She and her husband, American actor Joseph Cotten, toured together in several plays and on Broadway in the murder mystery "Calculated Risk".
Was a naturalized citizen of the United States; resided in Los Angeles, California. Two of her more notable films were William Witney's Stranger at My Door (1956) and Orson Welles' Confidential Report (1955), a follow-up of The Third Man (1949), based on the radio series "The Lives of Harry Lime". "Bonanza" The Spanish Grant (TV Episode 1960) Patricia Medina as Isabella Maria Ynez Y Castra De La Cuesta, Rosita Morales She returned to the screen in Robert Aldrich's adaptation of the lesbian-themed drama The Killing of Sister George (1968). Her appearances on television include episodes of Bonanza (1959) titled "The Spanish Grant" and The Alfred Hitchc*ck Hour (1962) titled "See the Monkey Dance". She was interred at Blandford Cemetary in Petersburg, v*rginia beside her second husband Joseph Cotten. She began acting as a teenager in the late 1930s and worked her way up to leading roles in the mid-1940s, where she left for Hollywood. Made her Broadway debut with "Calculated Risks" (1962) opposite her second husband In an interview shortly before her death, she said the main reason she took the role of the stepmother, in
She also appeared as Harriet Balfour in an episode of Perry Mason (1957) titled "The Case of the Lucky Loser", and as Lucia Belmont in an episode of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964) titled "The Foxes and Hounds Affair".Patricia Medina retired from acting in 1978 after 40 years in the motion picture industry. Voluptuous and exotic-looking, Medina was often typecast in period melodramas such as The Black Knight (1954). Bonanza: Death at Dawn (1960) Bill Edwards as Mr. Cameron. Bonanza: Horse of a Different Hue (1966) Julie Parrish as Patty Lou Fairchild .
Bonanza: The Julia Bulette Story (1959) Jane Greer as Julia Bulette. Her acting strength was hardly ever tested, stuck mostly in high-flying adventures as assorted feisty love interests and damsels to rescue. She began acting as a teenager in the late 1930s and worked her way up to leading roles in the mid-1940s, then left for Hollywood. Actress Patricia Medina, who became a Hollywood leading lady in the 1950s opposite Glenn Ford, Alan Ladd, Karl Malden and Fernando Lamas, has died in Los Angeles aged 92. Patricia Paz Maria Medina was born on July 19, 1919 in Liverpool, England to a Spanish father and an English mother.
Bonanza: The Spanish Grant (1960) Patricia Medina as Rosita Morales.
Patricia Paz Maria Medina was born on July 19, 1919 in Liverpool, England to a Spanish father and an English mother. Although prolific during the early 1950s, her film career faded away by the end of the decade.Medina appeared as Margarita Cortazar in four episodes of Walt Disney's Zorro (1957), and as Diana Coulter in two episodes of Richard Boone's Have Gun - Will Travel (1957).