Cold, calculating and hard-as-nails is probably the best definition of Gail Patrick's femmes on the silver screen. And she was no softie in real life either. The tall, slender, patrician beauty was born in Birmingham, Alabama in 1911. She was a dean of women at her alma mater of Howard College for a time and a pre-law student at the University of Alabama before setting her sights on acting. A finalist in a nationwide contest for a Paramount film role (which she did not get) led her to Hollyw ...[Read Story]