Threshold ''Another Threshold'' is a 1942 Australian propaganda short film directed by Ken G. Hall and starring Peter Finch. It was produced for the Austerity Loan Campaign and features an appearance by then Prime Minister John Curtin. Premise An Austral ...

'' (1942) – film *'' Australia Is Like This'' (1944) *''Beauty and the Beast'' (1964–74)

Select theatre credits

*''Mannequins'' (1938) – play *''Three Cornered Moon'' (1938) – play *''Spring Tide'' (1941) – play –

Minerva Theatre, Sydney The Minerva Theatre was a theatre located in Orwell Street in Kings Cross, Sydney. Originally a live venue, it was converted to the Metro Cinema in 1950, before returning to live shows in 1969. It ceased operating as a theatre in 1979The Metro ...

1941 *''The Wind and the Rain''

Theatre Royal, Sydney Theatre Royal Sydney is a theatre in Sydney, Australia built in 1976 and has offered a broad range of entertainment since the 1990s. The theatre reopened in December 2021 under parent company Trafalgar Entertainment with patrons now able to book ...

1944 *''

The Maid of the Mountains ''The Maid of the Mountains'', called in its original score a musical play, is an operetta or "Edwardian" musical comedy in three acts. The music was by Harold Fraser-Simson, with additional music by James W. Tate, lyrics by Harry Graham an ...

'' –

Theatre Royal, Adelaide The Theatre Royal on Hindley Street, Adelaide was a significant venue in the history of the stage and cinema in South Australia. After a small predecessor of the same name in Franklin Street, Adelaide (built 1838), the Theatre Royal in Hindley St ...

1945 *''

The Merry Widow ''The Merry Widow'' (german: Die lustige Witwe, links=no ) is an operetta by the Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Lehár. The librettists, Viktor Léon and Leo Stein, based the story – concerning a rich widow, and her countrymen's attempt t ...

'' – Theatre Royal, Adelaide 1945 *''

Dangerous Corner ''Dangerous Corner'' was the first play by the English writer J. B. Priestley. It was premiered in May 1932 by Tyrone Guthrie at the Lyric Theatre, London, and filmed in 1934 by Phil Rosen. Priestley had recently collaborated with Edward Knoblo ...

'' – Minerva Theatre, Sydney 1946 *''

Youth at the Helm ''Youth at the Helm'' ( hu, Helyet az ifjúságnak) is a Hungarian-language play by Paul Vulpius, the joint pen name of Ladislas Fodor and , which premiered in Budapest in 1933. The play was also staged in Vienna, Austria in 1933 under the titl ...

'' – 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

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Pat Firman's Australian theatre credits
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Firman, Patricia Australian film actresses Australian television actresses 1922 births 1980 deaths