Pat Fielder (born Patricia Penny) was an American screenwriter known for penning cult B monster movies like The Return of Dracula in the 1950s.[1] For TV, she worked on everything from Baretta to The Rifleman to Starsky & Hutch.[2]

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.[3] 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.[3][2]

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ Craig, Rob (2013-09-19). It Came from 1957: A Critical Guide to the Year's Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-7777-7.
  2. ^ a b Weaver, Tom (2009-12-11). I Talked with a Zombie: Interviews with 23 Veterans of Horror and Sci-Fi Films and Television. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-5268-2.
  3. ^ a b Norman, Ann (21 Jun 1957). "Brainy Beauty Satisfies Yearning to Be a Writer". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Fielder
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