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mahatmakanejeeves

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Sat Apr 16, 2022, 06:54 PM Apr 2022

Actress Melody Patterson was #BornOnThisDay, April 16, 1949.

Actress Melody Patterson was #BornOnThisDay, April 16, 1949. Best known for her role as "Wrangler Jane" in the 1960s TV series, F Troop (1965-'67) & for her role in the film Blood and Lace (1971). Passed in 2015 (age 66) from multiple organ failure. #RIP #GoneTooSoon #BOTD



She was 16 when she landed the job, which she neglected to tell the show's producers.

F Troop's Melody Patterson Dead at 66, Played 'Wrangler Jane'

By Matt Webb Mitovich / August 22 2015, 6:10 AM PDT


Courtesy of ABC

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