Patti Brill
American actress
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Patti Brill (March 8, 1923 – January 18, 1963), born Patricia Eloise Brilhante, was an American actress, singer, and dancer.
March 8, 1923
- Actress
- dancer
- singer
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Patti Brill, from a 1940 newspaper | |
| Born | Patricia Eloise Brilhante March 8, 1923 San Francisco, California |
| Died | January 18, 1963 (aged 39) North Hollywood, California |
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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),[10] Music in Manhattan (1944), He Forgot to Remember (1944), The Falcon Out West (1944),[11] The Enchanted Cottage (1945),[8] Sing Your Way Home (1945),[12] Live Wires (1946), Hard Boiled Mahoney (1947), and Kilroy Was Here (1947).[4] 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 a drug overdose (classed as suicide) in 1963, at the age of 39, in North Hollywood.