Patrice Wymore

Patrice Wymore
Wymore in the 1950s
Born	(1926-12-17)December 17, 1926 Miltonvale, Kansas, U.S.
Died	March 22, 2014(2014-03-22) (aged 87) Portland Parish, Jamaica
Other names	Patrice Wymore Flynn Trice Wymore
Occupation	Actress, singer
Years active	1947–67
Spouse(s)	Errol Flynn (1950–59, his death) (1 daughter)
Children	Arnella Flynn (1953-1998)

Patrice Wymore Flynn (December 17, 1926 – March 22, 2014) was an American film, television and stage actress of the 1950s and 1960s, known for her marriage to Errol Flynn.

Born Patricia Wymore in Miltonvale, Kansas, to a family of vaudeville performers, she began touring with them at the age of six. By the time she reached adulthood, she was an accomplished dancer with a good singing voice. She auditioned in New York City for a part in Up in Central Park, in which she performed in 1947.

She then performed in the Broadway musical Hold It!, for which she won a Theatre World Award for "Promising Actress". This was followed by a five-month stint in the revue All for Love in 1949, where she was discovered by a talent scout from Warner Bros. who signed her up.

Wymore's first film appearance was in the 1950 film Tea for Two, opposite Doris Day and Gordon MacRae, where she made an impression with the Latin flavoured rendition of 'Crazy Rhythm'. That same year she starred in Rocky Mountain opposite Hollywood legend Errol Flynn, with whom she would become romantically involved. Flynn and Wymore were traveling and living in Europe, mainly in Mallorca aboard of "Zaca" (M/Y of Flynn). At the age of 23, she married the 41-year-old actor in October 1950 at the Lutheran Church, Nice, France. Wymore continued to act, appearing in several films over the next few years, including, musical I'll See You in My Dreams, her second film alongside Doris Day. She also guest starred as herself in the 1951 musical film Starlift, performing the song "Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)." It was followed by a role as saloon singer in the Kirk Douglas feature The Big Trees (1952) and a part in the musical comedy She's Working Her Way Through College, starring Virginia Mayo, in the same year. In 1953, she appeared alongside Mayo in musical dramedy She's Back on Broadway, and that same year she starred opposite Randolph Scott in The Man Behind the Gun. By this stage Wymore had fulfilled her contract with Warner and was released.