As Wrangler Jane, Patterson lustily pursued Captain Parmenter, played by Ken Berry.
She continued her education in the Warner Bros.
Our hearts are sad today.
Patterson, who was also a dancer, entertained the Vietnam troops.
Most of the online tributes and obits deservedly concentrate on her success here and her short-lived marriage to actor James MacArthur.
In 1970, she married her first husband, James MacArthur, and they moved to Hawaii because he had landed a role in Hawaii Five-O, and she eventually appeared in a couple of episodes.