Patricia Roc

Patricia Roc

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Patricia Roc (born Felicia Miriam Ursula Herold; 7 June 1915 – 30 December 2003) was an English film actress, popular in the Gainsborough melodramas such as Madonna of the Seven Moons (1945) and The Wicked Lady (1945), though she only made one film in Hollywood, Canyon Passage (1946). She also appeared in Millions Like Us (1943), Jassy (1945), The Brothers (1947) and When the Bough Breaks (1947). She was employed by the studio of J. Arthur Rank, who called her "the archetypal British beauty" She achieved her greatest level of popularity in British films during the Second World War in escapist melodramas for Gainsborough Studios. Roc began as a stage actress, debuting in the 1938 London production of Nuts in May, in which she was seen by Alexander Korda who gave her an uncredited bit in The Divorce of Lady X (1938) and her in a leading role as a Polish princess in The Rebel Son. She had roles in The Gaunt Stranger (1939), The Mind of Mr. Reeder (1939), and The Missing People (1940). She had a bigger part in A Window in London (1940), the comedy Pack Up Your Troubles (1940), Dr. O'Dowd (1940), Three Silent Men (1940), It Happened to One Man (1940), and The Farmer's Wife (1941). Her parts grew bigger: My Wife's Family (1941), Suspected Person (1942), Let the People Sing (1942), and We'll Meet Again (1943) with Vera Lynn. Roc was top billed in Millions Like Us (1943) from Gainsborough Studios. It was a success and Gainsborough gave her another lead, as a nun interned by the Germans in Two Thousand Women (1944). She appeared alongside two of Gainsborough's biggest stars, Margaret Lockwood and Stewart Granger in Love Story (1944), a big hit. Roc played the jealous rival of Margaret Lockwood. She later commented that although they were required to slap each other's faces, she and Lockwood were always the best of friends. Madonna of the Seven Moons (1945), with Granger and Phyllis Calvert, was another success. Neither of them, however, did as well as The Wicked Lady (1945), where Roc played Lockwood's best friend. It was the most successful movie at the British box office in 1946. Roc's more overt sexuality in such films as The Wicked Lady was downplayed for the American market; her décolletage led US censors to call for retakes to de-emphasise it) and "the Goddess of Odeons", whilst Noël Coward said she was "a phenomenon" and "an unspoiled film star who can act". She was also in Johnny Frenchman (1945). Co starring in that film was Ralph Michael who soon after divorced his wife Fay Compton; Roc was named in proceedings. Her brief move to Hollywood to film Canyon Passage (1946) was a lend lease agreement between Rank Pictures and Universal Studios of British in return for American film actors. During filming, Roc was romantically linked with Ronald Reagan, while her US co-star Susan Hayward stated "that Limey glamour girl is a helluva dame." Roc returned to Britain to make The Brothers (1947), a melodrama that was a commercial disappointment. She was in an expensive British-US co production So Well Remembered (1947) which was a hit in Britain but failed to recoup its cost. Jassy(1947), a melodrama with Lockwood, was a big hit. When the Bough Breaks (1947), another melodrama, performed reasonably well.

  • Title: Patricia Roc
  • Popularity: 0.923
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1915-06-07
  • Place of Birth: Hampstead, London, England, UK
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  • Also Known As: Felicia Miriam Ursula Herold
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Patricia Roc Movies

  • 1943
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    We'll Meet Again

    We'll Meet Again

    6 1943 HD

    A young dancer trying to make it in London during World War II discovers that people like her singing voice, too. Although she's at first reluctant...

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  • 1944
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    Two Thousand Women

    Two Thousand Women

    6.8 1944 HD

    During the Second World War, three downed English airmen hide out with women's internment camp in France.

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  • 1945
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    The Wicked Lady

    The Wicked Lady

    6 1945 HD

    A married woman finds new thrills as a masked robber on the highways.

