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Biography
Patrice Wymore Flynn was born in Miltonvale, Kansas, and at the age of six she began touring with her family, who were vaudeville performers. By the time she reached adulthood, she was pretty and had a good singing voice. She auditioned in New York City for a part in
Up in Central Park, in which she performed in 1947. She then performed in the Broadway musical
Hold It!, for which she won a Theater World Award for "Promising Actress". Following her performance in
All for Love in 1949, she was contacted by Warner Bros., and she moved to Hollywood.
Patrice Wymore's first film appearance was in the 1950 film
Tea for Two, starring Doris Day and Gordon Mac Rae. That same year she starred in
Rocky Mountain opposite Hollywood legend Errol Flynn, with whom she would become romantically involved. The two married in October 1950. They moved to Jamaica, and had a daughter, Arnella Flynn, born in 1953. Their daughter would later become a fashion model in Europe. Arnella Flynn died in the Errol Flynn Mansion at Castle Comfort under suspicious circumstances. There was never a Public declaration as to her cause of death, it is alleged Arnella Flynn was seen that afternoon prior to her death in good health friends report, she was reluctant to attend dinner with her mother and friends that night. It is Publicly known Arnella Flynn has always had a difficult relationship with her Mother and would often refuse to appear with her at Public events.
Errol Flynn great house Castle Comfort
- The Errol Flynn Property is located at Priestman's River between on Lands known as Castle Comfort, Between Fair Prospect and Boston Bay in Portland, Jamaica.
Wymore continued to act, appearing in several films over the next few years, to include
I'll See You in My Dreams, her second film alongside Doris Day. She also guest starred as herself in the 1951 film
Star-lift, performing the song "Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)." In 1953, she appeared alongside Virginia Mayo in
She's Back on Broadway, and that same year she starred opposite Randolph Scott in
The Man Behind the Gun. In 1955 she appeared with her husband Errol Flynn and Anna Neagle in the film version of
King's Rhapsody. Flynn was already in a physical and mental decline by the time they had married.
Arnella Flynn
Later career and personal life
Following
King's Rhapsody, Wymore took a break from acting to care for her now ailing husband, and to better raise their daughter. However, due to Flynn's alcohol and drug addictions, the couple separated. They never divorced, however, and were still married at the time of his death in October 1959.
Following Flynn's death, Wymore returned to acting, mostly in stock musicals. She appeared in the musicals
Carnival!,
Guys and Dolls,
Irma La Douche, and
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes during this period. She had a minor role in the original
Ocean's Eleven in 1960. In 1965, she was cast in the short-lived soap opera
Never Too Young, and in 1966 she appeared in the film
Chamber of Horrors. Her last appearance was on the television series
F Troop in 1967.
Flynn had left her a 2,000-acre property (8.1 km
2) coconut plantation in Castle Comfort
Priestman's River Portland Jamaica, as well as a mansion and a cattle ranch. After her retirement she returned to Jamaica, where she opened a boutique and wicker furniture manufacturing business. She continues to be active on Errol Flynn's estate at Castle Comfort, and often appears at dedications in his honor.
