Patricia Holm | |
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The Saint character | |
![]() Patricia Holm, as depicted on the cover of a 1980s reprint of Meet – The Tiger! | |
First appearance | Meet - The Tiger! (1928) |
Last appearance | Saint Errant (1948) |
Created by | Leslie Charteris |
Portrayed by | Jean Gillie (1943) Eliza Dushku (2012) |
Voiced by | Kim Thomson |
In-universe information | |
Gender | Female |
Occupation | Detective |
Nationality | British |
Patricia Holm is the name of a fictional character who appeared in the novels and short stories of Leslie Charteris between 1928 and 1948. She was the on-again, off-again girlfriend and partner of Simon Templar, alias "The Saint", and shared a number of his adventures. In addition, by the mid-1930s, Holm and Templar shared the same flat in London, although they were unmarried. Although such co-habitation between unmarried partners is commonplace today, it was rare, shocking (and in some areas, even illegal) in the 1930s. The two also appeared to have a somewhat "open" relationship, with Holm accepting (or, at least, tolerating) Templar's occasional dalliances with other women.
Charteris wrote Holm out of the series after 1948. A fleeting reference in the final novel credited to Charteris (1983's Salvage for the Saint) reveals that at some point in the past, Holm had left Templar.