Patricia Haines


Patricia Haines was an English actress, best known for her television work. She was married to Michael Caine from 1954 to 1962.

Biography

Born in Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire Haines is best known for her television work. Her credits include: Dixon of Dock Green, Steptoe and Son, The Avengers, Danger Man, Public Eye, The Baron, Softly, Softly, Adam Adamant Lives!, The Champions, The Saint, Department S, Randall and Hopkirk , Up Pompeii!, Emmerdale Farm, Special Branch, The Protectors and Within These Walls. Her film roles include The Last Shot You Hear, Walk a Crooked Path, The Fast Kill, and the horror films The Night Caller and Virgin Witch, directed by Ray Austin.
She met actor Michael Caine in repertory theatre in Lowestoft, Suffolk at the Arcadia Theatre with Jackson Stanley's 'Standard Players'. On 3 April 1954 she had married Maurice Micklewhite at Lothingland Register Office before moving on to London. They were married until 1962 and had a daughter. She married actor Bernard Kay in 1963.
Patricia Haines died from lung cancer, on 25 February 1977, aged 45; she was cremated on 1 March.

Theatre