Patricia Lake

Actress + Comedienne

Female

Born Jun 18, 1923

Died Oct 3, 1993

Nationality American

Patricia Van Cleeve Lake, known as Patricia Lake, was an American socialite, actress, and radio comedienne, who was suspected of being and, just before she died, claimed to be the illegitimate daughter of actress Marion Davies and publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst.… Read More

Romance

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Arthur Lake
Married 1942 - 1987

Family

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Patricia Lake

d.1993

parents

William Randolph Hearst
Father, d.1951
Marion Davies
Mother, d.1961
Rosemary Davies
Mother

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Make The Most Of The American Dollar In The Canadian Rockies Dallas Morning News (Subscription)
Google News - Aug 26, 2011

A 10-minute drive from downtown Jasper, Patricia Lake was the site of a bizarre and highly secret operation during World War II: Winston Churchill's attempt to build an unsinkable aircraft carrier from ice and wood pulp. The prototype was eventually
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Crazy Plots To Win The War: Secrets Of The Tricks In Boffins' Armoury Mirror.Co.Uk
Google News - Aug 16, 2011

Work on a prototype began at Patricia Lake in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, with engineers realising the hull had to be 35ft thick to cope with a torpedo attack. The Battle of the Atlantic was virtually won before tests were complete and the project
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Nature's Call Times Of India
Google News - Aug 15, 2011

Just down the road was Patricia Lake, another reflection pool, in which nature was preening herself once more. What we did not see were the sunken remains of a bizarre, aborted WWII experiment to build a scaled model of an aircraft carrier of ice and
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The 'Two Marys' Of Johnson Memorial Hospital Reminder Newspapers
Google News - Aug 11, 2011

They even love their boss, volunteer services coordinator Patricia Lake, who they say makes them feel valued and appreciated. “I have a good job. I get to work with really good folks,” said Lake. Both Marys agreed that they like to laugh and do not
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Timeline

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CHILDHOOD

1921 Birth Born on June 18, 1921.

TEENAGE

1937 16 Years Old Patricia first met actor Arthur Lake when he was visiting at Marion Davies' beach house. She and Arthur were married in 1937 at Hearst's San Simeon estate, with both Hearst and Davies jointly giving her away at the marriage ceremony. Patricia and Arthur remained married for nearly 50 years until his death in January 1987. … Read More

FORTIES

1961 40 Years Old … When Davies died in 1961, half of her 20 million dollar estate was left to Lake as an inheritance.

LATE ADULTHOOD

1993 72 Years Old 1 More Event

Her features, "suspiciously similar" to those of Hearst, did not go unnoticed, but Lake never made any public comment on the subject, even after the deaths of Hearst and Davies. Reportedly, just before Patricia Lake's death in 1993, she told her family her beliefs about the identities of her biological parents.

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