Patrick was also a skilled visual artist. In the TV series Ramar of the Jungle, she played the "White Goddess" of an African tribe, welcoming outsiders in stilted English. In one Abbott and Costello flick, she was a dark-haired beauty. In Hollywood, Milicent Patrick had a few forgettable bit parts. Over the years, she would add the last names of her various husbands. She recalled Hearst as an enormous, frightening man who threw lavish parties with movie stars, and she said she changed her name to Milicent - the same as Hearst's wife (spelled Millicent). Years later, she spoke with an estate historian about growing up there in style: swimming pools, French pastry chefs, pet leopards and lions. When she was 6, her family began living on the property of publisher William Randolph Hearst's Hearst Castle, in San Simeon, Calif., where her father Camille Rossi was the superintendent of construction. Milicent Patrick was born Mildred Rossi in 1915. "And she just became my hero because of that." "She's the first woman I ever saw working on a monster movie," O'Meara says. She tracked down the details of Patrick's life for her book, The Lady from the Black Lagoon. O'Meara, 28, is a horror, sci-fi and fantasy film producer. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title The Lady from the Black Lagoon Subtitle Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick Author Mallory O'meara
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