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  • 1946
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    Canyon Passage

    Canyon Passage

    6.6 1946 HD

    In 1850s Oregon, a businessman is torn between his love of two very different women and his loyalty to a compulsive gambler friend who goes over the...

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  • 1949
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    Return to Life

    Return to Life

    6.2 1949 HD

    In France in 1946, the difficult return to civilian life of five deportees and prisoners of war after having lived through the hell of the Second...

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  • 1949
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    The Man on the Eiffel Tower

    The Man on the Eiffel Tower

    5.3 1949 HD

    A down-and-out student is hired to kill a wealthy woman. When someone else is suspected of the crime, the student taunts police until they realize...

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  • 1947
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    The Brothers

    The Brothers

    5.2 1947 HD

    An orphan wreaks havoc on a remote Scottish island when she causes an age-old feud to be reignited.

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  • 1951
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    Circle of Danger

    Circle of Danger

    6.5 1951 HD

    An American comes to Britain to investigate the murky circumstances of his brother's death that occurred during a WW2 commando raid.

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  • 1945
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    Johnny Frenchman

    Johnny Frenchman

    6 1945 HD

    The fisherman from a Cornish village have a friendly rivalry with the fishermen (and one formidable woman) from a French port. Then war comes and...

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  • 1945
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    Madonna of the Seven Moons

    Madonna of the Seven Moons

    6.3 1945 HD

    In the early part of this century, Maddelena a teenage Italian girl, is attacked whilst walking in the woods. The attack leaves her mentally scarred...

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  • 1943
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    Millions Like Us

    Millions Like Us

    5.3 1943 HD

    When Celia Crowson is called up for war service, she hopes for a glamorous job in one of the services, but as a single girl, she is directed into a...

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  • 1940
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    Bits of Our Aircraft are Missing

    Bits of Our Aircraft are Missing

    6 1940 HD

    British Air Ministry short film highlighting the need for the public to stay clear of aircraft wreckage during World War II.

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  • 1938
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    The Gaunt Stranger

    The Gaunt Stranger

    6.2 1938 HD

    A lawyer receives a note telling him that he'll be dead in 48 hours - and Scotland Yard must work fast to uncover the serial killer known as 'The...

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  • 1949
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    The Perfect Woman

    The Perfect Woman

    6 1949 HD

    In need of cash, Roger Cavendish and his valet take a job escorting the perfect woman for a night on the town. She is in fact the robotic creation of...

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  • 1955
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    Cartouche

    Cartouche

    5 1955 HD

    The son of an ailing nobleman returns to France to clear his name and prove where the true guilt lies.

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  • 1960
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    Bluebeard's 10 Honeymoons

    Bluebeard's 10 Honeymoons

    6.1 1960 HD

    A murderer enriches his finances by marrying and then killing off a series of wealthy women.

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  • 1947
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    When The Bough Breaks

    When The Bough Breaks

    6 1947 HD

    The bewildered wife of a bigamist allows her child to be adopted and then regrets it.

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  • 1940
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    A Window in London

    A Window in London

    5.9 1940 HD

    A man witnesses a murder that isn't a murder, only to get involved with the magician and his wife who created the illusion. The insanely jealous...

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  • 1942
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    Let the People Sing

    Let the People Sing

    6.3 1942 HD

    An out-of-work comedian persuades a drunken nobleman to join a protest against the closing of a village hall.

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  • 1938
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    The Rebel Son

    The Rebel Son

    1 1938 HD

    During the 16th century the Cossacks and their Ukraine homeland is ruled by Poland. This is the story of the leader of the Cossacks and how his son...

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  • 1947
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    So Well Remembered

    So Well Remembered

    5.2 1947 HD

    A mill-owner's ambitious daughter almost ruins her husband's political career.

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  • 1947
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    Jassy

    Jassy

    5.4 1947 HD

    In 19th century England, Jassy is a young Gypsy girl blessed with the gift of second sight. Pursued by superstitious villagers, she is rescued by the...

