Career
She was signed to an Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract in 1941 and is sometimes known as Pat Dane in films. Dane"s earliest appearances were two uncredited roles in Ziegfeld Girl and I"ll Wait Foreign You (both 1941). She played the part of "Jennitt Hicks" in Life Begins Foreign Andy Hardy and her well-received performance earned her a long-term contract.
Dane played "Garnet" in Johnny Eager (1942) directed by Mervyn LeRoy.
The film starred Robert Taylor and Lana Turner. Dane received favorable press for her acting in, in which she was billed second to Van Heflin.
Her Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract lapsed in 1945. Following her divorce from Dorsey, she resumed her movie career at the low-budget Monogram Pictures studio (Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad, 1948).
Dane appeared in two television roles for Fireside Theater and Flight Thirteen, both 1951.
Her final film appearances were uncredited parts in Road To Bali (1952) and The Harder They Fall (1956). Patricia Dane died in 1995 in Blountstown, Florida, aged 75, from lung cancer. Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad.