Pat Fielder

Pat Fielder

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Gender:
Female
Is:
Screenwriter
Work field:
Film, TV, Stage & Radio
Birth:
16 April 1929
Death:
8 November 2018
Star sign:
Aries
Education:
University of California, Los Angeles
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Pat Fielder (born Patricia Penny) was an American screenwriter known for penning cult B monster movies like The Return of Dracula in the 1950s. For TV, she worked on everything from Baretta to The Rifleman to Starsky & Hutch.

Biography

Pat was born in Pasadena, California, to Patrick Penny and Mary Lloyd. She attended John Marshall High and later UCLA, where she studied theatre arts; after graduation, she worked as a teacher before landing a job at Gramercy Pictures. After initially serving as a production assistant, she was eventually given the chance to write scripts, starting with The Vampire and The Monster that Challenged the World.

Selected filmography

  • Goliath Awaits (1981) (TV movie)
  • Baretta (1977–1978) (TV series)
  • Geronimo (1962)
  • The Rifleman (1959–1962) (TV series)
  • The Return of Dracula (1958)
  • The Flame Barrier (1958)
  • The Monster That Challenged the World (1957)
  • The Vampire (1957)