Pamela Hensley

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Pamela Hensley (* 3. October 1950 in Glendale , California as Pamela Gail Hensley ) is an American actress and author . She starred in several movies, including Two Dirty Scoundrels , Rollerball and The Naked Bomb . However, she became known from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s for her roles in popular American television series such as Dr. med. Marcus Welby , Buck Rogers or Matt Houston .

life and career

Pamela Hensley was born in Glendale, California in 1950. She made her film debut at the age of 20 in the Joseph L. Mankiewicz Western Two Dirty Scoundrels . She played other cinema roles in 1971 in John Erman's comedy Making It and the 1973 film drama Self-Portrait. Dissatisfied with the size of her roles so far, she signed a Universal Studio contract that same year , which she promised more career potential. She played the role of a model in the television series The New Treasure Hunt from 1973 to 1974. This part opened further doors for her in 1974 for engagements and appearances in television series such as Notruf California , Kojak - Einsatz in Manhattan or Der Chef .

Through her role as Janet Blake in the doctor series Dr. med. Marcus Welby , who embodied her in 24 episodes, made her breakthrough. After that, my career went steadily upwards. In 1975 Pamela Hensley played the part of Mackie in Norman Jewison's socially critical science fiction classic Rollerball . In the same year she was seen in another film of the utopian genre, in Doc Savage - The Man of Bronze by director Michael Anderson .

In 1977 she played Beth Kelly in 13 episodes in Kingston: Confidential alongside Raymond Burr . She then appeared for two years as a guest star in various television series, including The Six Million Dollar Man (1977), The Two With The Shoot , Vegas or BJ and the Bear , before she was offered the role of Princess Ardala in 1979 to star in the science fiction series Buck Rogers, alongside Gil Gerard and Erin Gray . In 1980 she engaged Clive Donner for his comedy film Die nackte Bombe .

In 1982, she landed the role of a lawyer CJ Parsons in the detective series Matt Houston alongside Lee Horsley they embodied 69 episodes long. At the same time, Pamela Hensley was seen with other guest appearances in series such as Fantasy Island (1982), Love Boat (1984) and Hotel . After the end of the last season of Matt Houston in 1985, she ended her film and television career at the age of 35, which includes a total of almost 40 roles in feature television films and television series.

From 1978 to 1981 Pamela Hensley was married to the American musician and songwriter Wes Farrell . In 1982 she married television producer E. Duke Vincent, who was 18 years her senior.

Under the name Pamela Hensley Vincent, she published a cookbook in 2004 called The Jewish-Sicilian Cookbook .

Filmography (selection)

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literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Biography of Pamela Hensley in: The New York Times
  2. ↑ Pamela Hensley in: The Great Science Fiction Pictures , by James Robert Parish, Michael R. Pitts, Scarecrow Press, 1977, p. 289
  3. ↑ Pamela Hensley in: The Encyclopedia of TV Science Fiction , by Roger Fulton, Boxtree, 1990, p. 73
personal data
SURNAME Hensley, Pamela
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hensley, Pamela Gail (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH October 3, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Glendale , California , USA