Patti Chandler

{{short description|American actress}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Patti Chandler | image = Patti chandler promo photo (cropped).jpg | caption = Chandler in 1964 | other_names = | birth_name =  | birth_date =  | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1964–1977 (film & TV) | image_size = }}

'''Patti Chandler''' is an American actress.

== Career == [[File:Patti chandler promo photo.jpg|thumb|Chandler in a promotional picture for ''Bikini Beach'' (1964)]] Patti Chandler first appeared as an actress in 1964 in the film ''Bikini Beach'' in a supporting role. This was followed by appearances in other beach party films, usually being paired with Salli Sachse, such as ''Pajama Party'' (1964), ''How to Stuff a Wild Bikini'' (1965) and ''The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini'' (1966).<ref name="Weller">{{Cite web |last=Weller |first=Sheila |date=2011-02-07 |title=When Surfing, Malibu, and the Beach Life Became a National Phenomenon |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2006/08/malibu-surf-scene-200608 |access-date=2025-08-12 |website=Vanity Fair |language=en-US}}</ref>{{Sfn|Lisanti|2015|p=[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Fantasy_Femmes_of_Sixties_Cinema/-kWeCQAAQBAJ?hl=es-419&gbpv=1&dq=Salli+Sachse&pg=PA229&printsec=frontcover 229]}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lisanti |first=Tom |date=January 23, 2010 |title=CATCHING UP WITH SALLI SACHSE...YEARS AFTER THE BEACH PARTY ENDED |url=http://www.sixtiescinema.com/blog/2010/01/catching-up-with-salli-sachse |access-date=2025-08-12 |website=Sixties Cinema |language=en}} Also available in {{Cite web |title=CATCHING UP WITH SALLI SACHSE...YEARS AFTER THE BEACH PARTY ENDED |url=https://www.cinemaretro.com/index.php?/archives/4288-CATCHING-UP-WITH-SALLI-SACHSE...YEARS-AFTER-THE-BEACH-PARTY-ENDED.html |access-date=2025-08-12 |website=Cinema Retro}}</ref> A ''Vanity Fair'' article about 1960s surf culture published on the August 2006 issue described Chandler as "Pert and adorable, Patti was more Sandra Dee than Dee herself."<ref name="Weller" /> In addition, she also appeared in several television series. She retired from acting in 1977, after which she became a flight attendant.<ref name="Weller" />

== Selected filmography == * ''Bikini Beach'' (1964) as Beach Girl * ''The Virginian'' (1964) (TV series, episode "A Father for Toby") as Margaret * ''Pajama Party'' (1964) as Pajama Girl * ''Beach Blanket Bingo'' (1965) as Patti * ''Ski Party'' (1965) as Janet * ''How to Stuff a Wild Bikini'' (1965) as Patti * ''Sergeant Deadhead'' (1965) as Patti * ''Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine'' (1965) as Robot * ''The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini'' (1966) as Patti * ''Fireball 500'' (1966) as Leander Fan * ''The Big Valley'' (1967) (TV series, episode "Plunder!") as Indian Girl * ''The Million Eyes of Sumuru'' (1967) as Louise, slave of Sumuru * ''Alias Smith and Jones'' (1971) (TV series, episode "Night of the Red Dog") as Secretary (credited as Patricia Chandler) * ''Quincy, M.E.'' (1977) (TV series, episode "Hot Ice, Cold Hearts) as Ann (credited as Patricia Chandler) * ''McCloud'' (1977) (TV series, episode "The Great Taxicab Stampede") as Police Woman (credited as Patricia Chandler)

== References == {{Reflist}}

== Bibliography == * {{Cite book |last=Lisanti |first=Tom |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Fantasy_Femmes_of_Sixties_Cinema/-kWeCQAAQBAJ |title=Fantasy Femmes of Sixties Cinema: Interviews with 20 Actresses from Biker, Beach, and Elvis Movies |date=2015 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-0116-8 |language=en}}

== External links == * {{IMDb name|id=0151446}}

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