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Whitney Blake

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Whitney Blake (February 20, 1926 — September 28, 2002) was an American film and television actress, director and producer. Blake was born as Nancy Ann Whitney in 1926 in Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, California, the first child of Martha Mae Wilkensen and Harry Whitney. Her childhood was spent traveling across the country with her family, attending 16 different schools. Attending Pasadena City College, Blake worked in small-theater groups in the Los Angeles area, and in the summer, worked at her mother's ice cream stand in MacMinneville, Oregon. After her appearance in an amateur Hollywood production of "The Women" caught the attention of talent scouts, she appeared on a number of television programs, including the syndicated Johnny Midnight, Sheriff of Cochise, and twice on Rod Cameron's State Trooper. In addition, she guest-starred on Mike Connors's Tightrope detective series, in the 1960 episode "High Bridge" of the NBC western series Overland Trail starring William Bendix and Doug McClure. She also appeared in the first episode of the syndicated western series Pony Express in the episode "The Good Samaritan". Her guest appearance in the short-lived series "The D.A.'s Man" garnered an Emmy nomination in 1959. Blake is best remembered for having portrayed Dorothy Baxter, an interior designer and the wife of George Baxter (Don DeFore), a lawyer, on the NBC sitcom Hazel (1961), starring Shirley Booth in the title role as a bossy maid. In the last season on CBS, DeFore and Blake left the series and were replaced by Ray Fulmer and Lynn Borden, respectively in the roles of Steve and Barbara Baxter, the younger brother and sister-in-law of George Baxter. After Hazel ended, she guest-starred in an episode of ABC's western series The Legend of Jesse James starring Christopher Jones in the title role. In 1967 she played attorney Lee Drake on The Andy Griffith Show. As demand for her in network television and films dwindled, Blake became a hostess of a Los Angeles television talk show. After that, Blake again reinvented herself and became a film and television director, producer, and writer. Blake guest starred as "Angie" in "Incident of the Curious Street" in Series 1 Episode 13 of Rawhide, and played leading lady to James Garner in "The Day They Hanged Bret Maverick," the 1958 second season opener for Maverick. She appeared on the first episode of the long running television program Perry Mason as the defendant Evelyn Bagby (and at least one later episode), and appeared in the first film version of a Mike Hammer novel when she starred in My Gun Is Quick in the 1950s. Description above from the Wikipedia article Whitney Blake, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Feb 20, 1926 In Eagle Rock, California, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
49
First Appeared:
In the movie His Kind of Woman 1951-08-15
Latest Project:
Movie Fright Flick 2011-01-25
Known For
Poster of Hunter
Poster of The Legend of Jesse James
Poster of Pete Kelly's Blues
Poster of Wire Service
Filmography
Movie Fright Flick Kat 2011-01-25
Movie The Lycanthrope Lisa 2007-02-01
Movie Case Study 2007-03-01
Series Here's Boomer Unknown 1980-03-14
Movie The Betsy Elizabeth Hardeman 1978-02-02
Series Hunter Unknown 1977-02-18
Movie Law and Order Mary-Ellen Crowley 1976-05-06
Movie The Stranger Who Looks Like Me Emma Verko 1974-03-06
Series Cannon Unknown 1971-09-14
Movie The Boy Who Stole the Elephant Helen Owens 1970-09-20
Series The Outsider Unknown 1968-09-18
Series Ironside Unknown 1967-03-28
Series Mannix Unknown 1967-09-16
Series Batman Unknown 1966-01-12
Series Branded Unknown 1965-01-24
Series The Legend of Jesse James Unknown 1965-09-13
Series Laredo Unknown 1965-09-16
Series The Virginian Unknown 1962-09-19
Series Hazel Dorothy Baxter 1961-09-28
Series The Aquanauts Unknown 1960-09-14
Series Thriller Unknown 1960-09-13
Series The Andy Griffith Show Unknown 1960-10-03
Series Pete and Gladys Unknown 1960-09-19
Series Route 66 Unknown 1960-10-07
Series Rawhide Unknown 1959-01-09
Series Pete Kelly's Blues Unknown 1959-04-05
Movie Destination Space June 1959-01-01
Movie -30- Peggy Gatlin 1959-11-11
Series Tightrope Unknown 1959-09-08
Series Adventures in Paradise Unknown 1959-10-05
Series Riverboat Unknown 1959-09-13
Series Bronco Unknown 1958-09-23
Series 77 Sunset Strip Unknown 1958-10-10
Series The Texan Unknown 1958-09-29
Movie My Gun Is Quick Nancy Williams 1957-08-01
Series Panic! Unknown 1957-03-05
Series Richard Diamond, Private Detective Unknown 1957-07-01
Series M Squad Unknown 1957-09-20
Series Maverick Unknown 1957-09-22
Series Perry Mason Unknown 1957-09-21
Series Wire Service Unknown 1956-10-04
Series State Trooper Unknown 1956-09-25
Series Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre Unknown 1956-10-05
Series Gunsmoke Unknown 1955-09-10
Series The Millionaire Unknown 1955-01-19
Series Cheyenne Unknown 1955-09-20
Series Letter to Loretta Unknown 1953-09-20
Movie His Kind of Woman Bar patron (uncredited) 1951-08-15
Series Schlitz Playhouse of Stars Unknown 1951-10-05