Pamela Blake
Pamela Blake | |
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Las Vegas, Nevada , U.S. | |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1934–1954 |
Spouses | Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart
(m. 1936; div. 1940)Mike Stokey
(m. 1943; div. 1948)John Canavan
(m. 1983; died 1996) |
Children | 2 |
Pamela Blake (August 6, 1915 – October 6, 2009)[1] was an American film actress who acted in almost 50 films. She is known primarily for her roles in western films and serials.[2]
Early years
Blake was born in Oakland, California as Adele Pearce,[3] and performed under that name until 1942.[4] Following her mother's death when Blake was 3 years old, she went to live with an uncle and aunt,[2] William Bojorques and Gertrude Biddle-Bojorques in Petaluma, California. Her secondary education came at schools in Petaluma and San Francisco.[5]
She went to Hollywood at age 17 after she won a beauty contest.[1]
Film
Blake's film career lasted for around 20 years, with her starring mostly in
In 1939 she starred in five films, one of which was a
Waco (1952) was Blake's last feature film, and her last role was in the 1954 television pilot, The Adventures of the Texas Kid: Border Ambush, which was later released as a film.[4]
Personal life and death
In 1935, Blake was injured in an automobile wreck that might have ended her career. A newspaper article in The Petaluma Argus-Courier in 1940 described her as having emerged from the wrecked car "with a neck badly torn and both eyes and cheeks badly mutilated."[5] Plastic surgery helped her to return to acting.[5]
Blake married three times. In 1936, she eloped to Yuma, Arizona, with actor Malcolm "Bud" Taggert. They divorced in 1940.[6] Her second marriage, in 1943, was to actor, television producer and writer Mike Stokey; it ended in divorce in 1948.[2] They had one son, Mike Stokey II, and a daughter, Barbara. Their son served as a 1st Marine Division combat correspondent during the Vietnam War, and who then began working in the film industry as a military technical advisor, having worked with, among others, Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks.
In 1953, Blake moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, to retire and raise her two children.
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1934 | Eight Girls in a Boat | School Girl | Uncredited |
1934 | Autumn Crocus | Lenchen | |
1936 | One in a Million | Dancer | Uncredited |
1937 | Stage Door | Actress | Uncredited |
1938 | Island in the Sky | Hatcheck Girl | Uncredited |
1938 | The Utah Trail | Sally Jeffers | |
1939 | Sorority House | Merle Scott | |
1939 | Wyoming Outlaw | Irene Parker | |
1939 | Girl from Rio | Annette Templeton | |
1939 | Full Confession | Laura Mahoney | |
1939 | Three Sons | Mamie Donaldson | |
1940 | Married and in Love | Minor Role | (scenes deleted) |
1940 | Millionaire Playboy | Eleanor | |
1940 | Pop Always Pays | Edna Brewster | |
1940 | One Crowded Night | Ruth | |
1940 | Men Against the Sky | Nurse | Uncredited |
1940 | Too Many Girls | Coed | Uncredited |
1941 | Mr. & Mrs. Smith | Lily | |
1941 | No Greater Sin | Betty James later Betty Thorne | |
1942 | This Gun for Hire | Annie | |
1942 | Maisie Gets Her Man | Elsie | |
1942 | The Omaha Trail | Julie Santley | |
1942 | Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant | Jimmy James | Uncredited |
1943 | Kid Dynamite | Ivy McGinnis | |
1943 | Slightly Dangerous | Mitzi | |
1943 | Swing Shift Maisie | Billie | |
1943 | The Unknown Guest | Julie | |
1943 | Swing Fever | Lois | |
1945 | Three's a Crowd | Diane Whipple | |
1945 | Why Girls Leave Home | Diana Leslie | |
1945 | Captain Tugboat Annie | Marion Graves | |
1946 | Live Wires | Mary Mahoney | |
1946 | Partners in Time | Elizabeth Meadows | |
1946 | Mysterious Intruder | Elora Lund | |
1946 | The Runaround | Coffee Shop Waitress | Uncredited |
1946 | Chick Carter, Detective | Ellen Dale | Serial |
1946 | The Mysterious Mr. M | Shirley Clinton | |
1946 | Rolling Home | Pamela Crawford | |
1947 | The Sea Hound | Ann Whitney | Serial |
1947 | The Hat Box Mystery | Susan Hart | |
1948 | Stage Struck | Janet Winters | |
1948 | Son of God's Country | Cathy Thornton | |
1948 | Highway 13 | Doris Lacy | |
1949 | Ghost of Zorro | Rita White | |
1949 | Sky Liner | Carol, TWA Stewardess | |
1950 | Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey | Anne Howe Palooka | |
1950 | The Daltons' Women | Joan Talbot | |
1950 | Federal Man | Mrs. Judith Palmer | |
1950 | Gunfire | Cynthy | |
1950 | Border Rangers | Ellen Reed | |
1951 | Danger Zone | Vicki Jason | (2nd episode) |
1952 | Waco | Kathy Clark | |
1954 | Adventures of the Texas Kid: Border Ambush | Betty Johnson |
References
- ^ a b c d "PASSINGS: Pamela Blake, Ben Ali". Chicago Tribune. October 10, 2009. Archived from the original on October 9, 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
- ^ ISBN 9780786420285. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
- ^ "Pamela Blake". telegraph.co.uk. London, UK. October 26, 2009. Retrieved October 26, 2009.
- ^ ISBN 9781476627199. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
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- ISBN 9780786456451. Retrieved July 10, 2017.