She signed a contract with MGM while still in her teens, and her first film role was in the 1950 film, ″Stars in My Crown.″. Funeral plans were pending. She completed her education from Claremont High School and Pomona College. ″Good Lord, have I been kidnapped 3/8″ she said in 1968. She also acted in dozens of films including ‘Stars In My Crown’, ‘Duchess of Idaho’, ‘Cattle Town’, ‘Miss Robin Crusoe’, ‘About Mrs. Leslie’, ‘The Adventures of Hajji Baba’, ‘High Society’ and ‘The Boost’. August 1989 in Sacramento, Kalifornien), war eine US-amerikanische Schauspielerin. Set in the lawless cattle town of Dodge City, Kan., in the late 1800s, ″Gunsmoke″ was one of television’s original ″adult westerns″ - more violent, saltier and sexier than the cowboy fare offered young viewers in the mid-1950s. SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) _ Actress Amanda Blake, who as Miss Kitty reigned for 19 years as the queen of Dodge City's Long Branch Saloon in the TV series ''Gunsmoke,'' died after a long battle with cancer. After this, she did the TV film ‘Clown Alley’. Im Jahr 1997 wurde das Amanda Blake Memorial Wildlife Refuge in Rancho Seco Park in Herald, Kalifornien eröffnet. Miss Blake died Wednesday night at Mercy General Hospital, said hospital spokeswoman Jerri Ewen. Zuletzt bearbeitet am 18. Soon after this, Blake was cast as Kitty Russell in the drama series ‘Gunsmoke’. Ihr Vater arbeitete in einer Bank, und sie als Telefonistin, bis sie Schauspielerin wurde. The actress had surgery for oral cancer in 1977, and later appeared throughout the country for two years on behalf of the American Cancer Society. The couple eventually raised seven generations of cheetahs! Miss Blake had no children. Then in 1988, she did the film ‘The Boost’.

Then she hosted the game show ‘Tattletales’. The show lasted one more season on CBS, then was canceled. Amanda Blake was born as Beverly Louise Neill on February 20, 1929 in Buffalo, New York, USA, to parents Jesse and Louise.

Diese Seite wurde zuletzt am 18. Amanda Blake (February 20, 1929 – August 16, 1989) was an American actress best known for the role of the red-haired saloon proprietress "Miss Kitty Russell" on the western television series Gunsmoke.Along with her third husband, Frank Gilbert, she ran one of the first successful programs for breeding cheetahs in captivity. Connect with the definitive source for global and local news.

The American actress was also one of the co-founders of the Arizona Animal Welfare League (AAWL).