Film noir the most influential of the early noirs. A slew of now-renowned noir "bad girls" followed, such as those played by Rita Hayworth in "Gilda" (1946), Lana Turner in "The Postman Always Rings Twice" (1946), Ava Gardner in "The Killers" (1946), and Jane Greer in "Out of the Past" (1947). The iconic noir counterpart to the femme fatale, the private eye, came to the fore in films such as "The Maltese Falcon" (1941), with Humphrey Bogart as Sam Spade, and "Murder, My Sweet" (1944), with Dick Powell as Philip Marlowe. The prevalence of the private eye as a lead character declined
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