B’way’s ‘Kate’ dies

Patricia Morison, original ‘Kiss Me’ star, 103

RAVEN-HAIRED actress Patricia Morison, best known for her femme fatale film roles and for originating the part of Lilli Vanessi in Cole Porter’s “Kiss Me, Kate,” died Sunday at her Los Angeles home, according to The Hollywood Reporter. She was 103 and died of natural causes.

Born in New York in 1915 and raised on the Upper West Side, Morison studied dance in the city, but opted to take off for California in pursuit of Hollywood stardom.

“I learned everything from people in New York,” she told the blog Arts Meme last year. “And then I got my Hollywood contract. … I started playing ‘the other woman.’ That was my role, gorgeously dressed, saying sarcastic things … I was told I would never be an actress. They do that to everybody. I think I fooled them.”

Intrepid shorthair Shawn (inset) bolted from pet adoption event in Union Square Sunday and hid by engine of car on E. 17th St. until members of Little Wanderers group managed to reach under hood and retrieve the temperamental tabby.