Surf Party actress Lory Patrick dies at 92 after working with Fred Astaire and Loretta Young

Surf Party actress Lory Patrick has died at the age of 92.

The star - real name Lory Basham Jones - passed away 'peacefully' on January 26 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, her family shared on Thursday.

The performer popped up on the TV shows Tales Of Wells Fargo, Bonanza and Wagon Train, and also could be seen in the films How to Succeed In Business Without Really Trying.

She also had roles in The Many Loves Of Dobie Willis, The Adventures Of Ozzie And Harriet, Alcoa Presents With Fred Astaire and Dr Kildare.

Patrick retired from acting in the late 1960s. 

She was married to another Hollywood stalwart, Dean Jones, who died in 2015 at the age of 84. The actor starred in That Darn Cat!, The Love Bug and The Shaggy D.A.

The beauty was born in West Virginia then moved to Detroit before settling in New York City.

While in Manhattan her good looks and lean frame landed her modeling jobs and starring roles in TV commercials.

Patrick got into showbusiness when she won a role on the NBC game show Split Personality; though it was a small appearance, she won raves.

That gave her the confidence to move to Los Angeles to try her hand at acting in Hollywood fare.

Her first gig was on The Loretta Young Show, a 1950s drama anthology series hosted by actress Young, where she introduces important moral lessons through dramas.

Young was best known for the films The Farmer's Daughter and The Bishop's Wife.

Next Patrick signed with Universal Studios to co-star with Dale Robertson in NBC’s Tales Of Wells Fargo series.

She did a total of 15 episodes on the series. 

Next came an episode of General Electric Theater, then The Adventures Of Ozzie And Harriet in 1962.

In 1963 she could be seen in several small-screen shows: It's a Man's World, The Many Loves Of Dobie Gillis and Laramie. She was on three episodes of Wagon Train in 1963 as well.

Surf Party cane out in 1964; she played Sylvia Dempster opposite Bobby Vinton, Johnny Fain and Patricia Morrow.

Then she was back to guest starring on TV shows like Death Valley Days, Dr Kildare and Bonanza.

In 1967 she appeared in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying with Michele Lee, Rudy Vallee and Robert Morse.

Her last acting job was in 1967's The Is The Life where she played Mary.

After Jones died in 2015, Patrick moved from Tarzana, California, to Gettysburg to spend time with family. Jones was an American actor. 

He was best known as the Walt Disney Company's main leading man in the 1970s with his roles as Agent Zeke Kelso in That Darn Cat!, Jim Douglas in the Herbie franchise, and with other film companies such as Dr. Herman Varnick in Beethoven. 

He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his performance as Albert Dooley in The Million Dollar Duck (1971).

And he appeared in the films The Ugly Dachshund (1966), Monkeys, Go Home! (1966), Blackbeard's Ghost (1968), The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit (1968) and Snowball Express (1972).

In 1994 he had a small role as Director of Central Intelligence Judge Arthur Moore in Clear And Present Danger, which starred Harrison Ford.

Patrick and Jones wed in 1973 and stayed together until his death in 2015. 

She is survived by children Caroline Jones (and husband Steve Haugen), Deanna Demaree (and husband Tom Demaree) and Michael Pastick (and wife Dion Pastick), as well as eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren; brothers Richard Basham, Tom Basham, Paul Basham (and wife Ethel); sister Carol Vanderhoof; and other extended family.