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  • 1948
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    One Night with You

    One Night with You

    6.5 1948 HD

    Two strangers meet when they both miss their trains, and end up spending a penniless day and night together. An English version of 'It Happened One...

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  • 1944
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    Love Story

    Love Story

    6.4 1944 HD

    After discovering that she has only a short time left to live, concert pianist Lissa travels to Cornwall for the final fling of her life. While...

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  • 1957
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    The House in the Woods

    The House in the Woods

    6 1957 HD

    A novelist and his wife go to stay at a cottage owned by a painter whose wife has just died.

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  • 1940
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    Three Silent Men

    Three Silent Men

    5.2 1940 HD

    An inventor of a deadly weapon to be used against the allies is injured in a crash. Surgeon, Sir James (Sebastian Shaw) saves his life but learns of...

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  • 1957
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    The Hypnotist

    The Hypnotist

    5.3 1957 HD

    Culver is a psychiatrist who uses hypnotism to treat his patients. When Carpenter, a test pilot, comes to see him complaining of blackouts that make...

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  • 1950
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    Black Jack

    Black Jack

    5.8 1950 HD

    A man who lost everything in the war now smuggles contraband into and out of Spain, but the law's closing in.

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  • 1939
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    The Missing People

    The Missing People

    1 1939 HD

    27 well-to-do people have all vanished under similar circumstances. J.G. Reeder, an elderly gentleman who fancies himself a detective, decides to...

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  • 1952
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    Torticola versus Frankensberg

    Torticola versus Frankensberg

    4 1952 HD

    A comedic take on the Frankenstein story.

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  • 1942
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    Suspected Person

    Suspected Person

    5.5 1942 HD

    After a $50,000 heist in New York, two of the suspected robbers walk free from the courtroom and they waste no time in heading to London in search of...

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  • 1941
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    The Farmer's Wife

    The Farmer's Wife

    6 1941 HD

    Eden Philpotts' "provincial" comic novel and play The Farmer's Wife was first filmed in the silent era by Alfred Hitchcock. The 1940 talkie version...

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  • 1940
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    It Happened to One Man

    It Happened to One Man

    1 1940 HD

    A film directed by Paul L. Stein.

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  • 1938
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    The Divorce of Lady X

    The Divorce of Lady X

    6 1938 HD

    The morning after a London barrister lets a mystery woman stay in his suite, a friend files for divorce.

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  • 1940
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    Dr. O'Dowd

    Dr. O'Dowd

    1 1940 HD

    Marius O'Dowd is an Irish doctor who is often drunk. His daughter-in-law Moira dies during a serious operation which O'Dowd is performing. Although...

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  • 1955
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    The Widow

    The Widow

    1 1955 HD

    A woman falls in love with a race-car driver who two-times her for another girl.

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  • 1947
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    Holiday Camp

    Holiday Camp

    6.1 1947 HD

    The Huggett family go to a holiday camp, and get involved in crooked card players, a murderer on the run, and a pregnant young girl and her boyfriend...

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  • 1952
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    Something Money Can't Buy

    Something Money Can't Buy

    6 1952 HD

    A British Army Officer returning to civilian life after WWII, starts a catering company with some of his ex-army pals.

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  • 1950
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    Fugitive from Montreal

    Fugitive from Montreal

    6 1950 HD

    Pierre Chambrac, a French industrialist, and Canadian Paul Laforêt, two former brothers in arms, meet again by chance in Paris five years after...

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  • 1941
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    My Wife's Family

    My Wife's Family

    1 1941 HD

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  • 1939
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    The Mind of Mr. Reeder

    The Mind of Mr. Reeder

    1 1939 HD

    Mr. Reeder, a somewhat eccentric old gentleman employed by the Director of Public Prosecutions, gets it into his head to break up a counterfeiting...

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  • 1962
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    The Saint

    The Saint

    7.3 1962 HD

    Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those...

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  • 1959
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    No Hiding Place

    No Hiding Place

    3.7 1959 HD

    No Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by Associated-Rediffusion for the ITV network between 16...

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