Patricia Medina

A ravishing brunette actress with large, dark eyes, Patricia Medina began in routine British films in the late 1930s and worked her way up to leads in the mid-40s, whereupon she was promptly summoned to Hollywood. Medina practically had to begin at the beginning again, playing modest supporting roles as second fiddle to June Allyson, Maureen O'Hara and other more established actresses. She made it to leading roles in 1950, but the signs were not promising: "Francis" kicked off the famous but asinine talking mule comedies, and "Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion" was hardly a showcase