Patricia Ellis
born: 20 May 1918
Birmingham, Detroit, Michigan,
United States of America
died: 26 March 1970
Research Medical Center, Kansas City, Missouri,
United States of America
(cancer, age 51)
Beautiful American actress.
Her parents were Eugene Gladstone O'Brien (b. 14 Dec 1887, Battle Creek, MI - d. 29 Oct 1955, Detroit, MI) and Florence Calkin (b. 27 Feb 1897, Grand Rapids, MI). They married 16 Apr 1917, Detroit, MI and divorced between 1920 and 1930.

Married George T. O'Maley Jr. on 12 July 1941 in Bowling Green, Ohio, USA.  A 1937 passenger list has her down as PATRICIA ELLIS O'BRIEN.

Conflicting information:
-Some sources give a birth year of 1916.
-Most of the obituaries (AP and UPI) give her age as 49 at death.
Real name: Patricia Gene O'Brien
Height: 5'6"
Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography.

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1938
Block-Heads
Mrs. Gilbert


Acknowledgements:
http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/6008557/ (obit)
https://archive.org/stream/14thcensusofpopu816unit#page/n40/mode/1up (1920 Census, line 65)
https://archive.org/stream/michigancensus00reel1055#page/n766/mode/1up (1930 Census, line 39)
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-22057-24626-68?cc=1923888 (1937 passenger list, line 19)
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-18864-1727-12?cc=1614804 (marriage)
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&dat=19410715&id=lpVRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=K2oDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4329,2566247&hl=en (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 15 Jul 1941)
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JB73-QMP (Social Security Death Index)
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=94661130 (Find a Grave)
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:MWFT-NCG
Richard Finegan (photograph)
Jesse Brisson (research and information)
Jim Jarvis (help and information)

This page was last updated on: 24 November 2015