Luana Patten (July 6, 1938 â€" May 1, 1996) was an American film
actress.Patten was born in Long Beach, California, to Harvey T. Patten
and Alma (née Miller) Patten, natives of Enid, Oklahoma. She attended
Burbank High School and Hollywood Professional School.At the age of
three she was a young model and later was hired by Walt Disney. Patten
made her first film appearance in the 1946 musical Song of the South
with Bobby Driscoll. They also appeared together in Song of the
South's sister film So Dear to My Heart.She appeared again with Bobby
Driscoll in the Pecos Bill segment of Disney's Melody Time. In 1947,
she appeared with Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy, and Mortimer Snerd
during the live action scenes in Fun and Fancy Free. When she grew up,
she played the role of Jody Weaver in Joe Dakota, she played the role
of Priscilla Lapham in Disney's 1957 live-action feature production of
Johnny Tremain. In 1958, Patten played the part of Elizabeth Buckley
in the episode "Twelve Guns" of NBC's Cimarron City western television
series. It was on Cimarron City that she met her future second
husband, John Smith, whom she married two years later. The couple
divorced in 1964.
actress.Patten was born in Long Beach, California, to Harvey T. Patten
and Alma (née Miller) Patten, natives of Enid, Oklahoma. She attended
Burbank High School and Hollywood Professional School.At the age of
three she was a young model and later was hired by Walt Disney. Patten
made her first film appearance in the 1946 musical Song of the South
with Bobby Driscoll. They also appeared together in Song of the
South's sister film So Dear to My Heart.She appeared again with Bobby
Driscoll in the Pecos Bill segment of Disney's Melody Time. In 1947,
she appeared with Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy, and Mortimer Snerd
during the live action scenes in Fun and Fancy Free. When she grew up,
she played the role of Jody Weaver in Joe Dakota, she played the role
of Priscilla Lapham in Disney's 1957 live-action feature production of
Johnny Tremain. In 1958, Patten played the part of Elizabeth Buckley
in the episode "Twelve Guns" of NBC's Cimarron City western television
series. It was on Cimarron City that she met her future second
husband, John Smith, whom she married two years later. The couple
divorced in 1964.
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