Marguerite Patten
Birthday:
November 4, 1915 in Bath, Somerset, England, UK
Birth Name:
Hilda Elsie Marguerite Brown
Marguerite Patten was born on November 4, 1915 in Bath, Somerset, England as Hilda Elsie Marguerite Brown. She is known for her work on Scoff (1988), Mainly for Women (1947) and The Supersizers Go... (2007). She was married to Charles (Bob) Alfred Patten. She died on June 4, 2015 in Richmond, Surrey, England.
To the day I die, I will be a home economist.
To the day I die, I will be a home economist.
[on Fanny Cradock] She brought a sense of... gracious entertaining..., though I disapproved of her evening dress and spangles. I didn't like...Show more »
[on Fanny Cradock] She brought a sense of... gracious entertaining..., though I disapproved of her evening dress and spangles. I didn't like her as a person because she was a bully - we were judges together at the Festival of Britain [in 1951] and she massacred me in the meeting, but I would defend her ability to the end of my days. Show less «
[on being a home economist] To many people today we have become a dying race, which is a pity because we are needed more than ever. Our role...Show more »
[on being a home economist] To many people today we have become a dying race, which is a pity because we are needed more than ever. Our role is to educate people, to help them in the home. In this recession we really need to sort ourselves out. Show less «
