Background
The daughter of George Nightingale and Violet Noseworthy, she was born in Saint John"s, Newfoundland and was educated there.
The daughter of George Nightingale and Violet Noseworthy, she was born in Saint John"s, Newfoundland and was educated there.
She taught school for a time and then trained in nursing She moved to Halifax in 1972, where she performed with the Neptune Theatre Company. In 1989, she moved to Vancouver.
She appeared in the 1990 movies Bird on a Wire and the 1994 movie Little Women.
She also appeared in the Canadian Broadcasting Company television series Backstretch. Paterson died in Vancouver at the age of 67.