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Patty Dunning

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The story of Patty, a young woman caught up in living for the present with little concern for the future. She meets and marries a young man and her life seems great, until one moment she awakens to find her husband gone and the radio reporting millions of people have mysteriously disappeared.
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A Thief in the Night (1972)
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Patty Dunning was born on September 11, 1951 in Des Moines, Iowa, USA. Her first role was as Patty Myers in A Thief in the Night (1972). She went on to an uncredited role in All the King's Horses (1977), then was featured in the second installment of the "Thief in the Night" series, A Distant Thunder (1978) as the same character. Her last appearance in the series would be the third installment, Image of the Beast (1981). She went on to be featured in The Shepherd (1984) and Life Flight: The Movie (1987). Dunning largely fell out of the industry entirely after the franchise wrapped up, although in 2019 and 2020 she appeared in two short films, Knee High (2019) and Domicile (2020). In an interview she gave a few years ago, she said she hadn't been totally on board with the message of the movie at first, but she rapidly fell into line. Now she lives quietly in Iowa; she is a pediatric physical therapist and she is married.
BornSeptember 11, 1951
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    A Distant Thunder (1978)
    A Distant Thunder
    5.1
    • Patty Myers
    • 1978
    A Thief in the Night (1972)
    A Thief in the Night
    4.6
    • Patty Myers
    • 1972
    Image of the Beast (1981)
    Image of the Beast
    4.6
    • Patty Myers
    • 1981
    Michael Ridley in Knee High
    Knee High
    • Mamie

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      • Knee High
        • Mamie
        • Completed



      • Charcoal Skies (2022)
        Charcoal Skies
        7.2
        • Gladys Leighton
        • 2022
      • Domicile (2020)
        Domicile
        Short
        • Ronda (as Patty Risinger)
        • 2020
      • Knee High (2019)
        Knee High
        8.6
        Short
        • Mamie (as Patty Risinger)
        • 2019
      • Life Flight: The Movie (1987)
        Life Flight: The Movie
        6.5
        • Little Girl's Mother (as Patty Dunning Risinger)
        • 1987
      • The Shepherd (1984)
        The Shepherd
        4.9
        • 1984
      • Image of the Beast (1981)
        Image of the Beast
        4.6
        • Patty Myers
        • 1981
      • A Distant Thunder (1978)
        A Distant Thunder
        5.1
        • Patty Myers
        • 1978
      • All the King's Horses (1977)
        All the King's Horses
        4.3
        • Patty (uncredited)
        • 1977
      • A Thief in the Night (1972)
        A Thief in the Night
        4.6
        • Patty Myers
        • 1972

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        • Patty Dunning Risinger
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        • September 11, 1951
        • Des, Moines, Iowa, USA

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        Stated in an interview for the "A Distant Thunder" DVD that she also works as a pediatric physical therapist.
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        [talking about the Thief in the Night film series] At the time, It was purely just a job, I was excited, I was not real sure about all the ‘religious’ stuff that was associated with it.

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