Femme fatale in "The Killers" and Cora (Lana Turner) in "The Postman Always Rings Twice", based on novels by Ernest Hemingway and James M. Cain respectively, manipulate men into killing their husbands. In the Hitchcock film "The Paradine Case" (1947), Alida Valli's character causes the deaths of two men and the near destruction of another. Another frequently cited example is the character Jane played by Lizabeth Scott in "Too Late for Tears" (1949); during her quest to keep some dirty money from its rightful recipient and her husband, she uses poison, lies, sexual teasing and a gun to keep men wrapped around
Patricia Smith (actress) She played Doctor Sara Kingsley in the "" episode . Her final acting role was in the 1997 film "Mad City". Smith and her husband, John Lasell, had two children. Smith, a diabetic for many years, died of heart failure on January 2, 2011 in Los Angeles, California, aged 80. Patricia Smith (actress) Patricia Smith (February 20, 1930 – January 2, 2011) was an American actress who appeared in film and television roles from the early 1950s through the 1990s. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Smith appeared in a 1953 episode of "Kraft Television Theater" titled "A Room and a