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 ''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. 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'' (1942) – film *''

Australia Is Like This ''Australia is Like This'' is a 1945 documentary about the experiences of two American soldiers in Australia during World War II until they leave for battle. It takes the form of a letter written by one of the soldiers to his family in America d ...

'' (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 1941 *''The Wind and the Rain'' Theatre Royal, Sydney 1944 *'' The Maid of the Mountains'' – Theatre Royal, Adelaide 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'' – 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
at AusStage {{DEFAULTSORT:Firman, Patricia Australian film actresses Australian television actresses 1922 births 1980 deaths