Pat Fielder


Pat Fielder was an American screenwriter known for penning cult B monster movies like The Return of Dracula in the 1950s. For TV, she worked on everything from Baretta to The Rifleman to Starsky & Hutch.

Biography

Pat was born in Pasadena, California, to Patrick Penny and Mary Lloyd. She attended John [Marshall High School (Los Angeles)|John Marshall High] and later UCLA, where she studied theatre arts; after graduation, she worked as a teacher before landing a job at Gramercy Pictures. After initially serving as a production assistant, she was eventually given the chance to write scripts, starting with The [Vampire (1957 film)|The Vampire] and The Monster that Challenged the World.

Selected filmography