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Eileen Patricia Augusta Fraser Morison was an American stage, television and film actress of the Golden Age of Hollywood and mezzo-soprano singer. She made her feature film debut in 1939 after several years on the stage, and amongst her most renowned were The Fallen Sparrow, Dressed to Kill opposite Basil Rathbone and the screen adaptation of The Song of Bernadette. She was lauded as a beauty with large blue eyes and extremely long, dark hair. During this period of her career, she was often cast as the femme fatale or "other woman". It was only when she returned to the Broadway stage that she achieved her greatest success as the lead in the original production of Cole Porter's Kiss Me, Kate and subsequently in The King and I.
Birth Name
Eileen Patricia Augusta Fraser Morison
Born
Friday, 19 March 1915
Died
Sunday, 20 May 2018
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age | Self | 2021 |
| The 72nd Annual Tony Awards | Self | 2018 |
| If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast | Self | 2017 |
| Broadway: The American Musical | Katharine / Self | 2004 |
| Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | Self | 2003 |
| The Long Day Closes | Amy | 1992 |
| Gabriel's Fire | Miss Margaret Fairchild | 1990 |
| Biography | Self / Self - Actress | 1987 |
| The New Gidget | Mabel | 1986 |
| American Masters | Self | 1986 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age | Self | 2021 |
| The 72nd Annual Tony Awards | Self | 2018 |
| If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast | Self | 2017 |
| Broadway: The American Musical | Katharine / Self | 2004 |
| Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | Self | 2003 |
| The Long Day Closes | Amy | 1992 |
| Gabriel's Fire | Miss Margaret Fairchild | 1990 |
| Biography | Self / Self - Actress | 1987 |
| The New Gidget | Mabel | 1986 |
| American Masters | Self | 1986 |
| Mirrors | Mrs. Rome | 1985 |
| The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes | Mrs. Hilda Courtney | 1985 |
| Cheers | Mrs. Ridgeway | 1982 |
| Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood | Star at Screening | 1976 |
| The Ed Nelson Show | Self | 1969 |
| Racing Fever | Waitress | 1964 |
| Kiss Me Kate | Lilli Vanessi | 1964 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Herself / Herself - Guest | 1962 |
| The Tonight Show | Self | 1962 |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Herself - Actress | 1961 |
| Here's Hollywood | Self | 1960 |
| Song Without End | Georges Sand | 1960 |
| Kiss Me, Kate | Lilli Vanessi (Kate) / Lilli Vanessi / Kate | 1958 |
| Have Gun - Will Travel | Victoria Vestris / Desdemona | 1957 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar | Herself | 1957 |
| Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers | Tara | 1956 |
| Screen Directors Playhouse | Vivienne Monet | 1955 |
| The United States Steel Hour | 1953 | |
| Four Star Playhouse | Elena / Charlotte | 1952 |
| The Jackie Gleason Show | Self - Guest Vocalist / Self (Honeymooners Sketch) | 1952 |
| Chance of a Lifetime | Self | 1951 |
| The Cases of Eddie Drake | Dr. Karen Gayle | 1952 |
| The U.S. Royal Showcase | Self | 1952 |
| The Ezio Pinza Show | Self - Actress | 1951 |
| Schlitz Playhouse | Jennifer Mauldron | 1951 |
| Hollywood Opening Night | Self | 1951 |
| Showtime, U.S.A. | Self | 1950 |
| Musical Comedy Time | Rio Rita | 1950 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Mrs. Carrington / Lady Maude | 1950 |
| Nash Airflyte Theatre | Angelina | 1950 |
| The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self - Singer | 1950 |
| TV Club | Self | 1950 |
| The Arthur Murray Party | Self - Musical Comedy Star | 1950 |
| The Saturday Night Revue with Jack Carter | Self - Singer | 1950 |
| Robert Montgomery Presents | Rio Rita | 1950 |
| College of Musical Knowledge | Self - Guest | 1949 |
| The Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue | Self | 1949 |
| The Ed Wynn Show | Self - commercial for Camel cigarettes | 1949 |
| The Voice of Firestone | Herself (as Patricia Morrison) | 1949 |
| Cavalcade of Stars | Self | 1949 |
| Celebrity Time | Herself | 1948 |
| Sofia | Magda Onescu | 1948 |
| The Return of Wildfire | Pat Marlowe | 1948 |
| The Walls of Jericho | Mrs. Landon / Lucy Landon | 1948 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Self - Singer | 1948 |
| The Milton Berle Show | Self - Singer | 1948 |
| The Prince of Thieves | Lady Marian Claire | 1948 |
| Song of the Thin Man | Phyllis Talbin | 1947 |
| Tarzan and the Huntress | Tanya Rawlins | 1947 |
| Queen of the Amazons | Jean Preston | 1947 |
| Danger Woman | Eve Ruppert | 1946 |
| Dressed to Kill | Mrs. Hilda Courtney | 1946 |
| Lady on a Train | Joyce Willams / Joyce Willams, Morgan's Girl | 1945 |
| Without Love | Edwina Collins | 1945 |
| The Song of Bernadette | Empress Eugenie | 1943 |
| Calling Dr. Death | Stella Madden | 1943 |
| Where Are Your Children? | Linda Woodford | 1943 |
| The Fallen Sparrow | Barby Taviton | 1943 |
| Hitler's Madman | Jarmilla Hanka | 1943 |
| Silver Skates | Claire Thomas | 1943 |
| Night in New Orleans | Ethel Abbott | 1942 |
| Beyond the Blue Horizon | Sylvia | 1942 |
| Are Husbands Necessary? | Myra Ponsonby | 1942 |
| One Night in Lisbon | Gerry Houston | 1941 |
| The Round Up | Janet Allen (Payson) / Janet Allen | 1941 |
| Romance of the Rio Grande | Rosita | 1940 |
| Rangers of Fortune | Sharon McCloud | 1940 |
| Untamed | Alverna Easter | 1940 |
| The Magnificent Fraud | Claire Hill | 1939 |
| I'm from Missouri | Mrs. Allison 'Rowe' Hamilton | 1939 |
| Persons in Hiding | Dorothy Bronson | 1939 |
| Wreckless | Mary Jane | 1935 |
