Pamela Blake Bio/credits

Pamela Blake, originally billed under her real name of Adele Pearce, was born in Oakland, California, in 1915.


Her aunt and uncle raised her after her mother died when she was three years old. Her dream of being an actress came true in 1934 when she won a beauty contest and got a part in a movie. In 1935, an automobile accident left her face and neck horribly scarred, and her career would have been finished right then if it weren't for the help of plastic surgery. She went on to play opposite such Western greats as Tex Ritter, Clayton Moore, and John Wayne, before retiring from the business in 1954.


Pamela Blake
Born: August 6, 1915 (as Adele Pearce) (in Oakland, CA)
Died: October 6, 2009
Spouse(s): Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart (married 1936 - 1940, divorced)
                  Mike Stokey (married 1943 - 1948, divorced)
                  John Canavan (married 1983 - 1996, his death)
Movies:
    1934
         Autumn Crocus
         Eight Girls in a Boat (uncredited)
    1936
         One in a Million (uncredited)
    1937
         Stage Door (uncredited)
    1938
         Utah Trail
         Island in the Sky (uncredited)
    1939
         Three Sons
         Full Confession
         Girl from Rio
         Wyoming Outlaw
         Sorority House

    1940
         Too Many Girls (uncredited)
         Men Against the Sky (uncredited)
         One Crowded Night
         Pop Always Pays
         Millionaire Playboy
         Married and in Love (scenes deleted)
    1941
         No Greater Sin
         Mr. & Mrs. Smith
    1942
         Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant (uncredited)
         The Omaha Trail
         Maisie Gets Her Man
         This Gun for Hire
    1943
         Swing Fever
         The Unknown Guest
         Swing Shift Maisie
         Slightly Dangerous
         Kid Dynamite

    1945
         Captain Tugboat Annie
         Why Girls Leave Home
         Three's a Crowd
    1946
         Rolling Home

         The Mysterious Mr. M
         Chick Carter, Detective
         The Runaround (uncredited)
         Mysterious Intruder
         Partners in Time
         Live Wires

    1947
         The Sea Hound
    1948
         Highway 13
         Son of God's Country
         Stage Struck
    1949
         Sky Liner
         Ghost of Zorro

    1950
         Border Rangers
         Gunfire
         Federal Man
         The Daltons' Women
         Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey

    1951
         Danger Zone
    1952
         Waco
    1954
         Adventures of the Texas Kid: Border Ambush

TV Shows:
    Boston Blackie
         - Oil Field Murder (1951)
    The Cisco Kid
         - Big Switch (1950)
         - Railroad Land Rush (1950)
         - Renegade Son (1950)
    Front Page Detective
         - Murder Rides the Night Train (1951)
    The Range Rider
         - The Secret of Superstition Peak (1952)
         - The Holy Terror (1953)
         - West of Cheyenne (1953)



Other Film Work:
    1940
         Scrappily Married (Short) (as Adele Pearce)
    1941
         Glove Affair (Short)
         Fresh as a Freshman (Short)
    1944
         The Immortal Blacksmith (Short)
    1947
         The Case of the Baby Sitter (Short)
         The Hat Box Mystery (Short)
    1990
         Salvation Guaranteed (Short)








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Movie/TV credit information is taken from Internet Movie Database, unless otherwise noted, and is updated and corrected if needed.